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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is a 2011 British romantic comedy drama film directed by Lasse Hallström. The film stars Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas and Amr Waked. Based on the 2007 novel by Paul Torday, and a screenplay by Simon Beaufoy, the film is about a fisheries expert who is recruited by a consultant to help realise a sheikh's vision of bringing the sport of fly fishing to the Yemen desert,…
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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is one of those little movies that could. And it seems at first that Salmon Fishing will be an updated quirky British comedy-satire in the vein of a good Ealing style British comedy, specifically Alec Guinness’ The Man in the White Suit. The role of the eccentric inventor is sort of recalled by Ewan McGregor’s character, Dr. Alfred Jones. Jones is a fish expert who works for the British f…More
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I rarely get hooked on watching movies with stories that don't have so much risk, movies whose plots can be considered flat and lack of surprises or a distinctive climax, but sometimes I find stories that only through the cinematography and how well done they are, they make me enjoy them and this is precisely the case of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, a slow and extensive story that according to the point of view you…More
I love to watch Lasse Hallström's movies. His name has been a special sign of a landmark since the early 1990s - the time of " What's Eating Gilbert Grape" your beloved of all "Chocolate" ;), "The Shipping News" with the superb Kevin Spacey and Judy Dench, the intriguing "Casanova", the fairly narrative "An Unfinished Life" with the always brilliant Robert Redford, and closing our eyes on the oversold sweetheart of…More