The Shiny Shrimps

The Shiny Shrimps () is a French sports comedy film, directed by Maxime Govare and Cédric Le Gallo and released in 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.

The film premiered at the L'Alpe d'Huez Film Festival in January 2019, before going into general theatrical release in May.

Cast
 Nicolas Gob : Matthias Le Goff
 Alban Lenoir : Jean
 Michaël Abiteboul : Cédric
 David Baïot : Alex
 Romain Lancry : Damien
 Roland Menou : Joël
 Geoffrey Couët : Xavier
 Romain Brau : Fred
 Félix Martinez : Vincent
 Maïa Quesemand : Victoire
 Pierre Samuel : Bertrand
 Jean-Louis Barcelona : Hervé Langlois
 Yvon Back : President of French Swimming Federation

Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 75% based on reviews from 8 critics.

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Category:2019 films
Category:2010s sports comedy films
Category:2010s LGBT-related films
Category:French films
Category:French sports comedy films
Category:French LGBT-related films
Category:LGBT-related comedy films
Category:LGBT-related sports films