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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen 7.0 2011 Movie

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Dir. Lasse Hallström · France, UK · English

Our take by Matt C.

A light and simple feel-good movie with great performances from an impressive cast. Ewan McGregor plays the country’s best fisheries expert who is approached by a consultant (Emily Blunt) to help bring the sport of fly-fishing to a desert in the Middle-East, a place at the peak of tensions. The Prime Minister’s office, with the help of the media, try to then bring this story to the public as a show of something good happening in the region. It’s a quirky movie with a beautiful love story and a few interesting ideas on the current state of journalism. Both leads are absolutely charming together.

What happens

A fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.

Awards

Golden Globes

3 noms

Nominated: Best Motion PictureNominated: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion PictureNominated: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture

European Film Awards

1 nom

Nominated: Audience Award

Comments

  1. This was… not good. Very very cheesy and a weird bad script… first bad recommendation from this site :/

  2. Emily Blunt’s character is lovely. Ewan’s character is very easy to root for. Everything I liked about The Cider House Rules, I liked about this film. They clearly share the same director. The story was breezy, but not cheesy. Heartfelt and humorous. 4.5 stars out of 5.

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