A male stripper teaches a younger performer how to party, pick up women, and make easy money.A male stripper teaches a younger performer how to party, pick up women, and make easy money.A male stripper teaches a younger performer how to party, pick up women, and make easy money.
- Awards
- 10 wins & 14 nominations
Avery Bigelow
- Girl in Line
- (as Avery Camp)
George A. Sack
- George
- (as George Sack)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThe film is loosely based on Channing Tatum's experiences as a male exotic dancer before hitting it big as a movie star.
- GoofsYou can clearly see Channing Tatum's wedding ring on when he crosses in front of the camera after getting out of his truck when arriving at the construction site.
- Crazy creditsThe Warner Bros. logo used at the opening of the film is a modified version of the Saul Bass designed logo from the 1970s.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #20.163 (2012)
- SoundtracksBreakdown
Written by Alex Cowan and Alice Russell
Performed by Alice Russell
By arrangement with Lip Sync Music, Inc.
Featured review
The lifestyle of male strippers with characters and dichotomies
Mike (Channing Tatum) is a stripper. He's also a contractor and furniture business entrepreneur. He's actually a pretty stand-up young man. Adam (Alex Pettyfer) isn't as put together, but his sister wants him to be. So when she ventures out to Xquisite, the all male dance revue, she exclaims "I was hoping it was all a joke." I don't blame her, I thought it was too. Mike responds, "No, but it is pretty funny." He's also right.
"Magic Mike" is indeed about a male strip club. The other strippers and their routines were all very funny. They definitely went too far at times, but I think that was part of the joke. Matthew McConaughey, as the club owner, seemed to be playing a character playing himself. A sort of tongue-in-cheek joke making fun of the types of roles he gets. He was fearless, willing to say or do anything to get the joke. There is something special about an actor like that.
Shortly before the release, positive critics reviews started coming out plus the realization that this was directed by Steven Soderbergh. It makes one think that perhaps there is more to this movie than just guys stripping. Well, yes and no. The majority of this movie is about the lifestyle that accompanies male strippers with plenty of scenes for the predominantly female audience to ogle at their dance moves. As expected, that gets annoying quickly.
Also as expected, the lifestyle that accompanies male strippers involves easy women and drugs, all of which can be bought with a lot of money. Mike tries to stay out of that style of living. He knows what he wants in life and the "proper" way to get it. On the other hand, Adam very much wants the hard-living style; that's exactly where he wants to be in life. This leads to a brilliant sequence, near the end of the film, where Mike is old enough to be passed his quarter-life crisis while Adam is just approaching his. But one is at more of a cross-roads than the other.
I am also assuming that Soderbergh has chosen to direct this just to do something different. Choosing interesting light effects and strange camera angles, just for fun I suppose. This is a genre that is not known for being inventive and I don't think much of his effort was necessary. But the characters and particularly their dichotomies that he added makes the film worth it.
"Magic Mike" is indeed about a male strip club. The other strippers and their routines were all very funny. They definitely went too far at times, but I think that was part of the joke. Matthew McConaughey, as the club owner, seemed to be playing a character playing himself. A sort of tongue-in-cheek joke making fun of the types of roles he gets. He was fearless, willing to say or do anything to get the joke. There is something special about an actor like that.
Shortly before the release, positive critics reviews started coming out plus the realization that this was directed by Steven Soderbergh. It makes one think that perhaps there is more to this movie than just guys stripping. Well, yes and no. The majority of this movie is about the lifestyle that accompanies male strippers with plenty of scenes for the predominantly female audience to ogle at their dance moves. As expected, that gets annoying quickly.
Also as expected, the lifestyle that accompanies male strippers involves easy women and drugs, all of which can be bought with a lot of money. Mike tries to stay out of that style of living. He knows what he wants in life and the "proper" way to get it. On the other hand, Adam very much wants the hard-living style; that's exactly where he wants to be in life. This leads to a brilliant sequence, near the end of the film, where Mike is old enough to be passed his quarter-life crisis while Adam is just approaching his. But one is at more of a cross-roads than the other.
I am also assuming that Soderbergh has chosen to direct this just to do something different. Choosing interesting light effects and strange camera angles, just for fun I suppose. This is a genre that is not known for being inventive and I don't think much of his effort was necessary. But the characters and particularly their dichotomies that he added makes the film worth it.
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- napierslogs
- Jul 3, 2012
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Magic Mike: Vũ Điệu Trai Nhảy
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $7,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $113,781,613
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $39,127,170
- Jul 1, 2012
- Gross worldwide
- $167,282,900
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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