Give credit where credit is due…
Matthew McConaughey can change his physical persona better than any other actor I know.
Definition of persona: the outer personality or facade presented to others by an individual.
Think about it. From FOOL’s GOLD to MAGIC MIKE and on to the shocking DALLAS BUYERS CLUB.
We’re talking about an actor who’s back now with yet another transformation.
This one not so flattering; overweight and balding.
In GOLD McConaughey plays Kenny Wells, a big market gold prospector.
He’s the heir to his father’s gold mining business—but is now down to his last dime.
But NO way is he giving up!
Convinced that there’s one more strike out there, McConaughey talks legendary geologist Michael Acosta (Edgar Ramirez) into exploring a possible vein in the nearly unreachable wilds of Indonesia.
That’s a long way to go to pursue the American dream……..
Well guess what, they hit the Mother Lode and now bankers, investors and Wall Street all want a piece of the action.
But who’s trustworthy and who isn’t?
It’s a wild roller coaster ride of rags to riches—back to rags—and then ANYTHING can happen.
Things take a while to get going, don’t give up!
Because the third act of this two hour movie makes it all worthwhile.
Add the acting chops of Bryce Dallas Howard as McConaughey’s girlfriend, Stacey Keach and Craig T. Nelson and GOLD makes for another first class romp of a screen adventure based on real events!
My grade: B-
JACK GOES TO THE MOVIES Friday mornings during Kansas City’s Morning News on 98.1 FM, KMBZ.
Man that picture of McCaughnahey has him looking like one of them car salesmen from Noland road.