Summary
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.
Cast
Channing Tatum
Mike Lane
Matthew McConaughey
Dallas
Alex Pettyfer
Adam
Cody H. Carolin
Brooke
Olivia Munn
Joanna
Joe Manganiello
Big Dick Richie
Matt Bomer
Ken
James Martin Kelly
Sal
Reid Carolin
Paul
Adam Rodriguez
Tito
Kevin Nash
Tarzan
Gabriel Iglesias
Tobias
Riley Keough
Nora
Michael Roark
Ryan
Betsy Brandt
Banker
Mircea Monroe
Ken's Wife
Avery Bigelow
Girl in Line
George A. Sack
George
Micaela Johnson
Portia
Denise Vasi
Ruby
Camryn Grimes
Birthday Girl
Kate Easton
Liz
Asher Wallis
Obnoxious Bar Guy
Alison Faulk
Havana Nights Girl
Catherine Lynn Stone
Blonde Bachelorette
Jennifer Skinner
Silhouette Girl
Vanessa Ryan
Cowboy Lap Dance Girl
Teresa Espinosa
Pony Girl
Monica Garcia Pérez
Dr. Love Girl
Annette Houlihan Verdolino
Tarzan's Girl
Candace Marie
Boxing Girl
Lyss Remaly
Girl Richie Lifts
Jannel-Marie Díaz
Tito's Girl
Caitlin Gerard
Kim
Yari De Leon
Sorority Girl
Cam Banfield
Kim's Boyfriend
Keith Kurtz
Thug #1
Marland Burke
Thug #2
Ashley Hayes
Raver Girl
Ken Anthony II
Street Pedestrian (uncredited)
Machete Bang Bang
Go Go Dancer (uncredited)
Emma Chandler
Sorority Girl (uncredited)
Michelle Clunie
Dallas' Girl (uncredited)
Erica Day
Carla / Bartender (uncredited)
Fielding Edlow
Club Girl (uncredited)
Rod Grant
Strip Club Patron
Eric Ian
Eric (uncredited)
Stacy Jordan
Waitress (uncredited)
Charlotte Wilson Langley
Club Goer / Pedestrian (uncredited)
Joshua Lassman
Bar Guy (uncredited)
Carrie Lauren
Beach Girl (uncredited)
Melissa LeEllen
Sarah (uncredited)
Morgan Lester
Sorority Girl (uncredited)
Krystle McMullan
Club Goer (uncredited)
Adrienne McQueen
Dallas' Flirt (uncredited)
Jeremy Palko
Beach Guy (uncredited)
Barrett Perlman
Club Goer (uncredited)
Nicole Alexandra Shipley
Party Girl (uncredited)
Hannah Stark
Dancing Girl (uncredited)
Michelle Stevenson
Party Girl (uncredited)
Jennifer Thompson
Penelope (uncredited)
Rachael Thompson
Beach Party Girl (uncredited)
Victoria Vodar
Party Girl (uncredited)
Kenny Waymack Jr.
Beach Guy (uncredited)
Vicky Kadian
Child (uncredited)
Yeva-Genevieve Lavlinski
Club Girl (uncredited)
Dan Matteucci
Stripper (uncredited)
Deana Molle'
Strip Club Patron #1 (uncredited)
Crew
Director
Steven Soderbergh
Screenplay
Reid Carolin
Reviews
Geronimo1967
February 5, 2025
6
This film is a bit like a political speech. It promises much but rarely delivers. Channing Tatum is the eponymous male stripper who complements his roofing job with some entertainingly provocative dancing with his “Kings of Tampa” at the club of “Dallas” (Matthew McConaughey). Meantime, “Adam” (Alex Pettyfer) is down on his luck and so being easy on the eye and willing, “Mike” drafts him in to show off his wares to the baying hordes of gals up for a good time! Turns out they like him, and quickly he’s making decent money and hopeful of helping his mentor get a club of their own. His isn’t the wisest head, though, and a combination of east cash and easy drugs soon starts to risk everything all of them have striven to achieve. To be fair to Tatum he really does put some effort into his characterisation here, and sets about the role enthusiastically. McConaughey is also fairly convincing, too. It’s Pettyfer that lets it down. He’s a good looking man but delivers in body rather than in spirit. He has all the charisma of a wet tea bag. The dance routines work well enough but Steven Soderbergh doesn’t seem to have the courage of his convictions when it comes to delivering the goods. For a film that’s supposedly about the sexualisation of the male body, we see way more female nakedness and that I felt rather defeated the purpose. I don’t mean we needed dangly bits all over that place, but to tell a story about sexploitation - both the good and the bad elements of it, well - you need something more natural. If it doesn’t make your eyes water to think about it, then yes - it needs less strategic cutting! What humour there is is all a bit clichéd and as it rumbles on into the realms of “I love you bro’!” melodrama, it simply runs out of steam. Pity, it had potential, but in then it’s just a glitzier but more feeble version of the far more authentic “Full Monty” (1997).
