A good movie

When I first heard about this movie, I thought it sounded pretty lame. I mean, come on! The real-life experiences of Channing Tatum who used to be a male stripper… On the other hand, Steven Soderbergh used to be (he is officially retired so I will talk in the past tense) quite experimental so who knows? The fact that it was actually rather well received intrigued me even more so I was actually quite eager to check it out. Eventually, from a rather lame concept, it turned out to be a pretty decent flick. Personally, right from the first scene with Channing Tatum, I was already sold. I mean, the tone was just awesome and the guy was really good in this. After watching this and ’21 Jumpstreet’, two movies I was expecting nothing from, I must admit that Tatum is actually pretty talented and could go very far if he doesn’t focus too much on some random generic action flicks. This movie was also part of the renaissance involving Matthew McConaughey and he was indeed very good in this, even though his character could have been move developed. And that was the first issue with this flick, except for Magic Mike, the rest of the characters were poorly developed and I seriously didn’t care at all about the sister. The other issue I had is that even though the scene I mentioned before was awesome, the rest of the story was actually rather pedestrian. I mean, they have a lots of fun but then, they get into trouble involving drugs and stuff and, suddenly, Magic Mike realizes he might better do something else more rewarding with his life. It was honestly rather predictable. Still, all in all, considering the material, they managed to make an entertaining flick and it is actually worth a look.

7/10