The Shiny Shrimps (2019) Story Summary

1. Film: The Shiny Shrimps - Cinema Chicago

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  • Under fire after making a homophobic statement on TV, Olympic swimmer Matthias is in hot water. Desperate to make good, he’ll do anything to regain his place on the national […]

2. The Shiny Shrimps | Rotten Tomatoes

  • Synopsis Water polo team THE SHINY SHRIMPS have little hope of achieving their goal to compete in the world's biggest LGBTQ+ sporting event, the Gay Games.

  • Water polo team THE SHINY SHRIMPS have little hope of achieving their goal to compete in the world's biggest LGBTQ+ sporting event, the Gay Games. Their undisciplined behavior (in and out of the pool) has team captain Jean searching for a new coach to whip the shrimps into shape. He arrives in the form of World Silver Medalist swimmer Matthias Le Goff who, after making a homophobic remark on live TV, is offered redemption by means of training and reigning in the flamboyant Shrimps. The Shiny Shrimps, however, have other ideas. They prefer partying to serious practice and so, Matthias is forced to reconsider his professional and personal priorities. Should he quit for selfish reasons or hit the road to Croatia with this uncoordinated shoal of water divas and ensure that THE SHINY SHRIMPS will become Queens Of The Pool.

3. The Shiny Shrimps (Les Crevettes Pailletées) – Film Review

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  • The Shiny Shrimps is a feel-good comedy and overall it unveils an amusing, fictionalised, outlook of the team's exploits in their quest to qualify for the Gay Games in Croatia, which is the biggest event on the LGBTQ+ sports calendar.

4. 'The Shiny Shrimps' ('Les Crevettes pailletees'): Film Review

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  • Cedric Le Gallo and Maxime Govare co-directed 'The Shiny Shrimps,' a colorful sports comedy about a homophobic swim champion forced to train a gay waterpolo team.

5. The Shiny Shrimps review – water polo comedy stuck at the shallow end

6. The Shiny Shrimps Review | Movie - Empire Magazine

  • Sep 2, 2019 · A film about a group of disparate men coming together through the medium of water sports, The Shiny Shrimps is everything last year's Swimming ...

  • Read the Empire Movie review of The Shiny Shrimps. The Shiny Shrimps is a warm, inclusive hug of a movie. The filmmaking is prosaic but wins you over...

7. The Shiny Shrimps review – a belly flop of a comedy - The Guardian

  • Sep 8, 2019 · A professional swimmer, disgraced after blurting a homophobic slur on live television, must redeem himself by coaching an amateur gay water polo ...

  • A homophobic swimming coach has to mend his ways

8. The Shiny Shrimps (Les Crevettes pailletées) - film review - DMovies

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  • Homophobic coach has to grapple with loud and frivolous gay polo team, in this well-meaning and entertaining French comedy - in cinemas Friday, September 6th

9. Movie Review - The Shiny Shrimps (2019) - Flickering Myth

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  • The Shiny Shrimps, 2019. Directed by Maxime Govare and Cédric Le Gallo. Starring Nicolas Gob, Alban Lenoir, Michaël Abiteboul, Roland Menou, Romain Brau, Roland Menou, Geoffrey Couët, David Baïot, Félix Martinez and Maïa Quesemand. SYNOPSIS: A champion swimmer is forced into coaching a gay water polo team in an attempt to restore his public reputation […]

10. The Shiny Shrimps | Screen Goblin

11. Film Review: The Shiny Shrimps - Liquid Marmalade

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  • The Shiny Shrimps is at first glance simply a story of the worst gay French water polo team trying to compete in the gay games. Their luck changes when an Olympic hopeful swimmer who makes…

12. The Shiny Shrimps - TimeOut

  • Sep 2, 2019 · Why, to coach an amateur gay water polo team to the Gay Games, of course. Such is the premise of this irresistible comedy about water sports ...

  • What would be the perfect punishment for an Olympic swimmer caught making a homophobic remark? Why, to coach an amateur gay water polo team to the Gay Games, of

13. The Shiny Shrimps - a heartwarming cocktail of humour and belonging

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14. 'The Shiny Shrimps' Review: Dir. Maxime Govare & Cédric Le Gallo ...

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  • If you’re looking for a slight alternative to the late summer offerings (particularly if a certain sewer-dwelling clown isn’t your cup of tea), then you’d do well to check out The Shiny Shrimps. A hit back in its native France, this is a charming sports movie that seeks to tug at your heartstrings, tickle your […]

15. The Shiny Shrimps review - worth the plunge - The Arts Desk |

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  • Whoever thought of crossing the social conscience of Pride with the sporting acumen of Dodgeball? Out of this unlikely union comes The Shiny Shrimps, a joyous dive into the world of gay water polo.

16. The Shiny Shrimps **** - the Pink Lens

  • Jul 29, 2019 · Matthias (Gob) is a professional swimmer whose competition in international events is compromised by using a homophobic slur against a ...

  • Starring: Nicolas Gob, Alban Lenoir, Michaël Abiteboul, David Baïot, Romain Lancry, Roland Menou, Geoffrey Couët, Romain Brau, Félix MartinezDirectors: Maxime Govare, Cédric Le GalloCountry: France Hot on the tail of last year’s Sink Or Swim, another swimming-based French comedy is set to arrive in UK cinemas next month, courtesy of Peccadillo Pictures. And despite the former’s critical acclaim in its homeland, I would venture this is by far the more enjoyable of the Gallic movies. Matthias (Gob

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18. The Shiny Shrimps Review. By Conchi Diaz - Medium

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