Magic Mike (2012)

A male stripper teaches a younger performer how to party, pick up women, and make easy money.

Director:

Steven Soderbergh

Writer:

Reid Carolin

Stars:

Matthew McConaughey, Channing Tatum, Olivia Munn

5 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Matthew McConaughey	...	Dallas
Channing Tatum	...	Magic Mike
Olivia Munn	...	Joanna
Alex Pettyfer	...	Adam
James Martin Kelly	...	Sal
Cody Horn	...	Brooke
Reid Carolin	...	Paul
Avery Camp	...	Girl in Line
George A. Sack	...	George (as George Sack)
Micaela Johnson	...	Portia
Denise Vasi	...	Ruby
Camryn Grimes	...	Birthday Girl
Kate Easton	...	Liz
Asher Wallis	...	Obnoxious Bar Guy
Joe Manganiello	...	Big Dick Richie

Storyline

Mike Lane is a thirty-year old living in Tampa,Florida. By day he works as a roofer whilst at night, as Magic Mike, he is the star attraction of the Kings of Tampa, a group of male strippers. Secretly he wants out in order to further a projected furniture-making business but his credit rating precludes a bank loan for this despite his considerable savings. One night Adam, a teen-aged work-mate of Mike, follows him to the club and, when one of the acts is unable to go on,he is prevailed upon to strip - becoming a huge hit. However success goes to his head and his foolish actions not only threaten to jeopardize his sister Brooke's relationship with Mike but Mike's ambitions as well.

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Plot Keywords:

male stripper | male nudity | white briefs | strip club | alcohol | 

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Taglines:

Work all day. Work it all night.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive sexual content, brief graphic nudity, language and some drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 June 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bez kalhot

Filming Locations:

The Bricks of Ybor, Tampa FL

Box Office

Budget:

$7,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$39,127,170 (USA) (29 June 2012)

Gross:

$113,709,992 (USA) (21 September 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Iron Horse Entertainment (II), Extension 765

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Datasat Dolby Digital

Color:

Color Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film is loosely based on Channing Tatum's experiences as a male exotic dancer before hitting it big as a movie star.

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Goofs

You 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.

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Quotes

Dallas: Fact is, the law says you cannot touch!
[smiles]
Dallas: But I think I see a lotta lawbreakers up in this house tonight...

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Crazy Credits

The Warner Bros. logo used at the opening of the film is a modified version of the Saul Bass designed logo from the 1970s.

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Connections

References Predator (1987)

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Soundtracks

"Love Shot"
Written by Dan Hougesen, Allan Villadsen, Per Jørgensen (as Per Joergensen), Steffen Westmark, and Søren Christensen (as Soeren Christensen)
Performed by The Blue Van
Courtesy of Iceberg Records
By arrangement with Zync Music Group, LLC

User Reviews

Magic Mike: Needed More Magic and Less Mike

Magic Mike is one of those many films that I could guess the plot exactly before I saw it. I don't know if its because its super predictable or if I've seen too many movies. Anyways, here is how I predicted how the film would go down before I saw it: Popular guy with pretty good life turns into a Disney princess because he wants "something more" in his life than what he's use to. He meets girl, falls in love with girl but is torn between his life and girl. He (shockingly) picks girl with limited personality instead of pretty good life and they all live happily ever after. That was my prediction BEFORE I saw the movie.

I won't spoiler the actual film but here's what its about: Magic Mike (Channing Tatum) is a construction worker by day and male stripper by night. He meets pretty boy Adam (Alex Pettyfer) who lives with his sister, Brooke (Cody Horn) at work and gets Adam a stripping job at the strip joint owned by Dallas ("I see a lot of law breakers"...must a say HIS name?). Romantic fireworks explode between characters and Adam gets into trouble along the way.

Here's how I'm going to analyze:

Story: All I can about the story is that it is your typical romantic 21st century Hollywood film. You can predict the whole movie and ending very easily.

Characters: These characters were walking cardboards. Mike, Adam, Brooke, Joanna, Norah, even Tarzan, etc HAD NO PERSONALITY! The character that was somewhat interesting was Dallas and he stripped the least (sorry ladies). I could've cared less what happened to these characters because there was no depth to them and I didn't feel attached to them at all. We've seen these clichéd characters a million times.

Acting: I hated to judge this part because there isn't much to judge. The acting is...mediocre at best. Channing Tatum plays the role he plays in every film of his: the good guy with little personality. I feel Tatum CAN really act but he needs to expand his range like Johnny Depp does or Heath Ledger use to. Adam Pettyfer has tried to expand his range (like in "Beastly")but the kid, as good looking as he is, just can't act. Cody Horn was the weakest link. She'll probably be the next Julia Stiles, meaning she'll be cast in the same role in every film (good films probably) next to good looking guys even though she can't act.

These are the only things to critique on. The directing, music, editing, etc are not focused on at all. The only song in the film I could remember was "Its Raining Men". The directing had some shaky camera. I remember that. The visuals were...okay. If you like naked men.

Overall, the film was..."eh". I was bored through most of it and I left the theater with no intentions to ever see it again. I gave the film three stars out of ten. The film needed more "magic" in storytelling and originality then "Mike" just being your typical Hollywood dream guy that doesn't really exist.