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Dallas in Magic Mike. Picture: Warner Bros.  Matthew McConaughey
was the major revelation at this year's Cannes Festival with two
films, Mud and The Paperboy, screening in the competition.  The
42-year-old Texan has been best known for revealing his
monumental chest in a string of romantic comedies, so the
hallowed Cannes critics were unprepared for the calibre of his
performances, let alone his natural wit and charm in the flesh.
"I can't get over how smart he is," one male critic chimed, very
much in tune with the flurry of reviews. Had the festival
programmed McConaughey's stripper movie, Magic Mike, they may
have had a riot on their hands - and wouldn't that have been
fun.  In some ways the movie wouldn't have been out of place
because Magic Mike is no ordinary stripper movie since it was
directed by Steven Soderbergh, a man who knows how to make a
male ensemble cast work as he had in his Oceans movies. Oceans
Thirteen had screened in Cannes o