"You can't catch faith with a fishing rod." After Harriet (Blunt) contacts Dr. Alfred Jones (McGregor) about a Shiek from Yemen who wants to bring the sport of salmon fishing to his country he laughs it off. After being given no choice in the matter Jones begins to do just enough to keep his job. After meeting the Shiek and helping Harriet through a crisis his outlook begins to change. He puts everything he has into making the dream possible. The sign of a good movie is one that keeps you interested and makes you like it when you aren't even in the mood to watch it. I wanted to watch this based off the preview, but at the time I sat down to see it I really wasn't in the mood for a movie like this. It did start off a little slow but quickly sucked me in and by the end I was so into it that I couldn't remember why I didn't want to watch it. I have fished many times but I'm not what you would call an avid fisherman. The reason I say that is because this movie has the perfect balance of enough fishing to keep fisherman entertained, but not enough to make it all about fishing, much like the way "A River Runs Through It" did. The last twenty minutes of the movie makes you feel a proverbial "rollar-coaster" of emotions. Every few minutes something happens that changes how you feel while not turning into the cheesy and sappy ending that it could have been. Overall, a good movie that people who fish and those who don't will both enjoy. I liked it. I give it a B+.

Sheikh Muhammed (Amr Waked) with unlimited resources wants to bring the sport of salmon fishing to the desert. It sounds really stupid, and the characters all know it. Sparing no expense, his representative Harriet (Emily Blunt) has to turn his dream into reality. That's when she contacts government fisheries expert Dr. Alfred Jones (Ewan McGregor) to study its feasibility. Of course, he is beyond awestruck.

This is a really likable British rom-com. At first glance, it's a stupid premise, but they actually worked it through to a point of movie believability. And it's fitting for a movie rom-com, because the chemistry between Emily Blunt and Ewan McGregor also has movie believability. It's a fine piece of rom-com.

The Sheikh of Yemen (Amr Waked) wants salmon fishing in his country which the British government is willing to do. Dr Alfred Jones (Ewan McGregor) and Harriet (Emily Blunt) are thrust together on the project. Both are stuck in relationships with other people and can't move on. The salmon becomes a metaphor for their lives as their DNA forces them to do the same thing, i.e. staying in their comfort zone. The fish movement to Yemen is symbolic that we can move on. We just have to have faith.

The production is a typical indie flavored with bits of humor and a warm fuzzy side of philosophy. It is in a way a romance, but not your typical romantic comedy. It is a good date movie, especially if you are dating a married man that is having trouble leaving his wife...or on second thought, maybe not.

PARENTAL GUIDE: F-bombs, no real sex or nudity.