Matthew McConaughey: 5 Awesome Performances and 5 That Sucked

4. Finn - Fool's Gold

mm6 Because the first Kate Hudson collaboration went so well (see No. 1), this generation€™s equivalent of Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn (that worked even better€), McConaughey came back for what should have been (at best) a guilty pleasure, but ended up being an absolute drag in every way. Matt plays Ben €˜Finn€™ Finnegan, a douchey treasure hunter who rekindles a past relationship with Hudson€™s ex-wife Tess by searching for a legendary treasure hidden on the ocean floor in a Spanish Galleon. And yes, you guessed it... "hilarity" ensues. Surprisingly, Tess divorced Finn because their relationship was purely physical. This is not sweet, bubbly or funny enough to be a just-passable rom com, and not cool enough to be a decent-enough romp. So it simply flounders on every level, and McConaughey brings absolutely nothing to the table. And yes, he takes his top off, arguably more than usual. Thank God this was his last failure before he stepped his career up a notch.
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