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Connie and Carla

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Connie and Carla (2004)

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Reviews Counted: 118

Fresh: 52

Rotten:66

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 theater performers who accidentally... 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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Aug 17, 2004

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

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

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08/13/04
Pablo Villaca
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Vardalos is a much better actress than she is a writer, and the patchy script has a desperate, thrown-together feeling to it, as if she had to scramble to come up with something after Wedding's gargantuan success.

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08/08/04
David Noh
Film Journal International
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Some like it lukewarm? Well, they're welcome to it.

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08/05/04
Harry Guerin
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06/12/04
Matthew Turner
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A good-natured but self-indulgent camp comedy lacking in originality, character and comic timing.

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06/11/04
Anna Smith
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Full marks for trying a radical change of direction, and nul points for inflicting the ghastly mess on us

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06/09/04
James Christopher
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Full marks for trying a radical change of direction, and nul points for inflicting the ghastly mess on us

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06/09/04
James Christopher
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There's some fun to be had here, but not quite enough, and the film is burdened by its tired message that drag queens are human beings too.

Full Review Source: F5 (Wichita, KS) | comment Comment
06/08/04
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)
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Plays like a bargain basement Some Like It Hot.

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06/08/04
Nev Pierce
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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!

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05/18/04
Karina Montgomery
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What Connie and Carla has to teach us about gay people.

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05/03/04
Martin Scribbs
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05/02/04
Kimberly Jones
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The film's real joy comes in its camp performance pieces, which outrageously poke fun at the guilty pleasures of musical theatre.

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05/01/04
Rich Cline
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“Big Fat Greek Wedding’s” huge success was a surprise to me and to Hollywood. It won’t have the mass appeal and will make only a fraction of the dough—but this film I get.

Full Review Source: Spectrum (St. George, Utah) | comment Comment
04/26/04
Bruce Bennett
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Nia Vardalos should have cut right to the chase and named the characters Lucy and Ethel.

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04/24/04
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