Review of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2012) by Lena E — 02 Sep 2012

A lovely story with brilliant British humor.. excellent!

This review of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2012) was written by Lena E on 02 Sep 2012.

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen has generally received positive reviews.

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By Paula B (102) on 16 Apr 2018

The scenery is gorgeous and serene, and the story has a lovely pace to it. I miss seeing these kinds of movies. What a fabulous movie…

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By Nigel E (30) on 28 Dec 2014

Fairly different from the book - the political satire was done pretty well and translated across well, I also liked how the spiritual side…

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By Ed K (252) on 06 Feb 2015

Cute movie with an ultimately unsatisfying (unlikely) conclusion…

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By Paul W (1,226) on 02 Apr 2018

Sorry but this is one of those toe cringing British very soft romance comedies that do the British film industry no justice…

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By Paul G (835) on 23 Dec 2014

Nice enough film but it would have been much better if Rachael Stirling and Emily Blunt had swapped roles, Stirling is a superb actress and…

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By Koa W (1) on 14 May 2018

Disappointed when I saw the movie, it was never as good as the novel, and they had no idea how Yemen should be depicted…

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By Anke V (1) on 26 Jan 2015

Only 6.8 on imdb, I don't get. The acting is very subtile, Ewan playing a role with asperger syndrome... the humor is very smart…

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By Matthew S (2,399) on 10 Apr 2015

Salmon Fishing in Yemen is an excellent film…

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By Dierregi (39) on 25 Jan 2015

McGregor plays stuffy government employee Dr. Alfred Jones, forced by his boss to pursue the dubious plan of introducing salmons in Yemen…

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By Brent C (295) on 30 Dec 2014

Very sweet movie with a pretty odd premise…

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