Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

dierregi McGregor plays stuffy government employee Dr. Alfred Jones, forced by his boss to pursue the dubious plan of introducing salmons in Yemen. The plan is encouraged as a PR stunt, to prove that good relations between the UK and the Middle East are not impossible.Therefore, Dr. Jones unwillingly cooperates with Harriet (played by Emily Blunt) and gets to know the Yemenite sheik (Amr Waked) who is willing to invest lots of money to fulfil his dream. Scott Thomas plays the hilariously insufferable Press Secretary to the British Prime Minister. Romance ensues, but with some hindrance along the way.Luckily, no knowledge of fishing is required to follow the story. McGregor and Blunt have chemistry. Scott Thomas and Amr Waked are excellent supporting actors and the movie is simply delightful. A rarity nowadays.

Dominic LeRose One of the most simple and sweet films comes from director Lasse Hallstrom called 'Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.' It stars Ewan McGregor as Dr.Alfred Jones, a consultant who is a fisheries expert who works with a woman named Harriet (Harriet) to help a Sheikh in The Middle East bring Salmon Fishing back. The two form a friendship and experience the culture of The Middle East as well as work with foreigners to help solve the problems such as pollution in the Yemen river. Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt give simple performances that aren't worth talking about or are too special. The writing of the story by Simon Beaufoy is pretty good, and has a good story that isn't award worthy but provides a good time for audiences that want a simple story with a pretty interesting plot. Nothing here with wow you, buy you will appreciate the plot involving love, environmentalism ,and teamwork.

spelvini It's rare that a literate film like this one manages to make an impact but Salmon Fishing in the Yemen delivers its buried message of peace, true love and faith in a way that simultaneously feels familiar and new. After the screen fades to black you may feel guilty for falling for the love story beneath the rhetoric, but you'll feel refreshed having the characters in the story say all the things we wish we could in real life.An expert on fly fishing Dr. Alfred Jones (Ewan McGregor) gets an e-mail one day from a British financial company managing the wealth of a Yemen sheikh. Financial manager Harriet Chetwode-Talbot (Emily Blunt) wants to find out if it's possible to stock a Yemen lake with Salmon for Sheikh Muhammed (Amr Waked) who happens to be one of the premier fishermen in the world. When public relations manager Patricia Maxwell (Kristin Scott Thomas) hears of the request she spins it into an international story to promote British/ Yemen relations. Jones and Harriet find themselves falling in love despite their loyalty to wife and fiancé. When combating Yemen forces go against the Sheikh and sabotage his plans, Jones and Harriet get caught in the line of fire but may be damaged more by bad British yellow journalism.Although Ewan McGregor plays a part he is really unsuited for, his Dr. Jones exemplifies the stiff British reserve to unbelievable lengths. Blunt's Harriet as the diametrical opposite of this is an extreme version of, and we know from the get go that these two will find themselves in this love story. It's a movie filled with near-clichéd moments, but thanks to the original story the flick keeps hitting us in a blind spot making the situations and characters feel all very organic.Paul Torday's original novel originated from real-life events as ironic as the film. As an employee working in Yemen for an oil company Torday encountered many outlandish whims of the foreign sheikhs with access to way too much money. Although the novel succeeds through juxtaposition, making an excellent claim that faith is what is missing in modern society, and this has been replaced by shopping, the movie dwells on the near-religious interaction man has with nature.Possibly the real star here is the screenwriter Simon Beaufoy, who penned some of the most significant Indie scripts in the last ten years. He wrote the very liberating script for The Full Monty in 1997, proving that men have a particular emotional landscape that is theirs alone. Beaufoy has been capping off a great career in the last few years as well. He won the Academy Award for Slumdog Millionaire in 2008, and also wrote the harrowing 127 Hours in 2010. It's great to watch a movie where characters speak to each other and the viewer is involved in listening rather than just watching a series of pictures.In the film Amr Waked's Sheikh Muhammed says to Jones "Without faith, there is no hope. Without faith, there is no love.", and we understand this to mean to the good doctor that he should have faith in every aspect of his life, including his stiff, formal, unfulfilling marriage to a business woman. The Sheikh's words also land significantly on Harriet's ears whose soldier boyfriend has gone missing in Afghanistan. The film loads the scenes a little too heavy in this regard but we play along.The ending may feel a little too much like wish fulfillment. The good people get rewarded, and the bad people are taken away, but above it all the world community appears to be a better place due to the efforts, and yes faith of all involved. It's still a world filled with love.

thekarmicnomad A lot of the other reviews have said this film is trite, whimsical, sickly, dull, stupid, fluffy and melodramatic. They are all correct. But none of that stopped me enjoying it greatly. The story is as old as the hills; two very different people have to go and perform a task against their wills; find out they get on, but shock horror things get in the way. There is a reason this story is so old, because it works.Here it is excellently told and totally engaging. The characters are painted with a big brush using bright colours, but they are interesting, unusual and easy to emphasise with.Because you get attached to the characters the film becomes tense in places and although their is little action I found it quite exciting in a subtle way. We laughed out loud, sighed and groaned in all the right places.Some people have been quite harsh about this film saying it brings down British politics or demeans foreign cultures; I think they are watching this film with their serious hat on. Don't expect Apocalypse Now this is a light comedy about fishing in the desert with a bit of romance thrown in.