Enjoyable even with its flaws, of which there are many, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen has enough of a sweet romance to earn a mild recommendation.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 5, 2022

“Salmon Fishing in the Yemen” has charm, a lot of heart, and some really good laughs.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 25, 2022

Based on the popular epistolary novel of the same name, this is not a political documentary, but rather a light, British, romantic comedy...

| Mar 24, 2021

So corseted is the film by a false political reality, that even its instances of light-hearted humor-and the charm of its cast-are difficult to swallow.

| Feb 28, 2021

If you've a soft spot for romantic comedies you'll fall hook, line and sinker for Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.

| Dec 6, 2020

Features delightful characters portrayed by perfectly cast actors.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 2, 2020

McGregor's wit has soft barb of single-malt Scotch, the story sings through a sweet arc, and the landscapes are lovely.

| Jul 31, 2019

Blunt, who is so bloody charming in everything she does, and McGregor do have nice chemistry, but the romantic arc is so predictable.

| Apr 12, 2019

OK, if this film teaches us anything, it teaches us how to take a perfectly fine book and transform it into a mushy, corny, ghastly mess of the most trying kind.

| Aug 31, 2018

The movie's 107 minutes don't swim upstream so much as flounder in a bucket of chum.

| Aug 30, 2018

Don't let the title fool you - Salmon Fishing in the Yemen will not bore you to tears, though some moments may cause your eyes to water from laughter.

| Aug 23, 2018

Surprisingly thoughtful and sharply written.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 14, 2018

More than a love story or an awakening, Hallstrm has given us something of beauty, depth and dimension beyond the human stories he tells.

| Sep 18, 2017

Hallström's made a wonderful film about the power of faith. Flyfishing in a manufactured trout stream in the middle of the desert is a faith-based activity, declares the sheik who built it.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 1, 2016

It's an affable, inoffensive British comedy that just wants you to like it so much that you can't help but snicker behind its back.

| Original Score: C+ | Aug 15, 2013

To say this movie requires an utter suspension of disbelief is a vast understatement.

| Original Score: C+ | Jun 2, 2013

... just because something seems absurd doesn't mean it can't happen. And just because a film seems to lack surprises doesn't mean it won't take an entirely satisfying turn at the end.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 21, 2013

As it stands, the best elements of the film become mired in the unwelcome narrative muck, branding Salmon Fishing in the Yemen the one that got away.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Sep 15, 2012

Everything that happens is horribly predictable, and the tone varies from light and fluffy to over-the-top camp, especially with Kristin Scott Thomas as the cynical British press secretary.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Sep 4, 2012

Faith, serenity, dreams, possibilities, duty and honor, love . . . and fishing. "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" somehow ties them all together, and without so much as a kink in the line.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 4, 2012