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It’s really Kurylenko's work that gives the film its emotional core, but action fans need not worry: she still delivers some impressive kicks, and gets to jump away from a petrol explosion.

Palka’s touch is visible in the characters, who have a little more depth than is usual in such tales.

Dangerously thin on purpose

Race is a complicated issue, and knowing the past, Daniels seems to say, is as important as making up your mind to act in the present.

Frank, funny and immensely entertaining, Magic Mike is a brilliantly bittersweet cautionary fable.

The film will appeal perfectly to its age group. There is nothing too violent and nothing too serious.

While this premise could have worked well, it doesn’t – mainly because you couldn’t care less what happens to the whole horrible bunch.

Goes down easily, like a house red.

It may be derivative, it may contain one too many clichés but nevertheless, the film is dynamic, energetic, amusing and clever.

Each story has to it a kernel of interestingness, some more than others. But I wasn’t convinced they all belonged in the same world.