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**Not true, as given that Tess is at least seven to nine months pregnant, there would've been enough time for them to get together before the opening of the museum.
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* IKnowMortalKombat: When asked how he learned to fly the biplane they are riding in, Finn simply answers "UsefulNotes/PlayStation!".

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* IKnowMortalKombat: When asked how he learned to fly the biplane they are riding in, Finn simply answers "UsefulNotes/PlayStation!"."Platform/PlayStation!".
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Finn Finnegan ([=McConaughey=]) is a treasure hunter searching for a sunken Spanish galleon, the ''Aurelia'', that was lost at sea with the 1715 Treasure Fleet. During his search to find the galleon and its treasure, his wife Tess (Hudson) divorces him. Tess has been working as a steward on a yacht owned by multi-millionaire Nigel Honeycutt (Sutherland). Finn finds a clue to the location of the treasure and manages to get on Nigel Honeycutt's yacht ''The Precious Gem'' and convince him and his daughter Gemma (Creator/AlexisDziena) to join (and fund) the search for the treasure. But Finn's mentor, Moe Fitch (Winstone), and Bigg Bunny (Hart), a gangster, are intent on finding the treasure first.

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Finn Finnegan ([=McConaughey=]) is a treasure hunter searching for a sunken Spanish galleon, the ''Aurelia'', that was lost at sea with the 1715 Treasure Fleet. During his search to find the galleon and its treasure, his wife Tess (Hudson) divorces him. Tess has been working as a steward stewardess on a yacht owned by multi-millionaire Nigel Honeycutt (Sutherland). Finn finds a clue to the location of the treasure and manages to get on Nigel Honeycutt's yacht ''The Precious Gem'' and convince him and his daughter Gemma (Creator/AlexisDziena) to join (and fund) finance) the search for the treasure. But Finn's mentor, Moe Fitch (Winstone), and Bigg Bunny (Hart), a gangster, are intent on finding the treasure first.



* AffectionateParody: Of the "treasure hunting adventure" genre. The AdventurerArchaeologist is a flat broke dreamer, his ex-wife wants out after searching for years with nothing to show for it, their investors are a doddering millionaire and his vapid SpoiledBrat of a daughter, and the LoanShark is a rapper.

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* AffectionateParody: Of the "treasure hunting adventure" genre. The AdventurerArchaeologist is a flat broke dreamer, his ex-wife wants out after searching for seven years with nothing to show for it, their investors are a doddering millionaire and his vapid SpoiledBrat of a daughter, and the LoanShark is a rapper.

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* BabiesEverAfter: Finn and Tess.



** Played straight when Tess hits Bigg Bunny in the balls ''with a shovel''.



* MsFanservice: Gemma Honeycutt fills this role. Gemma spends I great deal of the movie wearing a cute Striped two piece swimsuit. That is not even mentioning the infamous sword between the leg scene, with the camera lingering in an up-close view of her crotch.
* ShirtlessScene: One of the many 2000's films in which Creator/MatthewMcConaughey did these.

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* MsFanservice: Gemma Honeycutt fills this role. Gemma spends I great deal of the movie wearing a cute Striped two piece swimsuit. That is not even mentioning the infamous falling sword between the leg scene, with the camera lingering in an up-close view of her crotch.
* ShirtlessScene: One of the many 2000's 2000s films in which Creator/MatthewMcConaughey did these.
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* MsFanservice: Gemma Honeycutt fills this role. Gemma spends I great deal of the movie wearing a cute Striped two piece swimsuit. That is not even mentioning the infamous sword between the leg scene, with the camera lingering in an up-close of her crotch.

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* MsFanservice: Gemma Honeycutt fills this role. Gemma spends I great deal of the movie wearing a cute Striped two piece swimsuit. That is not even mentioning the infamous sword between the leg scene, with the camera lingering in an up-close view of her crotch.
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* MsFanservice: Gemma Honeycutt fills this role. Gemma spends I great deal of the movie wearing a cute Striped two piece swimsuit. That is not even mentioning the infamous sword between the leg scene, with the camera lingering in an up-close of Gemma’s crotch.

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* MsFanservice: Gemma Honeycutt fills this role. Gemma spends I great deal of the movie wearing a cute Striped two piece swimsuit. That is not even mentioning the infamous sword between the leg scene, with the camera lingering in an up-close of Gemma’s her crotch.
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* MsFanservice: Gemma Honneycutt fills this role. Gemma spends I great deal of the movie wearing a cute Striped two piece swimsuit. That is not even mentioning the infamous sword between the leg scene, with the camera lingering in an up-close of Gemma’s crotch.

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* MsFanservice: Gemma Honneycutt Honeycutt fills this role. Gemma spends I great deal of the movie wearing a cute Striped two piece swimsuit. That is not even mentioning the infamous sword between the leg scene, with the camera lingering in an up-close of Gemma’s crotch.
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* MsFanservice: Gemma Honneycutt fills this role. Gemma spends I great deal of the movie wearing a a cute Striped two piece swimsuit. That is not even mentioning the infamous sword between the leg scene, with the camera lingering in an up-close of Gemma’s crotch.

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* MsFanservice: Gemma Honneycutt fills this role. Gemma spends I great deal of the movie wearing a a cute Striped two piece swimsuit. That is not even mentioning the infamous sword between the leg scene, with the camera lingering in an up-close of Gemma’s crotch.
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* MsFanservice: Gemma Honneycutt fills this role. Gemma spends I great deal of the movie wearing a a cute Stripped two piece swimsuit. That is not even mentioning the infamous sword between the leg scene.

