History YMMV / MagicMike

* WTHCastingAgency: Many were left wondering why Wrestling/KevinNash of all people was in the movie. Especially given his knee problems meant that he couldn't do much of the dancing, and needed a special knee brace.[[note]]Channing Tatum and Stephen Soderbergh realized that the knee brace was perfect for Nash's character, since he was supposed to be someone who was stuck in stripping years past when he should have quit[[/note]]
** Creator/GabrielIglesias had a reaction like this when Creator/ChanningTatum asked him to play a role in a movie about male strippers. Turns out he wanted Iglesias to play a [=DJ=] in a part that was almost completely cut.

** Alex Pettyfer had mainly become known either for MrFanservice roles in {{Chick Flick}}s or else numerous Young Adult adaptations that flopped. He impressed many with his portrayal of a CorruptTHeCutie character who falls into hard-drinking and [[spoiler:eventually drug addiction]]. He's also appeared to have improved his FakeAmerican accent.

** Brooke and her attitude towards the stripping. On the one hand, it's hard not to see her as a prude who can be a little judgemental - especially since she looks down on Mike once she finds out he's a stripper. On the other, it seems as if she's more afraid of the potential bad influences on her brother - as the last straw for her is [[spoiler: when Adam nearly overdoses]].

* FetishRetardant: As there's a ''lot'' of stripping in this movie, at some points it can become uncomfortable to watch - especially as it's gradually shown how empty Mike's life actually is.

** Alex Pettyfer had mainly become known either for MrFanservice roles in {{Chick Flick}}s or else numerous Young Adult adaptations that flopped. He impressed many with his portrayal of a hard-drinking [[spoiler: eventual drug addict]]. He also appeared to have improved his FakeAmerican accent.

* LGBTFanbase: A movie about male strippers is bound to pick up a couple of gay male fans. It also helps that Creator/MattBomer, one of the actors in the film is gay.

* TheWoobie: Although he's a cheerful guy, it's gradually revealed that Mike is quite a Woobie. He only got into stripping as a way to fund other projects he wants to do - but he struggles to get loans because of his stripping. At thirty years old, he wants to escape this world but doesn't seem to know how to. His little rant to Brooke shows just how vulnerable he really is.
--> "I'm not my god damn job! It's what I do but it's not who I am!"
* WTHCastingAgency: Many were left wondering why Wrestling/KevinNash of all people was in the movie. Especially given his knee problems meant that he couldn't do much of the dancing, and needed a special knee brace.[[note]]Channing Tatum and Stephen Soderbergh realized that the knee brace was perfect for Nash's character, since he was supposed to be someone who stuck in stripping years past when he should have quit[[/note]]

* HarsherInHindsight: Adam and Mike's friendship deteriorating becomes harsher to watch with the knowledge that Alex Pettyfer and Channing Tatum didn't get along during filming.

* FoeYay: [[spoiler: When Dallas is revealed to be a bit of a BadBoss, his HoYay with Mike retroactively becomes this]].

* HilariousInHindsight: Brooke (played by Creator/RileyKeough) is shown in the film objecting to her brother's occupation as a stripper. Nearly ten years later, she is a stripper in ''Film/{{Zola}}'', another film inspired by real-life events (albeit more directly than ''Magic Mike'').

* AwardSnub: There was buzz about Matthew [=McConaughey=] getting a possible Best Supporting Actor nomination but it didn't amount to anything. ''Many'' were furious when he wasn't nominated.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Despite Channing Tatum and Alex Pettyfer being the leads, most of the positive reception went to Matthew [=McConaughey=] for his spirited performance of Dallas.

* HilariousInHindsight: Brooke (played by Creator/RileyKeough) is shown in the film objecting to her brother's occupation as a stripper. Nearly ten years later, she's playing a stripper named Stefani in ''Film/{{Zola}}'', another film inspired by real-life events (albeit more directly than ''Magic Mike'').

* LGBTFanbase: A movie about male strippers is bound to pick up a couple of gay male fans. It also helps that Creator/MattBomer one of the actors in the film is gay.

** Considering it's known as "that movie with a lot of male strippers" a la ''Film/TheFullMonty'', some viewers are surprised when they learn that there's actually more to the movie than just stripping. The stripteasing scenes make up about seventeen minutes of the film's two hour running time. Of course the movie ''was'' heavily marketed around the {{Fanservice}} elements.

* LGBTFanbase: A movie about male strippers is bound to pick up a couple of gay male fans.

* TheScrappy: Brooke is not well liked by viewers, due to being a PerpetualFrowner and some feeling she is too judgemental with regards to how Mike and Adam make their money. Some are left wondering why Mike is even attracted to her. No one really minds their offscreen break-up in between movies.

* PeripheryDemographic: The sequel, ''Magic Mike XXL'', has various dudes that enjoy it. In fact, Creator/ChrisStuckmann pointed out that he knew more dudes who liked that film about male strippers than females. Creator/ChanningTatum has actually said he pitched it as a BuddyPicture road movie in order to get more males to see it.

* WTHCastingAgency: Many were left wondering why Wrestling/KevinNash of all people was in the movie. Especially given his knee problems meant that he couldn't do much of the dancing, and needed a special knee brace.

* CounterpartComparison: Many compared the movie to ''{{Film/Showgirls}}'', or at least what that was originally envisioned as (a proto-feminist commentary on the lives of Vegas showgirls). WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick called the movie "what ''Showgirls'' was trying to be".