caroalada A millionaire owns a castle in Scotland where he can fish salmon in a river; why the hell he wants to go fishing to Yemen? and why the poor fishes have to pay the price for this none sence? that millionaire seems a 9 year old boy, but, he has the money so everybody must do what he says. The movie is too long, and the end is...whatever. I felt sorry for the fishes, not for the selfish characters.

Kirpianuscus it has the gift to seem be an Oriental fairy tale. or only a parable. about a strange dream, about a strange man, about a woman and about the new version of Harun al Rashid. and this status does it interesting. because Ewan McGregory does his best , because Kristin Scott Thomas does a real surprise in eccentric role, because Emily Blunt is the perfect nuance for define the picture. the old clichés makes story roll and the tension is almost refreshing. a film about fishing, salmon and Yemen. with few lovely sentimental embroideries. and moral lessons in perfect state. nothing new.or complicated. but seductive for British flavor, good Arab leader, miracle as result of ambition and frustration. and decent acting.

bjarias ..This film might seem cute and all, but it totally exemplifies in almost two hour long detail what is wrong with our world today. There's a very small number of folks having somehow obtained the resources to do whatever they so please, even if it comes up being the most outrageous plan possible. We can all go and have a laugh about it, but it's as far from humorous as possible. It would not be enough to just go where nature deems illogical.. no, you must create an unnatural environment at any cost to satisfy an absurd whim, of in all places, a country being totally torn apart by conflict. Overall it's fairly well acted, and produced (even though the plot just boils down to another dashed romance). In today's world, with all the extreme issues that need to be dealt with, it highlights just how far off course we've gone. When the concept of such a story represents 'entertainment'.. without thought to it's context and ultimate meaning, we are in serious trouble. Films about real life threatening consequences are so much needed.. this comes up well short of being one. Yea.. some would say hey it's just a rom-com.. it is, but one not sending a very promising message.

spelvini It's rare that a literate film like this one manages to make an impact but Salmon Fishing in the Yemen delivers its buried message of peace, true love and faith in a way that simultaneously feels familiar and new. After the screen fades to black you may feel guilty for falling for the love story beneath the rhetoric, but you'll feel refreshed having the characters in the story say all the things we wish we could in real life.An expert on fly fishing Dr. Alfred Jones (Ewan McGregor) gets an e-mail one day from a British financial company managing the wealth of a Yemen sheikh. Financial manager Harriet Chetwode-Talbot (Emily Blunt) wants to find out if it's possible to stock a Yemen lake with Salmon for Sheikh Muhammed (Amr Waked) who happens to be one of the premier fishermen in the world. When public relations manager Patricia Maxwell (Kristin Scott Thomas) hears of the request she spins it into an international story to promote British/ Yemen relations. Jones and Harriet find themselves falling in love despite their loyalty to wife and fiancé. When combating Yemen forces go against the Sheikh and sabotage his plans, Jones and Harriet get caught in the line of fire but may be damaged more by bad British yellow journalism.Although Ewan McGregor plays a part he is really unsuited for, his Dr. Jones exemplifies the stiff British reserve to unbelievable lengths. Blunt's Harriet as the diametrical opposite of this is an extreme version of, and we know from the get go that these two will find themselves in this love story. It's a movie filled with near-clichéd moments, but thanks to the original story the flick keeps hitting us in a blind spot making the situations and characters feel all very organic.Paul Torday's original novel originated from real-life events as ironic as the film. As an employee working in Yemen for an oil company Torday encountered many outlandish whims of the foreign sheikhs with access to way too much money. Although the novel succeeds through juxtaposition, making an excellent claim that faith is what is missing in modern society, and this has been replaced by shopping, the movie dwells on the near-religious interaction man has with nature.Possibly the real star here is the screenwriter Simon Beaufoy, who penned some of the most significant Indie scripts in the last ten years. He wrote the very liberating script for The Full Monty in 1997, proving that men have a particular emotional landscape that is theirs alone. Beaufoy has been capping off a great career in the last few years as well. He won the Academy Award for Slumdog Millionaire in 2008, and also wrote the harrowing 127 Hours in 2010. It's great to watch a movie where characters speak to each other and the viewer is involved in listening rather than just watching a series of pictures.In the film Amr Waked's Sheikh Muhammed says to Jones "Without faith, there is no hope. Without faith, there is no love.", and we understand this to mean to the good doctor that he should have faith in every aspect of his life, including his stiff, formal, unfulfilling marriage to a business woman. The Sheikh's words also land significantly on Harriet's ears whose soldier boyfriend has gone missing in Afghanistan. The film loads the scenes a little too heavy in this regard but we play along.The ending may feel a little too much like wish fulfillment. The good people get rewarded, and the bad people are taken away, but above it all the world community appears to be a better place due to the efforts, and yes faith of all involved. It's still a world filled with love.