Gold (2016)

Absolutely amazing

There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Definitely a must watch movie, deserving 8 stars. Not gold but good

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)

A rare movie that takes hold of you and let you go only at the end while you rush here to see what other movies has director done. Really entertaining. I don't know what to say else, IBDN requires 5 lines Matthew McConaughey is a bit too much with close ups, but still great. enjoyed

Based on a real story and what a story it is. It's about the pitfalls of working hard for your success, but while focusing on the big picture forgetting about smaller details. And it's being made clear early on in the movie, that something will happen. And still the attention the movie demands is high. It's not like you will outright know where this is going (unless you know the original story that is of course).Matthew is playing Gold league in this (no pun intended). His performance is central, because you have to feel the urge and determination the character feels. You may not always understand his motives or why he keeps on chasing that dream. But that's character trait for you. Being focused on one thing can easily be called a negative thing. If you can't see anything else around it. Of course, if you are fixated that will happen eventually, but not until you either achieve what you set out to do or crash very badly. Or maybe both? Well that's for you to find out, if you like your drama slow paced and unnerving, but as gripping as it gets