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Lasse HallströmForgatókönyvíró:
Simon BeaufoyOperatőr:
Terry StaceyZeneszerző:
Dario MarianelliSzereplők:
Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Amr Waked, Kristin Scott Thomas, Catherine Steadman, Tom Mison, Rachael Stirling, Tom Beard, Jill Baker, Conleth Hill (több)Tartalmak(1)
A boldogtalan Fred Jones (Ewan McGregor), a halászat-specialista egy nap különleges, vagy talán inkább nevetséges projekt vezetésére kap felkérést, Jemenben száraz, kiapadt folyómedreiben kell meghonosítania a lazachalászatot. Az ötlet mögött egy jemeni sejk (Amr Waked) áll, aki egyben egy skóciai sportbirodalom tulajdonosa. A sejk abban hisz, hogy ha a pecázást meghonosítja saját országában is, akkor elősegíti a békét és a spirituális felemelkedés a gyilkos indulatok uralta országban. A filmből választ kaphatunk arra a kínzó kérdésre is, hogyan függ össze a műlegyes horgászat komoly politikai lépésekkel, láthatunk nem várt hősiességet és későn érő szerelmet, valamint talán bebizonyosodik, hogy a lehetetlen is lehetséges. (Fórum Hungary)
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I will give it three feeble stars, but the project needed a different approach and a different director. The subject matter directly called for a satire and ironic comedy genre, but Lasse Hallström is by nature a poet and romantic, so despite his undeniable directorial qualities, it ultimately feels barren. The solid cast is also not properly utilized due to the problematic screenplay. Overall impression: 50%.
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A deadly combination of fishing philosophy, lifestyle mysticism, advertising kitsch and great actors. And by the way, this is another film that stands on a certain premise and denies it by its very nature (this is becoming such a nice tradition). Salmon is a fish that swims upstream, whilst this is an obese carp from the pond. And it stinks from the head down.
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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen has both screenplay and actors to support it. McGregor is right on the border between nice guy and eccentric jerk and he and Blunt work nicely together. The A-grade cutting British humor and the absurdity of the whole idea becomes much more serious towards the end. Hallström serves us on a silver platter not just salmon, but also one of the most pleasant romantic comedies of the past few years.
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I’ve recently seen a similarly goofy movie, though a little less well-known than this one. It was called Flicker. Like Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, it was absurd and it was very nice to look at. In the same way, however, I couldn’t get over the absurdity and somehow couldn’t get rid of the impression that even though the idea is pleasant, the execution is very nice and the actors play brilliantly, I’ll probably never watch this film again and it won’t bother me at all.
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Fewer minutes, less of the rich, kind sheik, less “lemonade" during the salmon finale, but on the other hand greater portions of the perfect bureaucratic satire (and why not just a straight comedy à la Yes, (Prime) Minister for the Kristin Scott Thomas/Conleth Hill) duo... That would have helped Hallström from falling into the “pleasant, but utterly humdrum" category. P.S.: McGregor is wrongly type-cast in his role; does anybody (women) find his boring, hen-pecked, dry pen-pusher act convincing? It’s like having Halle Berry play Precious.
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