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The Shiny Shrimps

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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.
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The Shiny Shrimps traffics in cliche, but for fans of inspirational underdog stories, the results may be too uplifting to resist.

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Clarisse Loughrey Independent (UK) 09/14/2019
4/5
Although this is an entirely fictional story, it's still laced with the small snippets of experience that elevate it beyond a simple, feel-good fantasy. Go to Full Review Wendy Ide Observer (UK) 09/08/2019
2/5
The Shiny Shrimps has a rambunctious, carnivalesque quality, but it's also full of crude cliches and stereotypes. Go to Full Review Kevin Maher The Times (UK) 09/08/2019
3/5
[T]he movie has plenty to say, and is best when debating the limits of free speech and contemporary identity politics (an argument about trans competitors in sport is particularly sharp). Go to Full Review Eddie Harrison film-authority.com 07/27/2024
3/5
…Cedric Le Gallo and Maxime Govare’s light-hearted French film does a nice job of providing route-one feel-good fare while managing to get a few timely digs i Go to Full Review Ben Turner The Pink Lens 09/01/2021
4/5
You'll find yourself falling in love with this band of unusual misfits, who are individually deeply flawed but together are adorably charming. Go to Full Review Andrew Gaudion THN 08/28/2020
4/5
There is something so infectiously joyous about this film and its story of inclusivity that it's so easy to look over its shortcomings. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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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. 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.