Review: Salmon Fishing In Yemen

It’s surprising that Salmon Fishing in the Yemen actually has to do with other things: it's about a depressed ichthyologist, a consultant and a spin–doctor who fund the title’s impossible ecological venture to shroud military disasters in the Middle East (based on a popular political satire of the same name). It’s also got romance, comedy, action, terrorism, transcendentalism and lots of aquatic symbolism — everything, really, except any trace of the scathing, political, “Wag the Fish” indictment it should really have. Well–made and well–acted, it is heartwarming and wholesome, but for politically–inclined audiences, this is just an awkward red herring.

2.5/5 Stars

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