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Connie and Carla

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Connie and Carla (2004)

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Reviews Counted:119

Fresh:52

Rotten:67

Average Rating:5.1/10

Consensus: The two female leads, as well as energitic musical numbers, enliven an otherwise silly reworking of Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for thematic elements, sexual humor and drug references

Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Theatrical Release:Apr 16, 2004 Wide

Box Office: $7,976,065

Synopsis: Nia Vardalos, Toni Collette and David Duchovny star in Spyglass Entertainment Production's comedy Connie and Carla. Vardalos and Collette play Connie and Carla, two struggling Chicago dinner... Nia Vardalos, Toni Collette and David Duchovny star in Spyglass Entertainment Production's comedy Connie and Carla. Vardalos and Collette play Connie and Carla, two struggling Chicago dinner theater performers who accidentally witness a mafia hit...and who subsequently hit the road, running for their lives. Assuming the killers will never look for them in a place devoid of culture, the pair head to Los Angeles, where they assume new identities and find their middling talent at song and dance perfectly suited to new careers--as drag queens. Much to their surprise, they inadvertently become the toast of the cabaret circuit. As their ruse becomes increasingly difficult to maintain, they discover that it is indeed lonely at the top, especially after Connie meets Jeff (Duchovny), a guy she'd really like to be a real girl with. With the mafia zeroing in and the line separating their onstage/offstage personas blurring beyond the point of recognition, Connie and Carla soon discover the power of not compromising to pursue your dreams, fighting the good fight, and never, never underestimating the transformative power of cosmetics. The film is also scripted by Academy Award® - nominated screenwriter (and star of) My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Nia Vardalos. It is directed by Michael Lembeck (The Santa Clause 2) and produced by Spyglass' (Bruce Almighty, The Sixth Sense) Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber and Jonathan Glickman. Universal Pictures will distribute the film in the U.S. and Canada, with Spyglass distributing internationally. [More]

Starring: Nia Vardalos, Toni Collette, David Duchovny, Stephen Spinella

Starring: Nia Vardalos, Toni Collette, David Duchovny, Stephen Spinella, Dash Mihok, Debbie Reynolds, Alec Mapa

Director: Michael Lembeck

Director: Michael Lembeck
Screenwriter: Nia Vardalos
Producer: Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Jonathan Glickman
Composer: Randy Edelman
Studio: Universal Pictures

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To imitate Vardalos and crib from Some Like It Hot, nobody's perfect.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
04/16/04
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

Connie and Carla may not be as exciting as a Greek wedding, but it's still worth reserving a table up front.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
04/15/04
Bill Muller
Bill Muller
Arizona Republic
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You'll have a gay ol' time, no matter what your gender preference.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
04/15/04
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Connie and Carla reminded me of two Whoopi Goldbergs in Sister Act, and I don’t mean that in a bad way.

Full Review Source: Atlantic City Weekly | comment Comment
04/23/04
Lori Hoffman
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly

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Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
05/02/04
Kimberly Jones
Kimberly Jones
Austin Chronicle
N/R

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Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
04/15/04
AV Club

Plays like a bargain basement Some Like It Hot.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
06/08/04
Nev Pierce
Nev Pierce
BBC

A magnificent absurdity.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
04/16/04
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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Vardalos' and Collette's sunny kookiness wins you over.

Full Review Source: Boston Herald | comment Comment
04/16/04
Paul Sherman
Paul Sherman
Boston Herald
N/R

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/17/04
Boston Phoenix

...Vardalos rains on her own parade, dragging in a three-course meal of saccharine subplots involving a dishy straight guy (David Duchovny).

Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly | comment Comment
04/22/04
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

Connie amounts to little more than an imitation of unacknowledged source material with a grafted-on message.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
04/16/04
Sheri Linden
Sheri Linden
Boxoffice Magazine

The movie's script is excruciatingly clumsy.

Full Review Source: Charlotte Observer | comment Comment
04/16/04
Lawrence Toppman
Lawrence Toppman
Charlotte Observer

Connie and Carla plays like a genial amateur theatrical, the kind of production where you'd like it more if you were friends with the cast.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
04/16/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Pleasurable but uneven.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
04/15/04
Allison Benedikt
Allison Benedikt
Chicago Tribune

The screenplay feels as padded as a drag queen's dress.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
04/15/04
Stephen Humphries
Stephen Humphries
Christian Science Monitor

The movie does offer some genuine guffaws as it trips over itself to be all things to all people.

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
09/11/06
Lisa Ann Cockrel
Lisa Ann Cockrel
Christianity Today

muitos espectadores talvez julguem melhor economizar o dinheiro do ingresso do cinema, utilizando-o para comprar o CD do filme.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
08/13/04
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

Maybe I'm enough of a sucker for Toni Collette or maybe it was my forgiving approach to the concept, but it provided me enough laughs and chuckles to call it entertainment.

Full Review Source: Cinema Signals | comment Comment
04/17/04
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

If you find meticulously staged, passionately sung anthems about love, beauty, truth, and joy to be tiresome, then don't drop a dime on this film. Otherwise GO!

Full Review Source: Cinerina | comment Comment
05/18/04
Karina Montgomery
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina
 
 
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