The Shiny Shrimps

2019 103 min ★ 6.6 Comedy

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.

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Cast

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

Details

Director

Cédric Le Gallo

Status

Released

Original Language

FR

Budget

$3,500,000

Revenue

$4,645,750

Production

Les improductibles, Kaly Productions, Charades

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

March 28, 2022

★ 7/10

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...