First Trailer For Steven Soderbergh’s Magic Mike Arrives

I think he may have done it.

Throughout Steven Soderbergh’s career, he’s crafted great film after great film, and even when he occasionally misses the spot, he crafts something visually interesting or intellectually stimulating. However, for some reason, his next film Magic Mike seems to miss, something.

The film looks, visually, gorgeous. Starring Channing Tatum and Matthew McConaughey, Mike follows Tatum’s lead as he tries to find love despite being a male stripper, while also having a penchant for interior design. Tatum appears to be having a blast here, and McConaughey is continuing his return to form following great turns in films like the otherwise deplorable Bernie.

That all said, there is a sense of distance here, and the romance itself feels a bit forced and oddly false.   Again, this is simply the film’s first trailer, so I may be wrong, but it’s a tonally odd little bit of promotional material.   Overall, it’s not that I don’t find the film interesting, this trailer simply gives me no reason to really do so.   Soderbergh will get me in the theater, let’s just hope he doesn’t make this, one of his alleged final films, sour his way out.

What do you think? (See it in HD over at Apple)