Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)
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 (69.096)
Releasedate: 9 March 2012
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
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.
Actors and actresses
Dr. Alfred Jones
Harriet Chetwode-Talbot
Patricia Maxwell
Mary Jones
Sheikh Muhammad
Ashley
Capt. Robert Mayers
Peter Maxwell
Betty
Bernard Sugden
Reviews & comments
sean-penn
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- 159 messages
- 110 votes
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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- 4406 messages
- 3801 votes
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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- 3505 messages
- 2656 votes
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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