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The Shrimp on the Barbie

1990 · 90 min

A featherweight, silly culture-clash romp that coasts on broad gags and easy charm, forgettable but harmless.

Genres
Comedy, Romance
Tagline
She's an ice-cool heiress. He's hot-to-trot. It's Desire Down Under!
Overview
Carlos has failed in show-biz and currently works as a waiter in a Mexican restaurant. There he meets Alex and dumb footballer Bruce celebrating their engagement with her parents. Alex' father is less than thrilled of her fiancée and says he'd rather accept anybody else. Eventually Alex hires Carlos to present him as her new fiancée.

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • class
  • deception
  • family
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour6
Realism5
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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