Les crevettes pailletées

I saw this in the cineplex film night in Mannheim in french with german subtitles.

Lovable characters and the jokes are not pulled by the hair into the scenes (if the german proverb "bei den Haaren herbeigezogen" exists in english). Not comparable with the mainstream comedy movies - most of them american - I saw.

This movie deserves 10/10... it is funny, fierce and even through the tears hearing Bonnie Tyler's "Holding out for a hero" it was moving from start to finish... no matter the odds we all have to face in life, it is about facing your fears and taking chances. whether you win or lose, it is all about being in the moment and appreciating the blessing that is life. amazing cast and a phenomenal soundtrack! everyone deserves to be happy and to be loved. we should continue to aspire to be more respectful of each other, and not hold onto to our ignorance, fears or pointless hatred for the things we don't try to understand. if anyone expects compassion from another person, they should at least be able to show the same compassion.

This film is a fun and feel good film. It is very cliched, with some very loud queens doing the gayest stuff possible. It is funny to see them beside a supposedly (but not very) homophobic athlete. You won't see intense water polo matches in the film, even though the guys are in the water a lot. After all, it is a comedy and not a water polo film!

Although I do not belong to any of the two next categories, I think this film can please both gays (well, for obvious reasons) and homophobic people (let's say it's ultra cliche). Be prepared for an encounter of the third kind with the complete YMCA (Village People, 1978) and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Stephan Elliott, 1994) ... in swimming suit! This is clearly not a masterpiece and the script is predictable, but the actors are really endearing and the film is full of wacky and hilarious replies, even if the jokes are not always very subtle, far from Oscar Wilde's comedies as an example. In this regard, although the film is categorized 'all public', I will not necessarily suggest you to see this movie with your 7-year-old niece, if any. In short: I liked this nice teamwork!

Not the most innovative movie. But it works fine. Quite fun, feel-good, cool music, some very good moments, and some that pulls down. What draws down is that it is quite cliché filled with how we gays should look and behave. Most of the characters fill these perceptions of gays, but I shouldn't grumble about that. If you liked The Birdcage and In & Out, you'll probably like this one too.