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 |