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MAGIC MIKE'S LAST DANCE

Starring: Channing Tatum, Salma Hayek Pinault, Juliette Motamed, Ayub Khan-Din, and Jemelia George
Director: Steven Soderbergh

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ADRIANO

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Magic Mike’s Last Dance ends the trilogy with a major dud. Steven Soderbergh does a good job in the director's seat, it has good performances from Channing Tatum and Salma Hayek Pinault despite their lack of chemistry, and there is some entertaining choreography in the final act. But this feels almost too polished when compared to the previous films' almost charming grittiness. It trades the emotional depth of the first film for an emotionally uninteresting and laboriously paced slog that lacks the excitement of the two previous films while also ripping off the plot of 2011’s The Muppets. This is, sadly, an anti-climatic finale.

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AMARÚ

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With Magic Mike’s Last Dance, Channing Tatum and director Steven Soderbergh continue to show their respect for all creative outlets (I’m talking about stripping, y’all, and indirectly, sex work). Series newcomer Salma Hayek Pinault is the perfect conduit to relay their beliefs in everyone’s freedom of expression, passion, and sexuality. This finale turned the series’ fantasies into a fairy tale, which is a fitting way to show the creators’ care for this franchise. If I had one true gripe, it’s that this send-off feels way too flat; however, like its predecessors, I left the theater satisfied with another enjoyable experience.

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