Connie and Carla Reviews

Connie and Carla Review
by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 4/5)
This rating is completely dependnd on your love of musical drag cabaret. 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. Connie and Carla is wall to...more

Connie and Carla Review
by Susan Granger (Rating: 6/10)
Second-acts are difficult - as screenwriter/actress Nia Vardalos is discovering after her low-budget "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" mega-success. In creating this sweet-natured, campy comedy, she was obviously inspired by "Some Like It Hot" and...more

Connie and Carla Review
by Jonathan F. Richards
In baseball they used to talk about the sophomore jinx, the letdown that would dog a hot rookie's second year in the big leagues. Well, Nia Vardalos, the unheralded breakout talent who won filmdom's Rookie-of-the-Year honors with My Big Fat Greek...more

Connie and Carla Review
by Laura Clifford (Rating: C-)
Connie (writer Nia Vardalos, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding") has dragged her friend Carla (Toni Collette, "Japanese Story") into her musical showbiz dreams since the two were in grade school. Her obsessive commitment to a gig at an airport lounge, where she...more

Connie and Carla Review
by Robin Clifford (Rating: C)
Since they were kids in grade school, Connie (Nia Vardalos) and Carla (Toni Collette) have aspired to be famous singers. Now, many years later, they are belting out show tunes in a Midwest airport lounge but the fame they seek remains out of reach. That...more

Connie and Carla Review
by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4)
"Chin up, boobs out, it's show time!" Connie (Nia Vardalos) tells Carla (Toni Collette). Although they are currently a very unsuccessful airport lounge act with great voices singing to nearly dead audiences, this all changes when circumstances conspire...more