Salmon Fishing in the Yemen reels in older viewers at the UK box office

The Paul Torday adaptation wins over Middle England audiences, while Kevin Macdonald's Marley proves a documentary hit The winner It was hardly a hit with the upscale critics and is saddled with a title that's not exactly multiplex-friendly, but Salmon Fishing in the Yemen nevertheless is the top new release at the UK box-office, opening with a highly creditable £1.17m. In a week where a record ...

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen: Movie Review

We take a look at Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt's latest, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.

There's no salmon fishing in the Yemen, tourist board warns

The Yemen tourist board has warned would-be British holidaymakers that it does not have a salmon fishing industry, after a surge of interest due to Ewan McGregor's new film.

Battleship stays afloat in chart

Battleship tops the UK and Ireland box office chart for a second consecutive week, fending off Salmon Fishing In The Yemen.

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen – review

With a disappointingly toothless script by Simon Beaufoy, author of The Full Monty and Slumdog Millionaire , this sub-Ealing (or perhaps inferior Boulting brothers) comedy is a lame, sentimental enterprise. Ewan McGregor plays a shy expert from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries drawn into a lovably eccentric sheikh's plan to introduce Scottish salmon to his desert emirate. Pulling and ...