Nothing gold can stay.
AndGoldaint the McConaissance 2.0.
But at least the actor is having fun again.
Credit: Patrick Brown/Weinstein Co.
We follow Wells to Indonesia, to Wall Street.
There is narration, and money montages, sex and crime, and rise and fall.
You guessed it:Goldwants to be theGoodFellasof mineral excavation, but its more likeWar Dogswith a midlife crisis.
(Think the Odd Couple doingFitzcarraldo.)
The story, loosely true, tendrils through big ideas about capitalist madness run amok.
ButGoldwastes McConaugheys mania with unconvincing sentimentality.
The music swells; your eyes roll.Goldcouldve been great, but its just all right (all right).B
