Rated PG-13 for language
Starring Amr Wakad, Emily Blunt, Ewan McGregor, Kristin Scott Thomas
Directed by Lasse Hallstrom
The Story:
Sheikh Muhammed (Wakad) wants to bring his peaceful hobby of fishing to the dry arid desert of Yemen. So working with a fisheries expert (McGregor), they plan to construct a river and fill it with Salmon. However, the British government winds up only giving them hatchery raised salmon which don't know how to spawn upstream instinctively. Couple that with some Yemen extremists who aren't thrilled with what the Sheikh is up to, and this dream may derail long before it even has a chance to succeed.
Meh.
Again, another film more appropriately labeled a dramedy, than a comedy.
There's some humor, but it's not "funny'.
I had high hopes for this one, but really, it was average, at best.
The performances were fine, but I was never really grabbed by anything else to make me invest more into the storyline.
Adding the complicated romantic subplot between McGregor and Blunt simply adds to the run time and really adds nothing to the story.
The best part of the film is the ending when we truly discover if the Sheikh's ideas would work or not.
Final Grade: C
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: Nah, I'm good. Once was plenty.
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