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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
The story revolves around a salmon-dominated Yemeni sheikh who asks a British scientist to transfer salmon to the desert of Yemen to reproduce in a fish farming farm or lake in the heart of the desert, prompting the British government to pursue the experience it sees as an opportunity for a boom in that region. , Amid the assumption of one of the British government officials to follow up that experience.
1952, UK
24 May 1960, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
24 November 1964, Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
23 July 1982, England, UK
25 April 1965, Lambeth, London, England, UK
1950, Worthing, Sussex, England, UK
1954, Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
12 April 1973, Cairo, Egypt
31 March 1971, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
30 May 1977, London, England, UK
June 02, 2013
To say this movie requires an utter suspension of disbelief is a vast understatement.
September 04, 2012
Everything that happens is horribly predictable, and the tone varies from light and fluffy to over-the-top camp, especially with Kristin Scott Thomas as the cynical British press secretary.
September 15, 2012
As it stands, the best elements of the film become mired in the unwelcome narrative muck, branding Salmon Fishing in the Yemen the one that got away.
July 01, 2016
Hallström's made a wonderful film about the power of faith. Flyfishing in a manufactured trout stream in the middle of the desert is a faith-based activity, declares the sheik who built it.
April 21, 2013
... just because something seems absurd doesn't mean it can't happen. And just because a film seems to lack surprises doesn't mean it won't take an entirely satisfying turn at the end.
March 22, 2012
Only Scott Thomas, biting off all her sentences like a piranha, rescues "Salmon Fishing" from being a by-the-numbers romantic comedy; you wish the redoubtable Ms. Maxwell had her own movie.
August 15, 2013
It's an affable, inoffensive British comedy that just wants you to like it so much that you can't help but snicker behind its back.
April 17, 2012
The stars are endearing enough to keep things tolerable, though you may wonder why even McGregor's Scots brogue sounds artificially sweetened here.
March 22, 2012
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.
March 22, 2012
A charming little movie.
March 23, 2012
It's an engaging love story that should appeal to moviegoers with a flair for the offbeat.
March 29, 2012
Hallstrom shores up his film with a terrific cast that can often make up for the parts that sag under the uneven weight of preciousness.
