Summary

Channing Tatum has starred in several hilarious comedies over the years, including romcoms, buddy cop movies and animated musicals. Tatum has always fit the mold of a handsome Hollywood leading man, but he has a funny side too, and he often plays the part of a dimwitted hunk in his comedy movies. He has a fairly broad range as a comedic actor, however, so it would be false to suggest that he is always boxed into such restrictive roles.

After his cameo appearance inDeadpool & Wolverine,Channing Tatum could have his ownGambit movie coming soon. Tatum has the comedy chops to play Gambit with just as much humor as Ryan Reynolds brings to Deadpool. His best comedy movies show that he can master physical humor as well as comedic timing. Tatum doesn’t always appear in comedies, but the genre seems to bring the best out of him.

Channing Tatum in Blink Twice next to a fresh ripe tomato

Blink Twice’s Rotten Tomatoes score debut results in another win for Channing Tatum in Zoë Kravitz’s “unforgettable” directorial debut.

Channing Tatum and Sandra Bullock make a delightful pair inThe Lost City,an adventure-romance that ticks all the boxes. She plays a romance novelist who has to accept the fact that she owes a large chunk of her success to the beefcake who poses for her book covers. Tatum has always looked like the kind of man who might adorn the front of a romance paperback, and he’s happy to play into the joke in The Lost City.

Channing Tatum and Sandra Bullock make a delightful pair inThe Lost City,an adventure-romance that ticks all the boxes.

The Lost City does very little to surprise its audience, but this isn’t a criticism. With a breezy pace and some charming performances, the movie delivers on exactly what fans might want from a romcom set on an exotic but dangerous island. Tatum’s character is the key. He’s not the shallow, self-obsessed dimwit he initially appears to be. He’s also a tender and considerate guy who audiences can easily root for.

Smallfootis an animated musical with a surprisingly forward message about challenging authority and being curious. Channing Tatum plays Migo, a yeti living in a small mountaintop community way beyond human reach. His elders live religiously by their rules, literally set in stone, which are passed down through the generations. When Migo sees a human - a “smallfoot” - for the first time, he realizes that everything he has been taught might not be so simple.

Smallfootis an animated musical with a surprisingly forward message about challenging authority and being curious.

While everyone in Migo’s village is content to blend in and stay in their lane,Smalfooturges its young audience to think outside the box. Its sweet message comes with a large helping of cartoon slapstick,like aLooney Tunescartoon set in the Himalayas. The songs serve the story well, but they aren’t memorable or funny enough to really cut through. Still,Smallfoottakes its quirky premise to some interesting places.

The second movie in theKingsmanfranchise lacks some of the magic from the first, but it’s still an enjoyable spy comedy with some brilliant action sequences. The movie made the decision to bring Colin Firth’s character back from the dead, concocting a ludicrous sci-fi way to allow him to survive a gunshot wound to the head. This tanked the franchise’s credibility, and it leftThe Golden Circlewithout any real stakes, since characters could die and come back minutes later.

The second movie in theKingsmanfranchise lacks some of the magic from the first, but it’s still an enjoyable spy comedy with some brilliant action sequences.

The Golden Circlefollows Eggsy and Harry as they meet their American counterparts at the Statesman agency. Among the many new faces is Channing Tatum’s Tequila.He is forced to take a back seat for most of the movie, with Pedro Pascal taking his spot as Eggsy’s partner. However, the movie’s ending suggests that he could feature more prominently inKingsman: The Blue Blood.

Hail, Caesarhasn’t enjoyed the same widespread acclaim as some of theCoen brothers' best movies, but there’s still a lot to like about their adventure into Old Hollywood. Channing Tatum plays Burt Gurney, one of many pampered movie stars causing problems for Josh Brolin’s overworked studio fixer. Gurney is a star of lavish musicals in the style ofSingin' in the Rain,soTatum gets a chance to show off his dancing skills.

Hail, Caesarhasn’t enjoyed the same widespread acclaim as some of the Coen brothers' best movies, but there’s still a lot to like about their adventure into Old Hollywood.

One of the most common criticisms ofHail, Caesaris that there are too many loosely connected plot threads, some of which don’t amount to much. Tatum’s character is certainly not part of the problem, as he turns out to play a vital part in the Communist plot to infiltrate the movie industry. The rest of the cast have great moments, especially Alden Ehrenreich and Tilda Swinton, but their bit parts add up to little more than skits.

She’s the Mantakes William Shakespeare’sTwelfth Nightand spins it into a 21st century story about high school soccer. Amanda Bynes plays Viola, a teenage girl who disguises herself as her twin brother to attend a boarding school where she can play soccer on the boy’s team. Channing Tatum plays her roommate, and one point in the confusing love triangle that soon develops.

She’s the Manis a clever synthesis of Shakespeare’s work and the tropes of teen comedies.

