For those of you who scan speedily to the bottom of reviews to see if a film is worth seeing — don’t worry; I always do it myself — I thought I would do you a favour and put the last paragraph first, as follows:
Is Steven Soderbergh’s Magic Mike worth seeing? Yes. But also ‘no’. But mainly ‘yes’. So it’s a ‘yes’ with some ‘no’ caveats. I can now see this isn’t so helpful. Best scan, I’m afraid. Still, at least you know I’m on your side.
Set in the world of male strippers, and written by the actor Channing Tatum, who has said it is loosely based on his stint as a stripper in Hollywood when he was 18, there is more to Magic Mike than meets the eye, even though, ladies, what does meet the eye isn’t exactly unpleasant.
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