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The Shiny Shrimps
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Wikipedia article
'The Shiny Shrimps' is a 2019 French sports comedy film directed by Cdric Le Gallo and Maxime Govare.[https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2019/05/08/les-crevettes-pailletees-un-grand-bain-gay-a-outrance_5459565_3246.html " Les Crevettes pailletes opte pour un loge convenu de la diffrence"]. 'Le Monde', May 8, 2019. The film stars Nicolas Gob as Matthias Le Goff, an Olympic swimming champion who makes a homophobic comment in a television interview, and is disciplined by the national swim team with the responsibility of coaching a gay water polo team who aspire to compete in the Gay Games.Boyd Van Hoeij, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/shiny-shrimps-les-crevettes-paillettees-1217695 "'The Shiny Shrimps' ('Les Crevettes pailletees'): Film Review"]. 'The Hollywood Reporter', 19 June 2019.
The film premiered at the L'Alpe d'Huez Film Festival on 19 January 2019, and was released theatrically in France on 8 May 2019. A sequel, 'La Revanche des Crevettes pailletes', is set to be released in April 2022
Synopsis
Mathias Le Goff is a world vice-champion swimmer. After making homophobic comments during a television interview, he was sanctioned to train the glittering 'Shiny Shrimp', a gay water polo team, for three months for their participation in the Gay Games in Croatia. Two worlds that everything seems to oppose will have to team up as best they can.
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Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of based on reviews from critics. The site's critical consensus reads, "'The Shiny Shrimps' traffics in cliche, but for fans of inspirational underdog stories, the results may be too uplifting to resist."
Movie received much support in public through popular presentations that included local LGBT/queer athletes.
File:Shinny Shrimps at MonGay screening.jpg|Authors presenting the movie Berlin's MonGay program of Kino International, 2019
File:Aquaholic water polo players at Shinny Shrimps at MonGay screening.jpg|'Berlin Aquaholics' water polo players joined for talk
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the film remained a popular suggestion in LGBT+ media listings of video on demand.
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