The Shiny Shrimps (Les crevettes pailletées)
Improductibles, Les (2019)
Comedy, Queer Themes/Interest
In Collection
#2190
4*
Seen ItYes
(5/21/2020 home)
5060265151201
IMDB   6.5
100 mins France / French
DVD  PAL, Region 2
Nicolas Gob Matthias Le Goff
Alban Lenoir Jean
Michaël Abiteboul Cédric
David BAÏOT Alex
Romain Lancry Damien
Roland Menou Joël
Geoffrey Couet Xavier
Romain Brau Fred
Félix Martinez Vincent
Maïa Quesemand Victoire
Pierre Samuel Bertrand
Camille Thomas-Colombier Entraîneur Matthias
Jean-Louis Barcelona Hervé Langlois
Yvon Back Le Président de la Fédération Française de Natation
Anaïs Gilbert Elsa
Jimmy Conchou Le marie de Julia
Ingrid Graziani Entraîneuse Déménageuses
Hugo Hermal Jumeau 1
Timoté Herman Jumeau 2
Sonia Hell Touriste femme
Thomas Croisière Pascal
Fabien Fuhrmann Fils touriste
Renaud Chélélékian Amant Grindr
Philippe Ohrel Un homophobe
Jérôme Henry Un homophobe
Aimé Politanski Un homophobe
Director/Choreographer
Maxime Govare
Cédric Le Gallo
Producer Renaud Chélélékian
Edouard Duprey
Igor Nola
Yohann Comte
Writer/Composer Maxime Govare
Cédric Le Gallo
Romain Choay
Cinematography Jérôme Alméras
Music Thomas Couzinier
Fréderic Kooshmanian


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.
Edition Details
Original Title Les crevettes pailletées
Subtitles English
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Date 4/12/2020
Location Personal Library
Store Amazon Marketplace-Oxfordshire England
Purchase Price $21.89
Condition New
Quantity 2
Order Order# 112-1591845-0074660
Tags sports
Links ‡ Interview: Queerty "Cédric Le Gallo spills on ‘The Shiny Shrimps,’ the kinda-true story of an all-gay water polo team" (David Reddish 8/24/19)
The Shiny Shrimps at Core for Movies
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Notes
Much disappointed. Given the subject matter, and the film's PR, I had expected a somewhat outrageous campy French comedy. It was not especially funny. And I never had much empathy for any of the cast. It was so tedious at times I almost turned it off. Whilst the directors attempted to bring in French queer politics, it never came across to me in a way that I had even an inkling as to what the conflict was about. There was almost no character development.
I had a fair amount of difficulty purchasing the dvd - first in locating a seller (England), then with a very long delivery time (Royal Mail, second class.) And ironically I ended up with two copies of a film I didn't much like..