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Treasure hunters Ben (Matthew McConaughey) and Tess (Kate Hudson) have just divorced. The reason for the split is revealed by Tess’s sardonic divorce lawyer who observes: “You married the guy for sex and expected him to be smart?”
But the couple reluctantly join forces again to find sunken Spanish treasure off the coast of Florida (played here, quite convincingly in fact, by the coast of Queensland, Australia).
It sounds silly, and that is what this comedy adventure certainly is. But it is also fun, and just the job if you are looking for a glossy and deeply undemanding evening’s entertainment.
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