Some people say that as long as it is a film starring Kristin Scott Thomas, you can watch it no matter what. This is true. In the British romantic comedy "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen", the older and more flavorful actor played a hilarious supporting role, the Prime Minister's press officer. This time, she, who has always shown people with an indifferent and alienated image, has changed her normal behavior and freely showed a series of "laughing fruit" acting skills. There is no doubt that the political woman she plays is full of aura and almighty in her family. The biggest laughs and highlights of this film are also the key to connecting the comedy temperament of the whole film.
The film is adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name by the famous British writer Paul Torday. The plot seems a little weird from the beginning. A wealthy Yemeni prince wants to fish for salmon in his hometown and plans to introduce salmon from the North Atlantic. Going to the desert of Yemen... It all sounds like a nonsense, but in fact, fishing is just an excuse. This Yemeni rich man has a firm belief and also has a lofty ideal to change the inherent thinking and habits of his fathers and villagers.
Obviously, this Grand Duke is an idealist, and his seemingly unreliable investment plan was implemented by Harriet, a beauty PR of an investment company, and an opportunist chief press officer, so rational Dr. Alfred Jones, a British educated man of science, was thrust into the limelight of the project.
As if to advertise a certain brand, the film is trying to write "everything is possible". The richness of the content covered in the film also seems to indicate that nothing is impossible. In a limited period of time, the film has continuously added many elements such as beliefs, ideals, politics, religion, cultural differences, cultural exchanges, love and marriage. It seems that this is not unrelated to the reasonable structure of the script. At the same time, the rivers and lakes, castles and countryside, gentlemen and ladies in the film all flash with a strong British flavor, but those ridicules and humors are different from the previous British humor, their composition is not black, and they are full of bright and positive tones.
Although some of the plot of the film will make people feel idealized, the part about the current situation of life can resonate with the audience to some extent. In reality, most people's lives are like poorly made products, full of repetitions. It was not so much the power of ecumenical belief that the old-fashioned scientific man was determined to put this only theoretically possible project into practice, it was Dr. Jones himself who realized what his problems were, living in the area of his backyard. The small pond, and he lived narrowly and fixedly like those few ornamental goldfish. His detached wife believed that Jones' DNA determined that he could only be such a person. However, she seemed to have forgotten that there was a possibility of genetic mutation. , even more so with emotion.
Ewan McGregor with a natural and cute face plays Dr. Jones. His innocent, lovable and rigid look is really suitable for this role, and he and the classic beauty Emily Blunt's opposite play also has certain chemical reactions. When the salmon in Yemen's stream jumped into the water, it seemed to indicate that both Dr. Jones, who had a mid-life crisis, and Harriet, who was emotionally confused, could jump out of their original life patterns. At this time, the salmon also seemed to have a hint of inspiration. .
Going to Yemen to fish for salmon seems to be an absurd dream. In the process, some people fish for faith, some people fish for votes, some people fish for opportunities, some people fish for miracles, and some people fish for love. Although the film has mixed reviews, at least it still has a few characters worth watching, some humorous dialogues worth listening to, and how many hidden thoughts worth thinking about.
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