2012 · drama · comedy
Magic Mike
Directed by Steven Soderbergh1h 50m2012
Mike, an experienced stripper, takes a younger performer called The Kid under his wing and schools him in the arts of partying, picking up women, and making easy money.
Our read: Magic Mike (2012) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded drama · comedy entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured drama / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- brisk
- intimate
Watching Magic Mike tonight? Spin for your lens.
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How Magic Mike feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want stylish Florida strip-club drama that's sexy, funny, and surprisingly sad.”
Skip it tonight — Male nudity, drug scenes, or party-life seediness will kill the mood tonight.
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