She’s the Manis a clever synthesis of Shakespeare’s work and the tropes of teen comedies. It works by cutting through Shakespeare’s language to get to the heart of the comedic situations inTwelfth Night,and they are just as funny and just as confusing as ever.Tatum plays his role superbly, as a masculine jock who lacks the emotional intelligence to understand his strange feelings about his new roommate.

Fly Me to the Moon’s 65% Rotten Tomatoes score is nothing special, but its 91% audience score suggests that audiences like the crowd-pleasing romcom a lot more than critics. The story puts a spin on decades-old conspiracy theories about the space race, presenting an alternative reality in which NASA’s back-up plan, in case of an emergency, is to stage the moon landing for PR purposes.

Fly Me to the Moonis the kind of movie where everyone is beautiful and impeccably dressed, but its charming retro style barely conceals its cynical comedy.

Fly Me to the Moonis the kind of movie where everyone is beautiful and impeccably dressed, but its charming retro style barely conceals its cynical comedy.Channing Tatum’sFly Me to the Mooncharacteris based on a real person. His constant push-and-pull relationship with Scarlett Johansson’s fictional spin doctor emphasizes the importance of image in public relations and political decision-making.It’s a sly satire of America’s obsession with optics, as well as a charming love story.

22 Jump Streetpulls off the nearly-impossible task of making a comedy sequel that is actually funny, and just as creative as the first movie. This time round, Greg Jenko and Morton Schmidt go undercover at a college, and their friendship begins to fray as they are pulled into different social circles. In the same way that21 Jump Streetparodies teen movies,22 Jump Streetlands a few shots at college comedies.

22 Jump Streetpulls off the nearly-impossible task of making a comedy sequel that is actually funny, and just as creative as the first movie.

Channing Tatum stated recently that he would still be interested in a potential23 Jump Streetwith Jonah Hill. This isn’t the only21 Jump Streetproject that has been in development. There were previous reports of a female-led spinoff and even a crossover movie with theMen in Blackuniverse, but none of these have come to fruition so far.22 Jump Streetmakes fun of movie franchises which drag on for too long in its closing credits, as potential sequels are teased with the two main characters attending every kind of school imaginable.

When it was first released,Magic Mikewas looked down upon in some quarters as a kind of socially acceptable pornography, but this was never a fair assessment. While the movie does deliver plenty of raunchy scenes of Channing Tatum and other Hollywood hunks as erotic dancers,it’s a surprisingly effective comedy-dramatoo.Magic Mikehas charms even for those who don’t come for the dancing.

Magic Mikeis so effective in part because of how the story takes inspiration from Channing Tatum’s real-life experiences as a male stripper in Florida.

Magic Mikeis so effective in part because of how the story takes inspiration from Channing Tatum’s real-life experiences as a male stripper in Florida during his teenage years. It’s his most personal movie, but that doesn’t mean it gets too solipsistic or self-serious. The sequels never quite lived up to the blend of racy fun and interesting character development of the first movie.

Steven Soderbergh already had theOcean’s trilogy under his belt when he made his triumphant return to the heist genre withLogan Lucky.Far from the glamour of Monaco or the high-roller tables of Las Vegas,Logan Luckystages a heist in a working-class area of West Virginia. Two brothers, played by Channing Tatum and Adam Driver, attempt to reverse their family’s historically poor fortunes by robbing a motor speedway.

Logan Luckyis a brilliant heist movie, just as tense and exciting as the genre’s best, but with a humorous streak too.

Logan Luckyis abrilliant heist movie, just as tense and exciting as the genre’s best, but with a humorous streak too.Driver and Tatum strike up a likable comedic dynamicas the two brothers. Tatum is more sympathetic and emotional, while Driver seems to be having fun as a goofy sidekick, with his long hair and big eyes giving him the disheveled appearance of a wet dog. Soderbergh has a flair for controlled chaos, and it’s a joy to watch each piece falling into place inLogan Lucky.

Channing Tatum’s best comedy movie is still21 Jump Street,and it’s hard to see that changing any time soon. The R-rated buddy cop comedy stars Tatum and Jonah Hill as two police officers who go undercover as high school students to investigate a new drug. Based on a TV show of the same name,21 Jump Streettakes things in its own direction, and the result is a hilariously creative comedy.

Channing Tatum’s best comedy movie is still21 Jump Street,and it’s hard to see that changing any time soon.

Tatum and Hill have plenty of ways of eliciting a laugh from their audience.The beauty of21 Jump Streetis that, unlike most other buddy cop comedies, the two main characters are genuinely best friends. Aside from their obvious physical differences, and a considerable intelligence gap, they have a lot in common. Rather than squabbling like so many other mismatched cop duos, they egg each other on into increasingly misjudged schemes.