TheWrap by Alonso Duralde

It’s a movie that both understands the basic desire to strike it rich and our deep understanding that one person’s wealth often comes at the expense of another person’s well-being. This isn’t a perfect movie, but it’s admirable for its ability to keep more than one thought in its head at a time.

Chicago Sun-Times by Richard Roeper

The acting is the purest thing in Gold.

Chicago Tribune by Katie Walsh

His latest film, Gold, directed by Stephen Gaghan, is his most extreme character work yet, with him playing a balding, paunchy, cigarette chomping gold prospector in the 1980s, and yet McConaughey is so good he makes it work.

ReelViews by James Berardinelli

Despite its uneven tone, the film is compelling and, perhaps more importantly, relevant even though the actual historical events occurred two decades ago.

Variety by Peter Debruge

Directed with an odd mix of human compassion and giddy abandon by Stephen Gaghan (“Syriana”), Gold is a lively portrayal of what’s often misidentified as the American Dream, but might be more accurately described as the American Fantasy — where men dream of wealth and success without having to put in the work.

Screen Daily by John Hazelton

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.

We Got This Covered by Joseph Hernandez

Gold might be a flawed find, but it's worth seeing for Matthew McConaughey's performance alone.

Christian Science Monitor by Peter Rainer

His performance in Gold, as Kenny Wells, isn’t quite up to his Oscar-winning work in "Dallas Buyers Club," but it’s nevertheless a rousing feat without which this movie would have far less to recommend it.

Philadelphia Inquirer by Tirdad Derakhshani

Gold never settles on a coherent point of view. Is the film supposed to be a critique of capitalism or is it a Horatio Alger story about a self-made man preyed upon by wall street?

Boston Globe by Ty Burr

The movie's an easy, engaging watch, even if it's literally all over the map.