I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

'Gold (2016)' falls firmly into the category of bio-pics that favour a fast-pace and 'cool' facade, the ones that stick their big star into a quite unglamorous real-life role and have them narrate their way through a pretty predictable rags-to-riches (and usually back to rags again) plot. While it certainly isn't up to the gold standard of such features, it doesn't have a hard time grabbing its bronze-tier medal and holding onto it with both hands. Beneath the exact same aesthetic and overall presentation is a decent story, one which does surprise in a few key places and actually provides a sturdy vehicle for its leading man in which to ride about with wheel-spinning glee. It's usually entertaining enough to warrant its existence and also has the benefit of not being a prolific enough headline to come with expectations, in terms of its general plot and its actual journalistic integrity. It doesn't quite strike gold, but it's fairly fun to watch it try. 6/10

Jumbled scenes and mumbled lines will defy most viewers to get to the end of this foul mouthed rant. Silly geological sciences make one ask if this sort of thing could happen in real life? (the movie makers claim it did but, that could be a long bow to draw) The phrase 'Inspired by true events' is bandied around far too often in movies these days and often leaves us rather uninspired - as it does here. Hard work by Matthew McConaughey as a decidedly unlikable, slimy 'Greed is Good' type character can't add many saving graces - so the movie is simply hard work to watch. Some may enjoy certain elements, most, I think will want out. Snappy percussion music score is sometimes interesting.

Movie Review: "Gold" (2016)Due to the already-performed rush of former 1980s business practices in season 2013/2014 with releases of "The Wolf Of Wall Street" starring Leonardo DiCaprio directed by Martin Scorsese and "Dallas Buyers Club" directed by Jean-Marc Vallee, who also provides actor Matthew McConaughey with twisting as suspenseful screenwriting moments to shine.Nevertheless the character of Kenny Wells in the movie "Gold" directed by screenwriter-turned-director Stephen Gaghan and further executive produced by a group of already-awarded Hollywood people alongside Harvey & Bob Weinstein's New York-based distribution company, comes a classic tale of a three-act-drama, where the adventure elements in jungles of prospecting Indonesia get neglected by an originally co-written screenplay full of 1980s cliché of boozing, smoking and never-given-up, greed-is-good attitude of "The American Dream" to strike it rich for a certain period in life, when Matthew McConaughey's portrayal of Kenny Wells awakes the reminiscence about the character of Ron Woodroof in "Dallas Buyers Club", which stays a picture open for revisits due to diverse character encounters and emotional arcs of conviction, especially in the relationship between Ron & Rayon (Jared Leto); a circumstance that the supporting character of Michael Acosta, professionally outlined by actor Edgar Ramírez, hardly established with business partner Kenny Wells, sitting sweaten and heavy-breathing in a boat up river, too shallow runs the movie along with its lengths-indulging 110-Minute-Editorial, which had been bringing together one of the best filmmakers in the business from Cinematographer Robert Elswit to color corrections by Stefan Sonnenfeld at Company 3 and match-making production design by Maria Djurkovic, known for "Billy Elliott" (2000) directed by Stephen Daldry."Gold" can be watched as one-way-street occasion with respect to Matthew McConaughey's 1980s lifestyle variation of an Academy-Award-Winning role. But at a closer look, Director Stephen Gaghan in his third feature attempt after "Abandon" (2002) and a much more gripping "Syriana" (2005) due to an immersive subplot-cross-cutting editorial and an out-of-the-ordinary boundaries-stretching performance by actor George Clooney; which this unless pleasantly-concluding picture just misses out to deliver.FAZIT: Picture rejected (outnumbered) © 2018 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

Once again Matthew McConaughey is playing a superb role as gold-digger Kenny Wells, who travels to Indonesia to persuade a geologist to look for gold with him. After a lot of trouble and malaria they apparently succeed. Off course than the big guys want a piece of the action and some scheming is going on. Finally it turns out that it is all a big fraud which has been set up by the geologist. Wells is questioned by the FBI but they believe he is innocent. The final scene is just brilliant. I saw this movie at home but it is one of the best movies I have seen in a few months. A lot of the blockbuster-movies like the Mummy etc are a piece of crap compared to Gold. Gold is absolutely worth your time. I rate it an 8,5 but for IMDb.com have to make that an 8 but it is a real big fat eight!