Movie Review: While it has the abs, the magic is missing from 'Magic Mike's Last Dance'

. >> WHY ARE YOU IN LONDON? >> I’M GOING TO PUT ON A SHOW AT THIS FAMOUS THEATRE. >> PEOPLE ARE CONNECTED. WE’RE GOING TO WAKE THEM UP WITH A WAVE OF PASSION THEY NEVER FELT BEFORE. >> HELL, YEAH. >> Marcia: TO BREAKDOWN THAT AND OTHER MOVIES I’M JOINED BY RICHARD KRAUSE FILM CRITIC. SO THIS IS IT FOR MAGIC MIKE. HE’S HANGING UP HIS WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. IS IT A MUST-SEE? >> UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU PUT A LINE IN A MOVIE THAT SAYS SOMETHING LIKE “WE’RE GOING TO GET PEOPLE WITH A WAVE OF

PASSION THAT THEY’VE NEVER FELT BEFORE” YOU BETTER HIT WITH A WAVE OF PASSION I’VE NEVER FELT BEFORE. THIS MOVIE DOESN’T UNFORTUNATELY. I LIKED THE FIRST TWO MAGIC MIKE MOVIES. THEY WERE A COMBINATION OF THIS MALE STRIPPER FANTASY LIFE, BUT ALSO HAD SOME VERY REAL LIFE UNDERPINNINGS. THE SUBTEXT WAS ABOUT THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN. THERE WAS — IN THE SECOND ONE, THE STUDY OF DECADENCE AND HEDONISM. THIS WAS A REMAKE OF “PRETTY WOMAN” AS A ROM-COM SET IN MIAMI AND LONDON STARRING CHANNING TATUM AND SELMA HAYEK. IT’S A POORLY MAPPED OUT ROMANCE. IT DOESN’T HAVE THE PROMISED

WAVE OF PASSION SO I GAVE MAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE IN THEATRES TWO OUT OF FIVE STARS. >> Marcia: THAT’S TOO BAD. I

HAVEN’T SEEN ANY OF THEM. THIS SORT OF CAUGHT ME. I THOUGHT, WOULD I LOOK LIKE A WEIRDO IF I POP INTO THE THEATRE THIS AFTERNOON AND CAUGHT A MATINÉE. >> YOU WON’T BE ALONE. YOU WON’T BE THE ONLY PERSON IN THERE. >> Marcia: BUT I WOULD BE ALONE. THAT’S THE WHOLE THING. OH, RICHARD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU MEAT ME LAUGH ON THAT. YOUR PLACE OR MINE. >> SO IT’S THE WEEK LEADING UP

TO VALENTINE’S DAY SO IT’S ROM-COM-ARAMA OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. “YOUR PLACE OR MINE” IS ON NETFLIX. REESE WITHERSPOON AND ASHTON KUTCHER. WHEN THEY MEET, 20 YEARS AGO THEY HAVE A ONE-NIGHT STAND. DOESN’T DEVELOP INTO ROMANTIC BUT THEY DO BECOME THE BEST OF PLATONIC FRIENDS EVEN THOUGH THEY LIVE ON SEPARATE COASTS. WHEN SHE HAS TO COME TO NEW YORK TO FINISH HER DEGREE HE SAYS, WELL, STAY AT MY PLACE HERE AND I’LL GO TO L.A. AND LOOK AFTER YOUR SON JACK. SO THEY SWAP HOUSES AND THEN AS THEY ACTUALLY GET INTO LIVING INTO ONE ANOTHER’S APARTMENTS

THEY START TO REALIZE MAYBE THERE’S MORE THAN THIS PLATONIC VENEER THEY’VE HAD FOR 20 YEARS. A BI-COASTAL “WHEN HARRY MET SALLY” BECAUSE IT KEEPS THE LOVE INTEREST, THE MAIN COUPLE, IN VAT CITIES FOR 95% OF THE RUNNING TIME. THEY ARE NOT ON-SCREEN TOGETHER. NO CUDDLING. NO HAND-HOLDING. NONE OF THE STUFF YOU NORMALLY FIND IN ROM-COMS LIKE THIS. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A TESTAMENT TO THE CAST, ASHTON KUTCHER WHO HAD A WAY WITH A LINE AND REESE WITHERSPOON WHO’S ALL WARMTH AND CHARISMA THAT THIS MOVIE WORKS AS WELL AS IT DID. 3.5 OUT OF 5

STARS AND ON NETFLIX RIGHT NOW. >> Marcia: ONE MORE MOVIE THIS WEEK. “SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW.” TELL US ABOUT THIS FILM. >> I’M CALLING THIS ONE A NON-ROM-COM. EVEN THOUGH IT FEELS LIKE A ROM-COM BECAUSE IT STARS ALLISON BRIE IS A WOMAN ON A TELEVISION SHOW THAT SUDDENLY GETS CANCELLED. SHE DECIDES TO GO HOME TO WASHINGTON AND BUMPS INTO HER EX-BOYFRIEND OF TEN YEARS AGO AND DECIDES MAYBE THE FAST LIFE IN L.A. ISN’T FOR ME. MAYBE SIT ALL ABOUT BEING HERE WITH THIS GUY I THINK I STILL LOVE. TROUBLE IS HE’S ABOUT TO BE

MARRIED. SHE SPEND AS GOOD PART OF THE MOVIE TRYING TO PUT A WEDGE BETWEEN THE NEW BRIDE AND HER EX-BOYFRIEND. IT’S NOT ABOUT ROMANTIC PASSION WHICH IS WHY I CALL IT A NON-ROM-COM. ABOUT FINDING PASSION IN YOUR WORK. ABOUT FINDING PASSION IN YOUR ART. IT’S ABOUT FINDING WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO DO AND WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU. ALLISON BRIE IS GREAT IN THIS. IT’S DIRECTED BY HER HUSBAND DAVE FRANCO. HE SHOWS THAT HE CAN DO SOMETHING LIGHTER BUT STILL GIVE IT A BIT OF SUBTEXT AND A BIT OF UNDERCURRENT. I GAVE “SOMEBODY I USED

TO KNOW” 3.5 STARS. >> Marcia: RICHARD