The title is catchy, very catchy. By now you know it is not a conventional film. . The expectations go high.It is written by Simon Beaufoy(The Full Monty , Slumdog Millionaire to mention a few). The expectations go up again. You have to see it some how now!!
With this you sit down to watch this movie about the crazy idea of bringing in salmon fishing to an arid and dry land like Yemen.
The movie is beautiful and subtle in its own ways. By the time , the movie ends you know its not a great movie , but it did make you feel good. Those 2 hours were well spent. Thats what you expect from a a good movie isn't it. to make you feel good.
Ewan Macgregor is very effective in this role as a fishing expert with Aspergers syndrome. Many movies in the past like Forest Gump, Adam etc have shown people with Aspergers as such loving and caring characters , which makes you question that whether the movies writers wants to take out the 'dis' out of this disorder.
The writer had his visions before he sat down to write it, some as beautiful as the comparison of a salmon going upriver and the protagonist , going against the crowd to make things happen, or those nicely written tidbits about the comparison of faith and religion to fishing.
Technically speaking , the camera work showcases the beauty of the so called 'Yemen' , but as this movie being shot in Morocco , takes the originality out of it. The graphics where water is gushing out of the dam is a bit unreal. Tight and compact frames for the city scenes and wide landscape camera-work for the outdoors makes you feel as though you are very close to where its all happening may that be in an office cubicle or en route to a Scottish villa or even in the wide open deserts.
The story of how similar the two main characters are and how a crazy mans idea brings them close is the highlight of the film. I would recommend watching this movie to anyone.
With this you sit down to watch this movie about the crazy idea of bringing in salmon fishing to an arid and dry land like Yemen.
The movie is beautiful and subtle in its own ways. By the time , the movie ends you know its not a great movie , but it did make you feel good. Those 2 hours were well spent. Thats what you expect from a a good movie isn't it. to make you feel good.
Ewan Macgregor is very effective in this role as a fishing expert with Aspergers syndrome. Many movies in the past like Forest Gump, Adam etc have shown people with Aspergers as such loving and caring characters , which makes you question that whether the movies writers wants to take out the 'dis' out of this disorder.
The writer had his visions before he sat down to write it, some as beautiful as the comparison of a salmon going upriver and the protagonist , going against the crowd to make things happen, or those nicely written tidbits about the comparison of faith and religion to fishing.
Technically speaking , the camera work showcases the beauty of the so called 'Yemen' , but as this movie being shot in Morocco , takes the originality out of it. The graphics where water is gushing out of the dam is a bit unreal. Tight and compact frames for the city scenes and wide landscape camera-work for the outdoors makes you feel as though you are very close to where its all happening may that be in an office cubicle or en route to a Scottish villa or even in the wide open deserts.
The story of how similar the two main characters are and how a crazy mans idea brings them close is the highlight of the film. I would recommend watching this movie to anyone.