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* MsFanservice: Gemma Honneycutt fills this role. Gemma spends I great deal of the movie wearing a a cute Stripped Striped two piece swimsuit. That is not even mentioning the infamous sword between the leg scene.scene, with the camera lingering in an up-close of Gemma’s crotch.
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*MsFanservice: Gemma Honneycutt fills this role. Gemma spends I great deal of the movie wearing a a cute Stripped two piece swimsuit. That is not even mentioning the infamous sword between the leg scene.

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* NobodyOver50IsGay: Averted. The film features a couple of middle-aged gay chefs who'd been together for years.
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* GroinAttack: Averted. In one scene, when Finn got blasted out of the water, a sword got blasted into the air with him. It lands between Gemma's legs, the camera lingers in an up-close crotch shot when she spread her legs apart to avoid the falling sword.
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Finn Finnegan ([=McConaughey=]) is a treasure hunter searching for a sunken Spanish galleon, the ''Aurelia'', that was lost at sea with the 1715 Treasure Fleet. During his search to find the galleon and its treasure, his wife Tess (Hudson) divorces him. Tess has been working as a steward on a yacht owned by multi-millionaire Nigel Honeycutt (Sutherland). Finn finds a clue to the location of the treasure and manages to get on Nigel Honeycutt's yacht ''The Precious Gem'' and convince him and his daughter Gemma (Alexis Dziena) to join (and fund) the search for the treasure. But Finn's mentor, Moe Fitch (Winstone), and Bigg Bunny (Hart), a gangster, are intent on finding the treasure first.

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Finn Finnegan ([=McConaughey=]) is a treasure hunter searching for a sunken Spanish galleon, the ''Aurelia'', that was lost at sea with the 1715 Treasure Fleet. During his search to find the galleon and its treasure, his wife Tess (Hudson) divorces him. Tess has been working as a steward on a yacht owned by multi-millionaire Nigel Honeycutt (Sutherland). Finn finds a clue to the location of the treasure and manages to get on Nigel Honeycutt's yacht ''The Precious Gem'' and convince him and his daughter Gemma (Alexis Dziena) (Creator/AlexisDziena) to join (and fund) the search for the treasure. But Finn's mentor, Moe Fitch (Winstone), and Bigg Bunny (Hart), a gangster, are intent on finding the treasure first.
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* AffectionateParody: Of the "treasure hunting adventure" genre. The AdventurerArchaeologist is a flat broke dreamer, his ex-wife wants out after searching for years with nothing to show for it, their investors are a doddering millionaire and his vapid SpoiledBrat of a daughter, and the LoanShark is a rapper.


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* FourthDateMarriage: All but stated to be the case between Finn and Tess.
* EurekaMoment: After combing the reefs for the wreck of the ''Aurelia'' for days, a comment Gemma makes about not wanting the yacht to sink "when [they're] so close to shore" brings Finn to a revelation: The ship isn't in the ocean because it was run aground and the treasure taken inland.


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* EvilDebtCollector: Bigg Bunny. Finn borrowed money from him to fix up his leaky boat and salvaging equipment, but instead used most of it to pay off his other debts. Now Bigg Bunny wants the treasure ''and'' Finn's head on a platter.


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* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Alfonz and Bigg Bunny both think the plate shard Finn found looks like it's from a Howard Johnson's Hotel.
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* NobodyOver50IsGay: The film features a couple of middle-aged gay chefs who'd been together for years.

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* BrainlessBeauty: Gemma Honeycutt is attractive but ''very'' stupid.


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* IKnowMortalKombat: When asked how he learned to fly the biplane they are riding in, Finn simply answers "UsefulNotes/PlayStation!".
* LastMinuteHookup: Gemma and Alfonz. He at least had formerly expressed love about her (or more exactly, expressed lust about in her in a fairly sleazy manner), but her attraction came out of absolutely nowhere (she had spent the film mooning over Finn).


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* ShirtlessScene: One of the many 2000's films in which Creator/MatthewMcConaughey did these.
* UpperClassTwit: Gemma Honeycutt is a dimwitted, celebutante heiress.
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''Fool's Gold'' is an 2008 American adventure-romance film directed by Andy Tennant and starring Creator/MatthewMcConaughey and Creator/KateHudson, reuniting them after ''Film/HowToLoseAGuyIn10Days'', alongside Creator/DonaldSutherland, Creator/RayWinstone, and Creator/KevinHart.

Finn Finnegan ([=McConaughey=]) is a treasure hunter searching for a sunken Spanish galleon, the ''Aurelia'', that was lost at sea with the 1715 Treasure Fleet. During his search to find the galleon and its treasure, his wife Tess (Hudson) divorces him. Tess has been working as a steward on a yacht owned by multi-millionaire Nigel Honeycutt (Sutherland). Finn finds a clue to the location of the treasure and manages to get on Nigel Honeycutt's yacht ''The Precious Gem'' and convince him and his daughter Gemma (Alexis Dziena) to join (and fund) the search for the treasure. But Finn's mentor, Moe Fitch (Winstone), and Bigg Bunny (Hart), a gangster, are intent on finding the treasure first.
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!!This film features examples of:
* AmusingInjuries: Finn should have died from intracranial bleeding 30 minutes into the movie.
* EveryCarIsAPinto: A small bike driven by Finn goes off a cliff and explodes in an absurdly massive fireball.
* GeniusDitz: Cleverly played with by dim heiress Gemma. Tess has been (impatiently) coaching Gemma to be smarter than she acts, so when Gemma has a sudden brainwave as the heroes return to their yacht, the audience naturally expects some amazing insight that will find the treasure they have been searching for while confirming Gemma is more than just an airhead. Actually, Gemma has only just realized that the name of her father's ship ("The Precious Gem") is similar to ''her'' name.
* NobodyOver50IsGay: The film features a couple of middle-aged gay chefs who'd been together for years.
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