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title: "Magic Mike's Last Dance"
year: 2023
kind: "film"
canonical: "https://film.one/film/magic-mikes-last-dance"
fi1m_id: "magic-mikes-last-dance"
imdb_id: "tt16280138"
tmdb_id: 906221
wikidata_id: "Q114876189"
fi1m_score: 52
critics_score: 48
critics_reviews: 16
published: "2026-09-09"
updated: "2026-09-18T08:37:53.406893+00:00"
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# Magic Mike's Last Dance (2023)

Directed by Steven Soderbergh · 1h 52m · Comedy, Drama, Romance

## Identity

Magic Mike's Last Dance

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/film/magic-mikes-last-dance
- **Type:** Film
- **Fi1m ID:** magic-mikes-last-dance
- **IMDb ID:** tt16280138
- **TMDB ID:** 906221
- **Wikidata ID:** Q114876189
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16280138/, https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/906221, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114876189

**Fi1m score: 52** · Critics 48 from 16 reviews

*In a sentence:* Channing Tatum crosses the Atlantic to take his clothes off and ends up chairing meetings

> Soderbergh and Tatum close the series by sending Mike to London to stage a show, and the film mislays the ensemble, the sweat and most of the jokes along the way. The finale is worth waiting for; the wait is the problem.

## Synopsis

Mike Lane (Channing Tatum) has stopped dancing and is working behind a bar when he meets Maxandra Mendoza (Salma Hayek Pinault), a wealthy woman in the middle of a divorce. One private dance later she flies him to London, where she owns a theatre and means to replace the play running in it with a show of Mike’s devising. He has a few weeks, a company of dancers to find, and a leading actress, Hannah (Juliette Motamed), who was not consulted. Maxandra’s butler Victor (Ayub Khan-Din) drives and disapproves, her daughter Zadie (Jemelia George) narrates, and her husband Roger Rattigan (Alan Cox) has a say in the building. Soderbergh directs, shoots and edits from a script by Reid Carolin.

## Review

Steven Soderbergh made the first [*Magic Mike*](https://film.one/film/magic-mike) in 2012 as a small, sweaty film about men selling a fantasy for cash in Florida. He returns to direct, shoot and cut the last one, and the idea in Reid Carolin’s script is a reasonable one: move to the buyer’s side of the counter. Mike Lane (Channing Tatum) is behind a bar when he meets Maxandra Mendoza (Salma Hayek Pinault), rich, separated and impatient. She buys a dance, then buys him a ticket to London, where she owns a theatre and wants to fill it with what he does. The film that follows is about putting on a show, and it turns out that putting on a show involves a great deal of sitting down.

That first dance is the reason the series existed and it is the best thing here. Soderbergh shoots it in a single room in a house nobody could afford, and lets Tatum use the furniture: a sofa, a table, Hayek Pinault herself, lifted and turned and set down as if she weighed nothing. He cuts it long, so we see the effort as well as the effect. For five minutes we were entirely in the hands of people who knew what they were doing, and we spent the next hour waiting for them to come back.

London is where it goes wrong. Carolin has Mike gather dancers off the street, argue about licences with a woman from the council (Vicki Pepperdine, briskly funny), and fall out and back in with Maxandra over what the show is for. None of this is dramatised; it is listed. Pat Campbell’s theatre, red plush and gilt, is a handsome place to sit, and the film sits in it. The dancers who join the company have bodies and no names we can remember, a loss for a series that used to run on a gang who liked each other. Ethan Lawrence, as the stage manager Woody, gets the nearest thing to a running joke.

Hayek Pinault is good company and the film knows it. She plays Maxandra as a woman who has been told no by lawyers once too often and has decided to spend her way past them, and she keeps the impatience funny rather than shrill. Tatum is a harder case. He has always played Mike as a decent man who would rather not talk, and here he is asked to talk a great deal, about art and desire and what women want, in the voice of a man reading from a pamphlet. The two of them argue well and flirt adequately. Many critics found no chemistry at all; we found some, and then watched the script take it away from them.

