I work at a movie theatre that housed this film. Out of sheer curiosity, I went to a late night employee showing of this movie. I had no expectations other than: "It's a movie about a bunch of male strippers. Channing Tatum is in it." I went in expecting just that and got a bit more than I expected. Big spoiler: There's a bunch of guy's asses thrown about the stage while Matthew McConaughey, the owner of the male strip club, flaunts his 'I'm-better-than-you'-ness to all of the screaming women that go to these events. I had fun watching the women's reactions and seeing how it all works back stage, and McConaughey and Tatum play their roles quite well. There is good tension, humor, drama, and it was very entertaining. One thing kept ruining it for me. Cody Horn plays the sister of the new guy to the club, and main focus of the story, Adam (Alex Pettyfer). It was painful watching her forced emotions and hearing her fake laughs while seeing her awful timing ruin a lot of the immersion I thought I was having during the movie. Tatum's character, unfortunately, develops a love interest as absolutely painfully as possible. He went from the gorgeous and goofy Olivia Munn to a very uptight, unpleasant, downright cardboard-cutout overprotective-big-sister. By this, I mean, she never smiled during the entire movie, her lines sounded like they were read through a Microsoft-speak program, and she showed no interest whatsoever to the possibility of a relationship until the last five minutes of the movie. And even then, the wordplay is painful at best as she waits for an awkward thirty second before lunging onto Tatum in cliché 'credits-roll' romanticism.
Overall, I did enjoy the movie. I didn't expect to, so that is good on the movie's part. To describe the experience, however, imagine this: You have a plate of food in front of you. There's everything you like on it cooked very well, but right on the edge of the plate is a tiny piece of feces. You can enjoy the meal however you want, but the experience is lessened as you try to figure out why that crap was put on your plate in the first place.
Overall, I did enjoy the movie. I didn't expect to, so that is good on the movie's part. To describe the experience, however, imagine this: You have a plate of food in front of you. There's everything you like on it cooked very well, but right on the edge of the plate is a tiny piece of feces. You can enjoy the meal however you want, but the experience is lessened as you try to figure out why that crap was put on your plate in the first place.