Mike is single again and ready to reunite with his stripper pals for one last hurrah at a stripper convention in Magic Mike XXL. We all know the ladies loved the original flick, but does this one maintain the fire? Here's what critics are saying:
- Its "plot can fit on a Post-it," writes Wesley Morris at Grantland. "But what's great about this movie—and it is great in its ridiculous way—is how it sustains a balance of hilarity and eroticism." It's much more intimate than the first: It feels as though "these men are dancing only. For. You," he writes. "I wasn't only entertained. I was moved and exhilarated." Watch out for Jada Pinkett Smith, who "puts her steeliness to its sexiest use ever," he adds.
- Peter Rainer isn't in love, but, "given the arrant attempt to cash in on the surprise success of the first film ... Magic Mike XXL is a lot better than it has a right to be," he writes at Christian Science Monitor. It "mostly dispenses with plot in order to serve up what it does best: showcase male stripper gyrations," but it's also "good-natured," he writes. "The women in the film, not the male dancers, are ultimately the ones who are celebrated."
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