All the Films review of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

"Lasse Hallström clearly opts against making a satire, instead using the story as a vehicle for the kind of feel-good film he is known for. Quite what there is to feel good about in an oil-rich Sheikh’s decadent vanity project is not immediately clear, though Hallström extracts as much as is humanly possible from the grand folly of it all."

Is it stupidly charming or charmingly stupid?

Read my full review here:http://allthefilms.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/salmon-fishing-in-the-yeme n/