Hot Trailer: ‘Salmon Fishing In The Yemen’

COMMENTS (17)

• I saw this at TIFF, the movie’s great and I like this trailer. Well done.

  Comment by Sammy — Friday December 16, 2011 @ 2:24pm PST  Reply to this post

• A smart, original movie for adults? Who knew Hollywood still knew how to make this kind of movie?

  Comment by The Watchman — Friday December 16, 2011 @ 2:40pm PST  Reply to this post

• It’s not that CBS Films decided it was too late to run for Oscars this year, but actually that CBS just didn’t get their act together. Like everything else they do, CBS Films simple does not function.

  Comment by jeremy Henderson — Friday December 16, 2011 @ 2:49pm PST  Reply to this post

  • Hello Jeremy,

    What you’ve written is incorrect. We discussed 2011 vs. 2012 with the filmmakers shortly after picking up the film at TIFF and everyone agreed that 2012 was the better option.

    Hope you enjoyed the trailer,

    CBS Films

    Comment by CBS Films Employee — Friday December 16, 2011 @ 2:59pm PST  Reply to this post

• Jeremy…this Xmas is way too crowded too rush this great film into theatres, with no time for trailers, no publicity, no in-theatre, etc. your slam at CBS films is idiotic…more distributors should be so strategic.

  Comment by Les — Friday December 16, 2011 @ 3:08pm PST  Reply to this post

• Why does Ewan’s accent sound fake when it’s his actual native accent? (right?) There’s just something off there. I think he’s trying to do a Sean Connery impression or something. That or he’s officially become more boring than Dylan McDermott (a seemingly insurmountable task, until now)

  Comment by Truth-o-Meter — Friday December 16, 2011 @ 3:45pm PST  Reply to this post

• Looks fantastic. Performances from Blunt, McGregor, and Thomas look great. Great choice of music in there, trailer gets the emotion without giving everything away.

  Good to see a new one from Lasse Hallstrom.

  Comment by wearhavuBEN — Friday December 16, 2011 @ 4:09pm PST  Reply to this post

• Sure, it looks sort of cute. But many bad movies have good trailers, and despite the encouraging comments (most of which are likely from CBS Films employees) CBS Films has yet to open a movie successfully. I would agree that if they acquired it in October, releasing before Q1 2012 would be a rush. Then again, if you’re going to wait, might as well wait til Q2. Q1 seems to be the dumping ground for mediocre films that are quickly forgotten.

  Comment by We'll have to wait and see — Friday December 16, 2011 @ 4:20pm PST  Reply to this post

• WHY DOES EVERYTHING LOOK LIKE NANCY MEYERS DIRECTED IT?!
  I’m having some kind of breakdown, clearly.

  Comment by takeitoutsidemimi — Friday December 16, 2011 @ 4:35pm PST  Reply to this post

• I like this trailer and will see the movie but the music is insipid.

  This movie seems to have echoes of Local Hero, a really great film.

  Comment by monique — Friday December 16, 2011 @ 4:36pm PST  Reply to this post

• Saw this at TFF, loved it. KST rocked it. (She made this ab fab)… A must see.

  Comment by juliek — Friday December 16, 2011 @ 6:32pm PST  Reply to this post

• Congrats on CBS Films turning out a typical feel-good, studio fluff piece about as earnest as the BP apology for the Gulf Oil spill. Do I have to spend two hours watching a “bumbling” idiot try to see past his navel so that he can fall in love with uber-hot Emily Blunt? Believability strained. Wonderful how it takes people of color to show the whites the true meaning of life. Lame. The f*cking Cold Play song was the real capper for me. No thanks. I can only hope that the money Hallstrom made will fund better projects.

  Pass.

  Comment by Greg — Friday December 16, 2011 @ 9:51pm PST  Reply to this post

  • Awww….sounds like Grumpy Greg needs a hug. People of color can’t teach a lesson? That’s awfully smug. A snippet of music from a band you don’t like causes you to cast doubt on a filmmaker you appear to have affection for? Really? You’re THAT narrow? Next time you order salmon I suggest switching to a sweet marinade – back off the lemon – it has soured your disposition.

    Comment by Lets Hug Out Over Grilled Salmon — Saturday December 17, 2011 @ 5:50pm PST  Reply to this post

  • You’re a dumbass. It’s not Coldplay. But I won’t tell you WHO it is, so you can go on and enjoy your miserable, ignorant existence.

    Comment by Anonymous — Sunday January 22, 2012 @ 7:38pm PST  Reply to this post

• Looks good, but wow, wretched timing. I guess salomon fishing really isn’t the cure for civil war.

  Comment by richmond_Pope — Saturday December 17, 2011 @ 1:49pm PST  Reply to this post

• Can you tell me the song that plays at the end of the trailer?

  Comment by Megan Tucci — Sunday March 25, 2012 @ 11:11am PDT  Reply to this post

• Delightful film. Leaps of faith, unbelievability, yup. But, superbly jelled together. I was supposed
  to be watching how the line “fundamental technicality” played a large role in the film; I suppose the
  what was meant by that was the McGregor was successful in getting beyond his coi fish…….
  I loved the element of faith in the film………with the exception of an assassin and a few bad guys
  in the film BBC was able to make the Arab world likable. I am an “older” person so perhaps not
  so cynical as some of our youth……..a good ol’ love story and someone loves salmon. So do I.

  Comment by Karen Egan — Friday April 13, 2012 @ 8:01am PDT  Reply to this post