The narration is a mistake. Zadie (Jemelia George), Maxandra’s teenage daughter, tells the story with the vocabulary of a first-year seminar, and every time she speaks the film stops being a comedy about grown-ups and becomes a lecture about them. Ayub Khan-Din, as the butler Victor, does more with one long look than the voiceover manages in several paragraphs. We were bored for a long stretch in the middle, and the boredom had a shape: scene after scene in which people explain what a dance means instead of dancing it.

Then the show arrives and for its last half hour the film remembers itself. Soderbergh puts the camera on the stage and among the seats and cuts to the music; a number performed in artificial rain, water hammering the boards, is as clean a piece of dance filming as he has done. Christopher Peterson’s costumes go from cut suits to almost nothing in an order that has plainly been thought about. It is a good show. It is also, quite openly, an advertisement for the stage production of the same name, and knowing that took some of the pleasure off it for us.

Against the first film, which was about money and had dirt under its nails, this one is soft and clean and set in rooms nobody has to pay for. At 112 minutes it is not long, and it feels longer. Watch it for the dance at the start and the show at the end. In between, it is a long meeting in a nice theatre.

*Fi1m score 52, published 9 September 2026.*

## What the critics say

Most critics find this a limp end to the series, and the reviews lean heavily negative: nine against, four mixed, three in favour. The reservations cluster around the same decision. Soderbergh drops the ensemble and the bromance for a romance between Tatum and Hayek Pinault, and most reviewers feel the film loses its charge in the exchange, with too much talking, a child’s narration nobody wanted and a plot several compare to Pretty Woman. Several also suspect the whole thing is an advertisement for the live stage show. The praise, where it comes, goes almost entirely to the dancing, and particularly the long theatre climax, which even hostile notices concede is sharply choreographed.

Critics split on the leads’ chemistry: Sight and Sound and Paste find it strong, while Radio Times and Total Film see none at all. The AV Club is the outlier, calling it a sexy, sizzling sendoff. The spread is wide, but the centre is plainly disappointed.

## Straight answers

**Is Magic Mike's Last Dance worth watching?**

*Magic Mike's Last Dance* is worth watching only for its opening dance and its closing half hour, and we scored it 52. Between them sits a long stretch of meetings, arguments about what the show means and a teenage voiceover that stops the comedy dead. Fans of the series will want to see how it ends; nobody else needs to.

**How long is Magic Mike's Last Dance, and what is it rated?**

*Magic Mike's Last Dance* runs 1h 52m. It is a comedy and drama film.

**Where can I watch Magic Mike's Last Dance in Chile?**

*Magic Mike's Last Dance* is streaming on Amazon Prime Video in Chile, and it is also available to rent from Amazon Prime Video from CLF 2.49. Availability is checked daily; the links above go straight to each service.

**How violent or frightening is Magic Mike's Last Dance, and is it suitable for children?**

*Magic Mike's Last Dance* is not violent or frightening at all, but it carries a 15 certificate in the UK and an R in the US for a reason. It is a film about male strippers, built around a private dance and a stage show in which the costumes come off in a considered order. It is not for children; it suits adults who know what they are buying.

**How does Magic Mike's Last Dance compare to Magic Mike?**

*Magic Mike's Last Dance* is the softer and cleaner of the two, and [*Magic Mike*](https://film.one/film/magic-mike) is the better film. The first was about men selling a fantasy for cash in Florida, with an ensemble who liked each other and a script that knew what money costs. The last moves to London, loses the gang and much of the humour, and keeps only the dancing at either end.

**What should I watch after Magic Mike's Last Dance?**

After *Magic Mike's Last Dance*, try [*Magic Mike*](https://film.one/film/magic-mike) (2012, Fi1m 70): Where it started, with more sweat and a script that knew what money costs. Then [*The Full Monty*](https://film.one/film/the-full-monty) (1997, Fi1m 81): Sheffield steelworkers strip for cash; funnier, sadder and cheaper than anything Mike manages here; and [*42nd Street*](https://film.one/film/42nd-street) (1933, Fi1m 82): The original putting-on-a-show picture, where the rehearsals are as good as the opening night.

