Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Ewan McGregorDr. Alfred Jones
- Emily BluntHarriet Chetwode-Talbot
- Kristin Scott ThomasPatricia Maxwell
- Rachael StirlingMary Jones
- Amr WakedSheikh Muhammad
- Catherine SteadmanAshley
- Tom MisonCapt. Robert Mayers
- Tom BeardPeter Maxwell
- Jill BakerBetty
- Conleth HillBernard Sugden
Recommendations
- 80
Boxoffice Magazine
A smart, winning and comic, if at times bittersweet, treat. - 75
ReelViews
It's not a stretch to say the movie works in large part because of the charm and sparkle of the three leads: Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, and Kristin Scott Thomas. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
You can have a reasonably nice time at Salmon Fishing in the Yemen if you accept that it's the tidiest movie imaginable to ever say that falling in love is like swimming upstream. - 70
Los Angeles Times
The film has a grand cast, with Emily Blunt, Ewan McGregor, Kristin Scott Thomas and Amr Waked at the center of this very clever tale of modern eco-issues intertwined with old-style political intrigues and New Age romance. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
This perhaps sounds like a hilarious movie. So it could be, in the hands of the masters of classic British comedy. Unfortunately, the director is the Swede Lasse ("Chocolat"), who sees it as a heart-warming romance and doesn't take advantage of the rich eccentricity in the story. - 58
Portland Oregonian
Alas, none of it, save Kristin Scott Thomas giving a peach of a performance as a political operative, smacks of real life or vitality. Even when it evinces spasms of life, this film is, more or less, a dead fish. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
The movie has a hard time wrapping up its love story without feeling forced, however game the cast. Viewers won't be able to say they weren't given what they came for, but they might feel unsatisfied all the same. - 50
Variety
Like one of those kitchen machines that can turn nearly any ingredient into ice cream, Lasse Hallstrom has sweetened the satire right out of Paul Torday's side-splitting political sendup Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.
