Magic Mike

Set in the world of male strippers, Magic Mike is directed by Steven Soderbergh and stars Channing Tatum (Dear John) in a story inspired by his real life. The film follows Mike (Tatum) as he takes a young dancer called The Kid (Pettyfer) under his wing and schools him in the fine arts of partying, picking up women, and making easy money.

I have to admit that this movie was pretty enjoyable for the first hour.  They were pretty much mocking the fact that they were strippers and they weren't taking it seriously and what not.  The stage antics were pretty funny and so were the backstage stuff.  McConaughey was absolutely hysterical.  I thought I was going to have to write a gushing review of a movie about male strippers.  And then about halfway through they decided to force a lame ass story turning McConaughey into the bad guy owner and have Tatum be all about chasing some girl while "The Kid" developed a drug problem.  Very disappointing because this had surprise enjoyment all over it.

I would only recommend people watching the first half of the movie when it is light and funny.  The second half of the movie was pretty much garbage.  Too bad.