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La Bare

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Actor-director Joe Manganiello delves into the history and men behind one of the world's most famous male strip clubs, La Bare Dallas.

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Leah Greenblatt Entertainment Weekly 12/03/2014
B+
You'll get your man-cake, if that's what you came for, but Manganiello works hard to show the sometimes harsh realities behind the oiled pecs and tear-away pants. Go to Full Review
Sheila O'Malley RogerEbert.com 06/27/2014
3/4
"La Bare" shows its reality-TV origin in its structure, to sometimes a clichd degree, but overall it is a friendly and affectionate backstage look at the world of the mostly-straight male dancers at La Bare. Go to Full Review
Chris Vognar Dallas Morning News 06/26/2014
B
It's hardly an essay on gender politics, but read between the lines and you'll find some interesting contrasts. Go to Full Review
Fr. Chris Carpenter Movie Dearest 08/29/2014
B
While (director Joe) Manganiello takes a generally straightforward, positive approach to his subject(s), he does show a bit of the dark side. Anyone interested in the art and/or commerce of male stripping will surely enjoy it. Go to Full Review
Travis Hopson Examiner.com 07/04/2014
3/5
A crowd-pleasing, skin deep look at those who bare skin for a living Go to Full Review
Todd Jorgenson Cinemalogue 06/30/2014
This tedious documentary about the titular male strip club in Dallas fails to deliver the goods. Go to Full Review
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02/17/2016 La Bare is a very insightful documentary that shines a light on the behind-the-scenes aspects of the lives and skills of the male strippers at the famous adult entertainment club, La Bare. The film is directed by Magic Mike co-star, Joe Manganiello who obviously got a glimpse into this world, but with this film was able to get raw, unscripted testimonials from the dancers who are essentially professional athletes with how in shape they need to be. The back-stories of how many of them got into the stripping business is fascinating with one of them even being inspired by the film, Magic Mike to give it a go. Much of the focus is on the oldest and still-stripping, Randy "Master Blaster" Ricks who trains all of the men, and holds the world record for longest successful male stripping career and he is an impressive man to say the least. There's not a whole lot to be said about this documentary; you're either interested in the subject matter or you're not, but if you're comfortable with your sexuality and want to be educated on a taboo topic, this is a slam-dunk and impressive debut for Joe Manganiello behind the camera. See more 07/31/2015 No central character and basically just footage to show a lifestyle made it incredible boring and pretty much pointless. It has no flow and no real outcome it's trying to achieve. A pretty poorly-done documentary. See more 07/27/2015 Awful. Low rent club & low rent strippers. Couldn't take anymore when two guys wearing sleeveless shirts & cowboy hats go to a supposed bachelorette party and "work it". It was by far, the worst effort I've ever seen. So I turned off the movie. Uncomfortably awful; and I am no prude. See more 07/20/2015 can't stop laughing. #myhometown See more 02/22/2015 Around the fifth documentary of these I've seen. THEY'RE ALL THE SAME! See more 01/08/2015 Mildly interesting study of the lives of male strippers at a Dallas Club. These guys look good, work out, and need money, but interest tapers off with the recounting of the murder of the most charismatic of the group. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Actor-director Joe Manganiello delves into the history and men behind one of the world's most famous male strip clubs, La Bare Dallas.
Director
Joe Manganiello
Producer
Joe Manganiello, Nick Manganiello
Distributor
Main Street Films
Production Co
3:59
Rating
R (Brief Graphic Nudity|Sexual Content|Language)
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 27, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Runtime
1h 33m