Les Crevettes pailletées

Funny, emotional and happy! The kind of movies we all need right now

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.

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.

The Shiny Shrimps

At first glance this just appears a French fusion of Priscilla Queen of the Desert and Swimming with Men. However it is neither, as the first was about harsh survival and the second a self-help group for broken men.

No other country except France produces such light touch comedy based on self-deprecation of ones own foibles and effortlessly mingles this with pathos and insight on the human condition. It is truly a French trait you see in many comedies from La Cage Aux Folles onwards.

This was very much a gay movies for a gay audience, the swimming club was presented as a place for self expression, meeting friends and having fun.

The whole movie was really all just froth and nonsense and had nothing to say of any gravitas. The acting was good, the set pieces in the pool not quite so good. We had two thoughts expressed that were of interest

• it is better to lose with the people you love than win alone.

• a minority group retains the privilege of expressing itself with derogatory language against itself (in this case homophobic).

I had a really great night as it was very entertaining but it largely appeals to a very specific audience so it's definitely not for everyone.

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!