Summary
- Channing Tatum dreads his kids watching the
Magic Mike
movies, calling it “horrifying.” -
Magic Mike
sees Tatum play a male stripper, sometimes putting him in compromising positions. - Despite its initial success, the franchise saw a decline in reception over time.
Channing Tatum discusses what it will be like when his kids finally watch the Magic Mike movies. Debuting the first movie in 2012, Magic Mike sees Tatum play a male stripper named Mike who makes his money off of the art of sensual dance movies. After the first movie, the Magic Mike franchise has gone on to have two more movies: Magic Mike XXL and Magic Mike’s Last Dance.
Speaking on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Tatum discusses what it will be like for his kids to see the Magic Mike movies someday.
Host Seth Meyers asked the actor what it would be like when his kids eventually stumble upon the film, and the two arrived at the fact that Tatum himself would not show the kids Magic Mike. When they eventually do stumble on the film franchise, however, Tatum says that “it’s gonna be horrifying.” Check out the full quote from Tatum below:
It’s gonna happen. And like, it’s gonna be horrifying when it does. But it’s a lot of like this [dances] stuff and I’m gonna keep it in that area.
How Magic Mike’s Reception Changed Over Time
The Reception Of The Magic Mike Movies Took A Downturn
The first Magic Mike film is certainly not kid-appropriate, making it understandable that Tatum would not want his kids to see him in that position. However, this age-inappropriateness is not at all a testament to the quality of Magic Mike. Rather, the film received decent reviews at the time of its release, getting a Certified Fresh 78% Tomatometer with over 200 reviews. While critics admitted that the plot may be lacking, many noted how genuinely entertaining Magic Mike was and that the film was fairly well-directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Audiences were more mixed on the second installment, Magic Mike XXL, than they were on first movie, giving it a 60% approval rating. The franchise only went downhill from there, with the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer decreasing with each film. By 2023’s Magic Mike’s Last Dance, the Tomatometer was a rotten 48%. Audiences were far more forgiving of the film, awarding it a 73% approval rating from over 1,000 reviews.
|
Magic Mike Movie |
Release Year |
RT Critics Score |
RT Audience Score |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Magic Mike |
2012 |
78% |
60% |
|
Magic Mike XXL |
2015 |
65% |
55% |
|
Magic Mike’s Last Dance |
2023 |
48% |
73% |
Part of fall in the films could be attributed to its change in directorship. While Soderbergh helmed the first and third movies, he was only an executive producer on the second, leading to some disjointedness in the directorial vision. Come the third film, Soderbergh did not manage to recover things, and it made a series-low $57.1 million at the worldwide box office. Because of Magic Mike‘s loss of momentum, any potential Magic Mike 4 or a spinoff is less and less likely.
Source: Late Night with Seth Meyers