The bildungsroman is a kind of Good Will Hunting of male strippers, and for former-stripper Tatum, who produced it, his 8 Mile. Tatum's performance has the confidence and messiness of the custom-built bachelor pad his titular character lives in. read more
But odds are good you also haven't seen a lot of these movies, or at least gone into them willing to be pleasantly surprised. On the surface and in reality, a lot of Channing Tatum's movies-- Fighting, Dear John, The Dilemma-- have been awful. But it's what he brings to them that counts. read more