Movie Review: Magic Mike A Sexy Romantic Comedy With Heart (And Other Body Parts!)

[Editor’s Note: The following review comes from The Sword guest blogger Chelsea! Chelsea is a college student at SF State and The Sword’s new intern. Look for more reviews, news, and gossip from Chelsea all summer long on The Sword, and please be kind to her in the comments!]

Hey guys, Chelsea here! After like a zillion years of trailers, magazine covers, and then more trailers, the release of this summer’s most anticipated male stripper movie is upon us. That’s right, bitches! Channing Tatum’s beefy backside will be splashed across the big screen in movie theaters coast-to-coast when Magic Mike drops this Friday. But why wait till Friday to find out if this generation’s “male Showgirls” lives up to the hype? Your girl Chelsers attended a Magic Mike screening last night and I have an early review for you!



Let me begin by telling you that I LOVED Magic Mike, so if you’re just a hater looking to take pleasure in a negative review, this ain’t the place for you. For those of you who don’t know, Magic Mike is based on the true story of when Channing Tatum used to be a stripper, so keep that in mind as you watch the story unfold. It’s crazy to think that this all really happened to him! Hopefully the autobiographical aspect of the film will draw in a diverse audience and not just gals like myself; I really want everyone to see this movie! It’s that good. In a word, this movie really does have “something for everyone.”

For those of you only looking for eye candy, there’s plenty of it, believe me. The entire cast of hotties–including Channing Tatum, The Werewolf from True Blood, Matthew Bomer (or is it “Boner,” am I right??), Alan Pettyfur, and Matthew McCaughaney–all show their firm, glistening rear ends at least once, and pretty much all the guys fill out a thong really well, if you catch my drift. *wink* The strip show sequences are action-packed and fast-paced, and I almost felt as if I was there in the club with the screaming old cougar ladies, who all reminded me of my mom! (Mom, if you’re reading this, I’m sorry, but it’s true!)

If I had to pick my favorite male stripper badunkadunk though, it would have to be Channing Tatum’s. I am sorry, but was that man’s body inspired by Michael Angelo’s David, or what? It may have been that second Cosmo I had with my BFF Stacey who I met in the Marina for pre-drinks before the screening, but the sight of Channing’s jiggling butt cheeks almost made me pass out in the movie theater. (How embarrassing that would have been on my first official assignment as a reporter for The Sword…LOL!)


Butt seriously, for those of you who are looking for something other than just man flesh, there is MORE to Magic Mike than just g-strings and dollar bills. There is also STORY and SUBSTANCE. Without giving away too much of the plot, let me just say that there is a love story between the Channing Tatum character and a female character who questions Channing Tatum’s character’s career choice as a male stripper. This raises a lot of important questions about how far you’d go for love, how far we’ve come in gender role-reversal portrayals in the movies (normally we see women as the strippers and men pursuing them, not the other way around) and, most importantly, whether or not it’s immoral to be a male stripper. That’s a tall order for what’s supposed to be a fun summer popcorn movie about hunky guys (not that Magic Mike isn’t also about hunky guys), but somehow it all just works and flows together seamlessly.

Romance, sex, comedy, drama, and hot buns in thongs!! Magic Mike will touch your heart and make you feel like you’re being touched “down there” at the same time. It seems you really can have your beefcake and eat it, too!

Magic Mike
Studio: Warner Bros.
Running Time: 110 minutes
Chelsea’s Grade: A

 

 

17 thoughts on “Movie Review: <em>Magic Mike</em> A Sexy Romantic Comedy With Heart (And Other Body Parts!)”

  1. For someone who actually used to be a stripper, Channing Tatum sure seems to suck at it. He’s a pretty good acrobatic dancer and B-boy, but when it comes to being an erotic dancer…he’s just not. Every other actor in the movie makes a more convincing stripper than Channing Tatum, who just looks like he’s embarrassing himself every time he’s trying to be sexy. Only McConaughey looks worse, and then only because his over-tanned leatherface is catching up to him in his advancing age.

  2. The weird think is that Channing Tatum is becoming into a great actor, and not just a pretty face. A reviewer of Magic Mike claims that Channing is like the male version of Jessica Lange. I saw the sneak preview, and Magic Mike turned out to be a great film!

  3. unless anyone of those guys has a cock up his ass, I don’t want to see this film posted on this blog EVER AGAIN! GRRr!

    not very funny.

  4. Hmm… Nice review, but it’s Alex Pettyfer, not “Alan Pettyfur”. And it’s Matthew Mcconaughey, not McCaughaney… Google it, girl.

  5. If you have seen the different trailers for this movie you know that it can only be watched on a rainy Sunday afternoon in November.

  6. OneOfTheManyChris

    Hi Chelsers. Loved your work at “This domain for sale.” Who did you have to blow to get this job again?

  7. Matt Bomer on stripping for women:

    “Channing told me, ‘You have to use the stretcher and just get up on this girl and grind your junk in her face.’ But this girl was not going to just sit there and be ground upon. She started licking me in all kinds of special places and we just kept going… It was one of those situations where you were in an environment where moral parameters are not the same as they are if you’re doing a political drama. You just sort of have to say yes to everything and embrace it.”

    LMFAO! Oh, Matt… such a cutie.

  8. This is a joke, right? Like a “lonelygirl15”-kinda thing? I mean, half their names are misspelled…

    Chelsers?

    1. I’m guessing this is a (subtle as to be almost imperceptible) dig at the intended audience for this movie: overweight women of a certain age.

  9. Holy shit Chelsea, you get around. I did a TinEye reverse image search and you also appear on 885 other sites.

    1. That’s smart! I just did a (fruitless) image search at a stock photo clearinghouse for “hot college girls”. Definitely a first for me…

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