Gold's reviews
Media reviews
Screen Daily
A bravura performance from Matthew McConaughey as a schlubby, roguish mineral prospector in desperate pursuit of the American Dream is the seam that gives Gold its value.
The Hollywood Reporter
As robust as the lead performance is, though, the movie around it, directed by Stephen Gaghan from a screenplay by Patrick Massett and John Zinman, too often feels serviceable rather than inspired.
The A.V. Club
Gold is fitfully entertaining, but for a movie that gives itself license to go bigger and weirder than real life, its imagination for excess runs out whenever it isn't focused intently on its star.
Indiewire
Over time, Gold becomes nothing more than a masterclass in watching a great actor try to build a fortune out of dirt.
The Guardian
There's not much that glitters in Gold, a lackluster caper that proves that even the priciest ore can bore.