Review of Magic Mike (2012) by Jacob — 25 Jun 2015

While Magic Mike may be based off of Tatum’s life as a stripper you wouldn’t know it from the film which feels uninspired. Tatum and McConoughey come alive in a film that features well shot scenes especially during the strip shows, which are creative and for ladies probably satisfying.

Unfortunately, its hard to appreciate the strengths of the film at times. Often the stripping and humping scenes exist just for the sake of having eye candy lacking any purpose in the story and while the characters may be intriguing, they lose their interest as the film falls back on clichés with the film boasting the obligatory mopey and dopey third act.

Women will no doubt be swept away by the wonders of Tatum’s abs while males are averting their eyes and/or wishing there was something to this film.