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The Shiny Shrimps

Les Crevettes pailletées

  • Status: Released
  • 08-05-2019
  • Runtime: 103 min
  • Score: 6.624
  • Vote count: 441

Matthias Le Goff, an Olympic champion at the end of his career, makes a homophobic statement on TV. His punishment: coach the Shiny Shrimps, a flamboyant and amateur gay water-polo team. They have only one thing in mind: to qualify for the Gay Games in Croatia where the hottest international LGBT athletes compete. It's the start of a bumpy and joyful ride - Faster, Higher, Stronger.

Nicolas Gob

Matthias Le Goff

Alban Lenoir

Jean

Geoffrey Couët

Xavier

Michaël Abiteboul

Cédric

David Baïot

Alex

Jonathan Louis

Le gogo dancer

Pierre Samuel

Bertrand

Thomas Croisière

Pascal

Romain Lancry

Damien

Romain Brau

Fred

Roland Menou

Joël

Félix Martinez

Vincent

Arthur Gillet

Poséidon

Benoît Maréchal

Bram

Anaïs Gilbert

Elsa

Yvon Back

Le Président de la Fédération Française de Natation

Jean-Louis Barcelona

Hervé Langlois

Maïa Quesemand

Victoire

Fabien Fuhrmann

Fils touriste

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I liked this! I am not going to pretend it is in any way groundbreaking; indeed in many ways it reinforces some pretty infantile stereotypes. A world class straight swimmer (Nicolas Gob) makes derogatory remarks about a gay reporter and is "sentenced" to look after the French gay water polo team by way of punishment. They turn out to be the worst kind of sporting team imaginable - but add swimming trunks (sometimes!) and the film tells the story of how he manages to get them to the Gay Games in Croatia. It is a predictable but fun romp, nonetheless. In a genre frequently super-charged with political correctness and sex; this is just a bit of fun. Give it a go - it will make you smile.