### Reviews we read (29)

- **The AV Club** (B+): The critic sees the film as a sexy, sizzling sendoff that ditches bromance for rom-com while delivering outstanding dance moves and strong performances from Tatum and Hayek Pinault. Soderbergh's direction and focus on the story are praised despite some stylistic choices. [Read](https://www.avclub.com/magic-mikes-last-dance-movie-review-1850076268)
- **Film Comment**, Mark Asch, Beatrice Loayza, Devika Girish (55/100, inferred): The piece discusses the film as an attempt to synthesize the themes of the prior Magic Mike entries through romance, performance, and commerce, with mixed feelings about its focus on heterosexual romance and lack of character depth for the dancers compared to earlier films. [Read](https://www.filmcomment.com/one-more-time-magic-mikes-last-dance-steven-soderbergh-review/)
- **Slant Magazine** (50/100, inferred): The critic finds the film stranded in emotional ambiguity by not fully committing to either screwball antics or deeper analysis of codependency, resulting in a tonally confused romantic comedy. Some praise goes to the choreography, camera work, and interpretative dance in the climax. [Read](https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/magic-mikes-last-dance-review-steven-soderbergh-channing-tatum/)
- **Little White Lies**, Hannah Strong (3/2/5): The critic finds it a frustratingly underwhelming and unsexy threequel that abandons the ensemble camaraderie for a half-baked romance and poor execution, missing the charisma and spectacle of previous entries. [Read](https://lwlies.com/reviews/magic-mikes-last-dance)
- **Radio Times**, James Mottram (2/5): The critic describes it as a foolhardy fantasy lacking spark or sizzle, with non-existent chemistry and no grit, a limp end to the series. [Read](https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/magic-mikes-last-dance-review/)
- **Total Film**, Kate Stables (40/100, inferred): The critic describes it as a glossy but fluffy threequel that loses magic when focusing on romance over dance. She notes a disappointing lack of chemistry between the leads but highlights the solid 30-minute theatre dance climax. [Read](https://www.gamesradar.com/magic-mikes-last-dance-review/)
- **Vulture** (40/100, inferred): The critic argues the film never achieves satisfaction as a mix of show-putting-on and romantic comedy, with intellectualizing draining the energy and Mike failing to hold up his side of a love story. The shift from fantasy figure to conventional protagonist is seen as the core problem. [Read](https://www.vulture.com/article/magic-mikes-last-dance-review-why-mike-shouldnt-date.html)
- **Time Out**, Phil de Semlyen (35/100, inferred): The critic calls it the ‘Bodfather Part III’, a dour, downbeat repudiation of the fun, missing the ensemble chemistry, with a half-hearted love story and feeling like a cash-in, though the dance sequences have charge. [Read](https://www.timeout.com/movies/magic-mikes-last-dance-2023)
- **Empire**, Ella Kemp (30/100, inferred): The review calls the film a misguided screwball narrative that feels more like a rom-com than a seductive Magic Mike picture. It praises the advertisement value for the live show but complains about too much talking and clumsy pacing. [Read](https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/magic-mikes-last-dance/)
- **The i Paper**, Christina Newland (30/100, inferred): The critic finds the film a disappointing mess that lacks the spontaneity and silliness of the previous entry. She singles out a few strong moments like the opening dance and rain-soaked finale but notes the plot and dialogue fall flat. [Read](https://inews.co.uk/culture/film/magic-mike-last-dance-review-channing-tatum-charming-2135866)
- **Financial Times**, Leslie Felperin (★★☆☆☆): Like an applause-thirsty band returning for an unwanted encore, the film delivers lots of dry-humping and package-waving presented as a dance show. The critic suggests the creators should know when to quit while ahead and get off the stage with grace. [Read](https://www.ft.com/content/c938cd48-572c-4e40-8252-d4f7fb6ae2e9)
- **Los Angeles Times**, Justin Chang: The sequel shifts toward long-term romance and female desire while exploring gender parity. It is sweetly romantic but doesn't quite stick the landing. [Read](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2023-02-07/magic-mikes-last-dance-review-channing-tatum-salma-hayek)
- **Screen Daily**: The critic says it ends on a muted note, lacking inspiration and spark of earlier pictures but feels measured, with Tatum bowing out gracefully. [Read](https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/magic-mikes-last-dance-review/5178744.article)
- **Sight and Sound**: The critic finds the leads charismatic with great chemistry but deems the film a muddled, shallow sequel that struggles to feel coordinated or plausible, with little substance in characters or narrative. [Read](https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/magic-mikes-last-dance-sizzling-chemistry-cant-save-this-muddled-shallow-sequel)
- **The Guardian**, Wendy Ide: The third instalment feels unexpectedly flabby due to its lazy formula, absence of supporting character development and incongruous child narration. It remains a diverting way to pass a couple of hours for those tolerant of montages and priapic antics. [Read](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/feb/11/magic-mikes-last-dance-review-steven-soderbergh-directs-more-groin-grinding-antics-channing-tatum-salma-hayek)
