Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2012)

  • 68% of critics liked it
    (133 reviews)

  • 73% of users liked it
    (37,213 ratings)

When Britain's leading fisheries expert (Ewan McGregor) is approached by a consultant (Emily Blunt) to help realize a sheikh's (Amr Waked) vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert, he immediately thinks the project is both absurd and unachievable. But when the Prime Minister's… More

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PG-13, 1 hr. 52 min.
Directed By
Lasse Hallstrom
Written By
Simon Beaufoy
Genres
Drama, Comedy
In Theaters
Mar 9, 2012 Limited
CBS Films

Critic Reviews

  • Roger Moore, McClatchy-Tribune News Service

    Somehow, this cast, this director and this writer make it all come off, as unlikely a delight as the very fishy story it is built on.

  • Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

    While "Salmon Fishing" fritters away the comic momentum of its madcap opening chapters, it's like angling -- a pleasant diversion if you can look below the surface and muster the patience to appreciate it.

  • Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic

    A charming little movie.

  • John Anderson, Newsday

    While both Emily Blunt and Ewan McGregor are enormously appealing actors, Hallstrom has made a movie that pretends it is something it's not -- namely, an intelligent romantic comedy.

  • Scott Bowles, USA Today

    Despite sporting the worst cinematic title since The Chumscrubber, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen hooks some charming laughs and a quaint romance by not delving too deeply into its subject matter.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Tired of P


    Question: Do you feel like you are set on a path to follow or please others, and it goes against your nature to turn around and walk another way? You don't even realize you are stagnant in your own life; but what happens when you meet that one person who helps you change… More

  • Mark H


    A fishing obsessed sheik (Amr Waked), his beautiful legal representative (Emily Blunt), a skeptical fisheries expert (Ewan McGregor) and an overzealous press secretary (Kristin Scott Thomas) all collide in this oh-so-precious drama about introducing British salmon to the Wadis of the… More

  • Josh M


    Salmon fishing... is a charming, quirky romantic comedy that succeeds almost entirely due to the charm and chemistry of its couple, Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt. The premise is intriguing, but the story is filled with a great many unlikely and overly convenient plot machinations,… More

  • Bathsheba M


    And to think I almost missed this one! This is one movie were the trailers were definitely not the best parts of the movie. That's because there was a real subtlety to the story telling and a pace which allowed the heft of the message to be absorbed. The message is brilliant:… More

  • danny d


    i struggled with this film a bit. i love the cast, especially blunt, and i thought the story was delightful, but the script was way too heavy and battered with far too many forced elements, especially the exhausting love quadrangle. there was just too much involved to allow the… More

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