Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt: ‘Salmon Fishing’ is a great date movie (EXAMINER)

Jeffrey Totey
Christian Pop Culture Examiner


With all the hoopla over the excitement of “The Hunger Games” coming out this weekend, very little attention has been given to another film also just arriving in theaters: “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.” This intelligent comedy is by the Oscar-winning screenwriter of “Slumdog Millionaire, “Simon Beaufoy and the director of “Chocolate,” Lasse Hallstrom and it is worth swimming upstream for.

The unbelievable yet charming film begins with a visionary sheik (Amr Waked) wanting to bring fishing into the dessert. The man has a lot of cash burning holes in his robes, so if the project could be successful, he can fund it. His representative, Harriet (Emily Blunt), is all over this project and quickly recruits Britain’s leading fisheries expert, Dr. Alfred Jones, (Ewan McGregor) for help. He initially doesn’t believe that it can be possible, but is given a nice salary to try anyway.

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