- **The Hollywood Reporter**, Lovia Gyarkye: The critic finds the film a frustrating disappointment that strays too far from its roots, replacing the series' debauchery and capitalism critique with basic gender theory and vague eroticism. Some initial chemistry between Hayek and Tatum and Soderbergh's direction are noted as positives, but the film is seen as baggy and deflated overall. [Read](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/magic-mikes-last-dance-channing-tatum-salma-hayek-1235315992/)
- **The New Yorker**, Richard Brody: Mike is recruited for a private dance and tasked with turning a play into a strip show in London. The movie feels forced and cynical with little logic or flair. [Read](https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/movies/magic-mikes-last-dance)
- **The New York Times**, A.O. Scott: The film focuses on Mike catering to one woman's desires in a story about lust and ambition. It praises the leads' chemistry while noting the romance lacks rhythm. [Read](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/08/movies/magic-mikes-last-dance-review.html)
- **The Times**, Kevin Maher (★★☆☆☆): This lackadaisical threequel has abandoned authenticity to become a gender-flipped Pretty Woman reboot welded to an interminable stage-show megamix. Soderbergh seems uninterested in storytelling and delivers a final act that is bland, overlong and mostly features wannabe Backstreet Boys doing pirouettes in their pants. [Read](https://www.thetimes.com/culture/film/article/magic-mikes-last-dance-review-channing-tatum-pirouettes-in-his-pants-f7rmp0d6v)
- **Variety**, Peter Debruge: The toothless sequel strips away supporting cast and bite, leaving Mike as a private dancer in a far-fetched romance. It is soft and in-name-only compared to predecessors. [Read](https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/magic-mikes-last-dance-review-channing-tatum-salma-hayek-1235511356/)
- **Collider**, Ross Bonaime (B-): The review finds the film the weakest in the trilogy but still enjoyable as Soderbergh and Tatum experiment with the characters and bid farewell to the series. It praises the chemistry and dance sequences while noting clunky plotting and a lack of the prior films' camaraderie. [Read](https://collider.com/magic-mikes-last-dance-review/)
- **Polygon**, katie-rife (70/100, inferred): The critic describes the film as evolving the series' fantasy into a kept-man story that feels like a stage musical with heightened romance and spectacle. It praises the shift toward women's pleasure and consent themes but notes that complicating the simple appeal with love and money dilutes the fun. [Read](https://www.polygon.com/reviews/23588352/magic-mikes-last-dance-review-channing-tatum/)
- **Digital Spy**, Gabriella Geisinger (60/100, inferred): The review finds the film a toe-dip into empowerment themes that feels shallow and unfulfilled, though it praises Tatum's sensual performance and notes it provides a good time in the moment despite lacking grit or depth from prior entries. [Read](https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a42813767/magic-mikes-last-dance-review/)
- **/Film**, Rafael Motamayor (6/10): The critic finds it a disappointing end to the trilogy, criticizing the dull romance with paper-thin characters, lame narration, and puritan dance numbers that feel like an ad for the live show. The dancing is stunning but lacks the expected sexiness and fun. [Read](https://www.slashfilm.com/1193877/magic-mikes-last-dance-review-a-disappointing-final-entry/)
- **NME**, Nick Levine (2/5): The critic calls it a cheap-feeling threequel where Soderbergh goes through the motions and the script runs out of ideas, borrowing from Pretty Woman without much payoff, though the climax delivers pin-sharp stripping choreography. [Read](https://www.nme.com/reviews/film-reviews/magic-mikes-last-dance-review-channing-tatum-3395477)
- **The Ringer** (40/100, inferred): The review sees the trilogy end on a letdown, with the London setting and romance diluting what made prior entries distinctive. It singles out the unconvincing arc for Mike and weak chemistry with Hayek as key shortcomings amid some entertaining moments. [Read](https://www.theringer.com/2023/02/10/movies/magic-mikes-last-dance-review)
- **Deadline**, Valerie Complex: The film is a serviceable third installment in the franchise with electric dance numbers and charming performances from Tatum and Hayek. It falters by shifting focus from character study to the dances themselves and lacks a proper ending that ties the series together. [Read](https://deadline.com/2023/02/magic-mikes-last-dance-review-channing-tatum-salma-hayek-1235252188/)
- **Paste**, Tara Bennett (7.1): The critic calls it an unabashedly romantic fairy tale that delivers strong chemistry between Tatum and Hayek Pinault along with stellar choreography in the finale. It notes the middle section meanders and feels cheesy but ultimately rewards viewers with its celebration of adult desire. [Read](https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/steven-soderbergh/magic-mikes-last-dance-review)
- **The Wrap**: Soderbergh’s threequel delivers neither style nor substance, devolving into a toned-down spectacle with a tired faux-feminist message that feels gutless and forgettable. Tatum and Hayek are winsome, and the direction occasionally recalls the franchise’s indie roots, but the elevated approach has a dulling effect overall. [Read](https://www.thewrap.com/magic-mikes-last-dance-review/)

