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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)

Romance | 107 minutes
3,03 349 votes

Genre: Romance / Comedy

Duration: 107 minuten

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Lasse Hallström

Stars: Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt and Kristin Scott Thomas

IMDb score: 6,8 (68.774)

Releasedate: 9 March 2012

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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen plot

"Make the Improbable Possible"

Alfred Jones (Ewan McGregor) is a fisheries scientist who, while employed by the government, is given the seemingly impossible task of introducing salmon to the highlands of Yemen. Encouraged by the client, a sympathetic Sheikh, and his charming spokeswoman Harriet Chetwode – Talbot (Emily Blunt), this will be a project that will ultimately change not only Jones' life, but British political history as well.

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Actors and actresses

Dr. Alfred Jones

Harriet Chetwode-Talbot

Patricia Maxwell

Sheikh Muhammad

Capt. Robert Mayers

Peter Maxwell

Bernard Sugden

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sean-penn

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Nice how Ewan McGregor plays a somewhat autistic dull nerd opposite the beautiful and elegant Emily Blunt as stiff but charming dad . Interaction between the two works very well and that is certainly the director's credit.

Between all that blockbuster violence that rolls out of the Hollywood factories, this is a small and intimate production, but one that will leave you sleeping with a smile after seeing it.

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K. V.

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Tried this one and I didn't like it. I didn't really know what to expect, but it kept me interested. The acting was good and the movie looked good.

Not a waw movie, but not bad either, fine for a lazy movie night.

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SmackItUp

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I am a fan of Hallström's per se. His light-hearted work is often supported by beautiful images, which creates poetic feelings. That feel-good atmosphere was hardly noticeable here. This film is largely plot driven and leaves little room for warmth. The "romance" between McGregor and Blunt seems to have been dragged in a bit and never feels like truth for a moment.

It does look nice, but Hallström can do much better.

2.5*

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