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Steven Soderbergh's MAGIC MIKE stars Channing Tatum as the title character, an entrepreneur who works as a roofer and in several other occupations, but makes most of his money being the star attraction at Club Xquisite, a male strip joint in Tampa that fills every weekend night with drunken, horny women eager to slide dollar bills between hard-bodied dudes and the G-strings they wear. While on a roofing job, Mike meets Adam (Alex Pettyfer), a misfit college dropout who lost a football scholarship when he punched his coach, and he decides to teach the kid how to become an exotic dancer. Mike introduces Adam to Dallas (Matthew McConaughey), the owner of the club, and gets him onto the crew of regular performers. As Dallas plans a big move for the troupe, Mike tries to start his dream business, falls for Adam's sister, and sees Adam fall to the temptations of the stripper life.
Cast List
Steven Soderbergh - Director/Screenwriter, TRAFFIC (2000)
Peter Andrews - Director/Screenwriter, TRAFFIC (2000)
R.A. Rondell
Duane Manwiller
Frankie Pine - Musical Direction/Supervision; Makeup Supervisor
Julie Anderson - Documentary Filmmaker
Fionagh Cush
Claudette Barius
David Kirchner
Jim Bigham
Christopher Patterson - Set Dresser
Yvette Stone
Gregory Jacobs - Producer, FULL FRONTAL (2002)
Alison Faulk
Reid Carolin
Barbara Munch Cameron - Set Designer
Mike Bogert
Johnny Lieberman
Adam Rettino
Matthew McConaughey - American actor, SAHARA, FOOL'S GOLD
Camryn Grimes - Actor, SWORDFISH (2001)
James Martin Kelly
Joe Manganiello
Adam Rodriguez - Actor, BROOKLYN SOUTH
Kevin Nash - Wrestler
Monica Garcia - Actor
Gabriel Iglesias - Standup Comic/Actor
George E. Sack Jr.
Channing Tatum - Actor, SUPERCROSS: THE MOVIE (2005)
Betsy Brandt
Matthew Bomer - Actor, TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING (2006)
Alex Pettyfer - Actor, STORMBREAKER (2006)
Cody Horn
Olivia Munn - Actress
Denise Vasi
Riley Keough
Caitlin Gerard
Kate Easton
Catherine Lynn Stone - Actor, ;
Yari Deleon
Teresa Espinosa
Michael Roark
Cameron Banfield
Keith Kurtz
Avery Camp
Micaela Johnson
Asher Wallis
Jennifer Skinner
Vanessa Ryan
Annette Houlihan Verdolino
Candace Marie Celmer
Lyss Remaly
Jannel Diaz
Mircea Monroe
Maynard the Pig
Marland Burke
Ashley Hayes
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Reviews:
"It's cheerfully raunchy, and delivers the goods for fans of male beefcake, though with more innocence, along with some sadness, than would appear at first blush." - 06/28/2012 Wall Street Journal
3 stars out of 4 -- "[A] crafty mixture of comedy, romance, melodrama and some remarkably well-staged strip routines involving hunky, good-looking guys." - 06/27/2012 Chicago Sun-Times
"[Soderbergh] has made sure that the onstage part of MAGIC MIKE is characterized by energy and flash." - 06/28/2012 Los Angeles Times
"[A] funny, enjoyable romp about male strippers and the American dream....Its clear the director is out to maximize everyones pleasure." - 06/28/2012 New York Times
4 stars out of 5 -- "MAGIC MIKE both is and isn't the freewheeling, fun-loving, male stripper extravaganza its trailers peddle. Running parallel to this flesh game is another of Soderbergh's nuanced looks at contemporary American life..." - 06/25/2012 Box Office
"[A]rguably the raunchiest, funniest and most enjoyably nonjudgmental American movie about selling sex since BOOGIE NIGHTS..." - 06/24/2012 Hollywood Reporter
"Almost as impressive as Tatum's moves are his comic flair and breezy grace." - 06/27/2012 USA Today
4 stars out of 5 -- "Soderbergh's out to give audiences a good time, and he succeeds." - 08/01/2012 Total Film
"Channing Tatum proves himself a true movie star. His Mike glides through the world with the ease of a god, and on stage he's electrifying." -- Grade: A- - 07/06/2012 Entertainment Weekly
"There is no better actor for such a part than McConaughey, who inhabits the role while occasionally using it to send up his own public image." -- Grade: B - 06/28/2012 A.V. Club
"[T]his is a film about strippers having a really smashing ime, and on that level it's a likeable exercise in don't-take-yourself-so-seriously." - 08/01/2012 Sight and Sound
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