As an actor and a writer, Vardalos has the Midas touch.
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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.
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... [More]
Starring: Nia Vardalos, Toni Collette, David Duchovny, Stephen Spinella
Director: Michael Lembeck
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Reviews for Connie and Carla
A wholesome comedy with an element of fairy-tale romance and pointed messages about following your dreams and being true to yourself.
04/16/04
Brassy, sassy and laugh-aloud funny in a let’s-put-on-a-show way.
04/16/04
Things go as predictably as you'd expect, with the film simply meandering from one cabaret musical number to another before it finally gets around to the big showdown.
04/16/04
A splashy little romp.
04/16/04
Top CriticDespite too much of nearly everything, Connie and Carla is a mostly enjoyable comedy that at its core showcases a rare thing for a studio movie: a true beating heart.
04/16/04
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.
04/16/04
Top CriticThe movie's script is excruciatingly clumsy.
04/16/04
Connie amounts to little more than an imitation of unacknowledged source material with a grafted-on message.
04/16/04
little more than a center stage showcase for screenwriter/star Vardalos and, unfortunately, she is not up to the task in either case
04/16/04
A magnificent absurdity.
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04/16/04
A penny-dreadful imitation of one of Hollywood's most inimitable comedies.
04/16/04
Derivative and dopey.
04/16/04
Connie and Carla not only celebrates amateurism but indulges in it.
04/16/04
Top CriticVardalos' and Collette's sunny kookiness wins you over.
04/16/04
A grim twist on Some Like It Hot, with a few limp strands of Thelma & Louise all stiffened up with a bit too much Hairspray.
04/16/04
So predictable that you could have probably entered the words 'drag,' 'show tunes,' 'hapless Russian goon' and 'big-hearted broads' into a screenwriting software program and a script like this one would have printed out.
04/16/04
Top CriticYou need at least a passing tolerance for bad musicals to make it through the very broad Connie and Carla without wincing. Even then it's a struggle.
04/16/04
This is the feel-good comedy of the season. There may be a few curmudgeons who won’t enjoy Connie and Carla, but that will be their loss.
04/16/04
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