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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: Comedies

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 AwardŽ - 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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I wanted to sing along with Connie and Carla, just like many of their adoring fans in this fun gender-bending musical.

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

...This could end her career and that would be a real shame. Nia deserves more than to be a one-hit wonder.

Full Review Source: Greenwich Village Gazette | comment Comment
04/17/04
Eric Lurio
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette

Isn't really a movie but a blatant girls' night out vehicle.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
04/17/04
Stephanie Zacharek
Stephanie Zacharek
Salon.com
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It may not be subtle, but, like drag itself, Connie and Carla affords a few corny, if artless, pleasures.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
04/16/04
Michael O'Sullivan
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
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[An] uneven and overly busy comedy.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
04/16/04
Angel Cohn
Angel Cohn
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Connie And Carla never manages to rise above the airport-lounge aesthetic of its title characters.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
04/16/04
Geoff Pevere
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star
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Connie and Carla is one of those movies that sneaks up on you, in spite of yourself.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
04/16/04
Moira MacDonald
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times

Someone should tell Vardalos this is well-trod territory.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
04/16/04
Ruthe Stein
Ruthe Stein
San Francisco Chronicle
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C&C is lazy, sugary, and fluffy, but it's simply entertaining enough not to be a complete train wreck.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
04/16/04
Sarah Chauncey
Sarah Chauncey
Reel.com

Entertaining and very funny.

Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
04/16/04
Joe Baltake
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee

It's not Blake Edwards, and it's not Billy Wilder, but it does have Vardalos doing what she did in Greek Wedding, working tirelessly to please her core audience.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Daily News | comment Comment
04/16/04
Gary Thompson
Gary Thompson
Philadelphia Daily News

An infectiously funny farce in the Some Like it Hot, Victor/Victoria tradition.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
04/16/04
Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel

The proceedings have the same sort of essential sweetness that made Greek Wedding such a huge hit.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
04/16/04
M.E. Russell
M.E. Russell
Oregonian

The only drag is this picture.

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
04/16/04
Stephen Whitty
Stephen Whitty
Newark Star-Ledger
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The whole enterprise is scrubbed clean of the very quirks such a comedy craves.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
04/16/04
Jami Bernard
Jami Bernard
New York Daily News
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The movie is a throwback, unapologetically silly but a little more fun than sophisticated audiences may anticipate.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
04/16/04
Connie Ogle
Connie Ogle
Miami Herald

As with Big Fat, Vardalos' specialty here is toothless, inoffensive humor that trades heavily in obvious cliches.

Full Review Source: Kansas City Star | comment Comment
04/16/04
Robert W. Butler
Robert W. Butler
Kansas City Star

Connie And Carla has exactly the same appeal of My Big Fat Greek Wedding in terms of charm and innocent humour.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
04/16/04
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
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