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Saturday, June 30, 2012

Review: 'Magic Mike' More Than Eye Candy

Matthew McConaughey and Channing Tatum head up the studly cast of an all-male revue in “Magic Mike.”

“Magic Mike” tells the story of an aspiring entrepreneur pursuing the American dream … who are we kidding? Who really cares about the plot? Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey and a cast of handsome Hollywood hunks show off their best assets as strippers in an all-male revue. AP Movie Critic Christy Lemire compares the movie to “Sex and the City.” “This is a movie that’s tailor-made for groups of friends to get together and giggle and ogle at the spectacle of it all. And it is a lot of fun -- there’s no shame, we’re all friends here -- but it’s also more substantial than you might expect, and more mundane,” Lemire wrote on Boston.com. The more mundane aspect centers on Magic Mike’s (Tatum) efforts to start his own business. “Come for the …

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