2008 Woodie Awards
Comedy brings various emotions
Film: 'Connie and Carla' is hilarious, along with serious
By: Jacqueline Barela
Issue date: 4/22/04 Section: The Arts
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Hilarious musical numbers and gender-friendly jokes bring "Connie and Carla" to life.
Life-long buddies Connie and Carla share the same dream of being famous dinner theater singers and performers, but their lives aren't moving in the direction they want.
The middle-aged females still live at home with their mothers while they perform for a snoring audience at the local airport lounge and their boyfriends are idiots.
Their dreams of becoming stars are cut short when they witness the murder of the only person who believes in them.
With the killers hot on their trail, the women decide to go to a place without any dinner or musical theater, and end up in L.A.
It is the perfect place for them to hide out, until they inadvertently walk into a "drag club" holding auditions for new entertainment.
Connie and Carla can't resist the sound of the audience.
They dress up as men, dressing as women. Soon they are headlining at the club and receiving the recognition they deserve.
They become a huge hit in town and make the club more famous than expected.
Meanwhile, the killers come in contact with the women's ex-boyfriends and convince them to find Connie and Carla and bring them back to the Midwest to meet them.
Connie falls in love with one of her gal-pal's brothers; the only problem is that he isn't gay.
With Connie still dressed in drag, there is no chance of ever fulfilling her heart's desire.
The Michael Lembeck film is not only funny but also brings different movies and television shows into view; it's Marilyn Monroe's "Some Like It Hot" meets "Queer Eye For The Straight Guy."
Nia Vardalos, who plays Connie, is funny in her own way and serious at the same time.
She keeps the viewers' attention throughout the film with her sarcastic and witty remarks along with her crazy ideas; she's also the bossy one of the relatioship between her and Carla.
Toni Collette plays the passive-aggressive, less esthetic, attention-craving Carla. She brings the character to a medium.
Life-long buddies Connie and Carla share the same dream of being famous dinner theater singers and performers, but their lives aren't moving in the direction they want.
The middle-aged females still live at home with their mothers while they perform for a snoring audience at the local airport lounge and their boyfriends are idiots.
Their dreams of becoming stars are cut short when they witness the murder of the only person who believes in them.
With the killers hot on their trail, the women decide to go to a place without any dinner or musical theater, and end up in L.A.
It is the perfect place for them to hide out, until they inadvertently walk into a "drag club" holding auditions for new entertainment.
Connie and Carla can't resist the sound of the audience.
They dress up as men, dressing as women. Soon they are headlining at the club and receiving the recognition they deserve.
They become a huge hit in town and make the club more famous than expected.
Meanwhile, the killers come in contact with the women's ex-boyfriends and convince them to find Connie and Carla and bring them back to the Midwest to meet them.
Connie falls in love with one of her gal-pal's brothers; the only problem is that he isn't gay.
With Connie still dressed in drag, there is no chance of ever fulfilling her heart's desire.
The Michael Lembeck film is not only funny but also brings different movies and television shows into view; it's Marilyn Monroe's "Some Like It Hot" meets "Queer Eye For The Straight Guy."
Nia Vardalos, who plays Connie, is funny in her own way and serious at the same time.
She keeps the viewers' attention throughout the film with her sarcastic and witty remarks along with her crazy ideas; she's also the bossy one of the relatioship between her and Carla.
Toni Collette plays the passive-aggressive, less esthetic, attention-craving Carla. She brings the character to a medium.