## Details

- **Director:** Steven Soderbergh
- **Director:** Steven Soderbergh
- **Writer:** Reid Carolin
- **Cinematography:** Steven Soderbergh
- **Editor:** Steven Soderbergh
- **Production design:** Pat Campbell
- **Costume design:** Christopher Peterson
- **Producer:** Gregory Jacobs, Reid Carolin, Peter Kiernan
- **Cast:** Channing Tatum as Mike Lane; Salma Hayek as Maxandra Mendoza; Ayub Khan-Din as Victor; Jemelia George as Zadie Rattigan; Juliette Motamed as Hannah; Ethan Lawrence as Woody; Alan Cox as Roger Rattigan; Caitlin Gerard as Kim
- **Runtime:** 1h 52m
- **First release (Australia):** 9 February 2023
- **Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Romance
- **Budget:** $45 million
- **Box office:** $52 million
- **Trailer:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBIGdw-BRxw

## Where to watch in Chile

- Amazon Prime Video: add-on, uhd
- Amazon Prime Video: rent CLF 2.49, uhd
- Amazon Prime Video: buy CLF 11.99, uhd

*Checked 2026-09-10.*

Also available in: AT, AU, BE, BG, BR, CA, CH, CL, CO, CZ, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, HR, IE, IN, IT, JP, MX, NL, NO, NZ, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, US. Add `?region=XX` to this URL for another country.

## If you liked this

- *Magic Mike* (2012), Fi1m 70: Where it started, with more sweat and a script that knew what money costs. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/magic-mike.md)
- *The Full Monty* (1997), Fi1m 81: Sheffield steelworkers strip for cash; funnier, sadder and cheaper than anything Mike manages here. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/the-full-monty.md)
- *Shall We Dance?* (1996): A Japanese accountant takes ballroom lessons in secret; dancing as quiet escape, no lecture attached.
- *Hustlers* (2019): Strippers on the other side of the pole, and a film with real teeth about money.
- *42nd Street* (1933), Fi1m 82: The original putting-on-a-show picture, where the rehearsals are as good as the opening night. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/42nd-street.md)

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