Rotten
The stars are endearing enough to keep things tolerable, though you may wonder why even McGregor's Scots brogue sounds artificially sweetened here.
Guy Lodge, Time Out
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Make the Improbable Possible
2012 · 1h 47m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Lasse Hallström
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Lasse Hallström Director
- Emily Blunt as Harriet Chetwode-Talbot
- Ewan McGregor as Dr. Alfred Jones
- Kristin Scott Thomas as Patricia Maxwell
- Rachael Stirling as Mary Jones
- Amr Waked as Sheikh Muhammad
- Catherine Steadman as Ashley
- Tom Mison as Capt. Robert Mayers
- Tom Beard as Peter Maxwell
- Jill Baker as Betty
- Conleth Hill as Bernard Sugden
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
67%
Tomatometer
Fresh
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.
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
Fresh
It's an engaging love story that should appeal to moviegoers with a flair for the offbeat.
Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh
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.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Fresh
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.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
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