--- title: Magic Mike XXL: Honest Trailer For Channing Tatum Movie description: And that the whole thing was a lot less sexy than we thought it would be canonical: https://time.com/3942293/magic-mike-honest-trailer/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-30T21:49:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:06:31.123Z og:title: This Honest Trailer for 'Magic Mike' Reminds You That There Was Actually a Plot og:description: And that the whole thing was a lot less sexy than we thought it would be og:url: https://time.com/3942293/magic-mike-honest-trailer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Honest Trailer for 'Magic Mike' Reminds You That There Was Actually a Plot twitter:description: And that the whole thing was a lot less sexy than we thought it would be twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Honest Trailer for _Magic Mike_ Reminds You That There Was Actually a Plot ## Video: Magic Mike XXL - Official Trailer HD [Watch (HLS stream): Magic Mike XXL - Official Trailer HD](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ZxbGk1OD.m3u8) (2:11)  _Published 2015-05-07. Warner Bros. just dropped a steamy new trailer for the Magic Mike sequel XXL._ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jun 30, 2015 9:49 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jun 30, 2015 9:49 PM UTC “If you love strippers but wish you could see all the mundane details of their daily lives,” the voice-over for this _Magic Mike_ spoof trailer says, “prepare to watch a lot of that, you weirdo.” It’s the latest “honest trailer” from the YouTube channel [Screen Junkies](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOpcACMWblDls9Z6GERVi1A), which recently brought us teasers for [_Toy Story_](http://time.com/3923508/toy-story-honest-trailer/) and [_Cinderella_](http://time.com/3739788/cinderella-original-honest-trailer/)_._ Just in time for the sequel, _Magic Mike XXL_, we are invited to take a look back at the film that started it all. The trailer points out that it’s really just “two un-sexy hours full of thong purchasing, crumpled bill straightening, loan applying, furniture evaluating, bookkeeping and talking about the stock market.” Then, it invites us to “get swept away by the film’s fantasy romance that would have you believe Mike would ditch a life of casual threesomes with Olivia Munn to pursue a sourpuss who can’t laugh like a human being.” This is all pretty spot-on — but obviously not going to stop us from seeing _Magic Mike XXL_. 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