Magic Mike XXL
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: July 1, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 40 Critic Reviews
Positive:
22
Mixed:
15
Negative:
3
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stacey May FowlesJun 30, 2015
It may be a meandering road trip movie about a group of emotive performers who fancy themselves therapists, but Magic Mike XXL is an ingenious revelation of a film. Read full review
83
HitfixDrew McWeenyJun 30, 2015
It is rowdy at heart, but smart about it, and it is one more reminder that Channing Tatum is really not like anyone else working in movies right now. It is also celebratory in the way that the first film was sad, concerned more with self-acceptance than running from something. Read full review
83
IndieWireEric KohnJun 29, 2015
Magic Mike XXL keeps its aspirations low enough to satisfy only the simplest of expectations; at the end of the day, it's just another party, but sometimes a party is just good enough. Read full review
80
The New York TimesA.O. ScottJun 30, 2015
Magic Mike XXL boldly flouts pop-cultural conventional wisdom. It’s often said that an explanation of a joke can’t be funny, and that the analysis of pornography is never sexy. But here is a coherent and rigorous theory of pleasure that is also an absolute blast. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierJun 30, 2015
There are laughs in Magic Mike XXL.... But the real eye-openers are the moments of sex-positive, woman-positive and emotion-positive contemplation. Read full review
80
The TelegraphTim RobeyJun 29, 2015
Cleaving hard to its road-trip formula, it works out less of an honest-to-goodness plot than Magic Mike, but goes even beyond that wonderfully loose, dexterous movie in feeling sexually liberated. It’s more glammed-up, rising above any element of tawdry exploitation, and is more of an outright comedy. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyJun 29, 2015
Magic Mike XXL is ridiculously entertaining. Read full review
75
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerJul 1, 2015
What saves it all from being sordid is the open desire of the director, Gregory Jacobs, and his writer, Reid Carolin, to make sure the women in the film, not the male dancers, are ultimately the ones who are celebrated. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzJun 30, 2015
Does the movie work? Intermittently, sometimes brilliantly. Read full review
75
New York PostLou LumenickJun 30, 2015
The dance routines are so hilariously spectacular — and the film is such good-naturedly inclusive fun — that you may not miss the absence of anything resembling dramatic conflict in what’s close to a feature-length concert film. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsJun 30, 2015
It retains the original's sunny, democratic vibe and refreshing lack of meanness, as well as Soderbergh's interest (if not his precision) in keeping several of the ensemble members in frame, interacting, without a lot of routine close-ups. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinJul 2, 2015
It’s sort of like "Pitch Perfect 2," only with better music and dancing and less trumped-up conflict. Read full review
70
SalonAndrew O'HehirJul 1, 2015
This isn’t a perfect movie, but it might be the perfect summer movie for 2015. Read full review
70
Village VoiceAmy NicholsonJun 30, 2015
He's selling nonsense fantasy in a movie that's nonsense fantasy, but boy is Tatum the real deal. Read full review
70
The DissolveScott TobiasJun 30, 2015
More than the first Magic Mike, XXL is a loose, shambling party bus—or party organic fro-yo food truck, to be more exact—and everyone’s having a great time. These are entertainment professionals, after all, and the audience is in good hands. Read full review
70
Screen DailyTim GriersonJun 29, 2015
This sequel to the unlikely 2012 male-stripper sensation has an agreeably ramshackle spirit and another winning turn from star and producer Channing Tatum. As for the dancing, it’s as deliciously spirited as ever. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesJun 30, 2015
Magic Mike XXL isn’t really a movie. It’s a bachelorette party, or a book club, or any other safe space where women gather for some of that “you go, girl” good feeling. It’s an amusement-park ride. Fasten the safety belt, secure your purses, and get ready to scream. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattJun 30, 2015
Director Gregory Jacobs worked under original Magic Mike helmer Steven Soderberg for years, but sadly he has almost none of his former boss’s ability to elevate material that is essentially one lamé thong away from a TLC reality series. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeJun 30, 2015
Magic Mike XXL is a piece of arm candy, as shallow as a mud puddle and just as bright. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t fun to hang out with. Read full review
66
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeJun 29, 2015
Revisiting this material to make a “let’s put on a show” musical is all well and good, but that musical would benefit from more energy and tighter editing. Read full review
63
Rolling StonePeter TraversJul 1, 2015
We get bracing bro banter, pectoral flexing and the whole gang going wild on Molly. Good times. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundJul 1, 2015
Magic Mike XXL isn't so much a lesser movie than Magic Mike as it is a looser one. Read full review
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