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Overview

User Rating:
6.0/10   4,079 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Nia Vardalos (written by)
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Release Date:
16 April 2004 (USA) more
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Tagline:
When you follow your dream, there's no telling what you'll become. more
Plot:
A mob mix-up in Chicago sends two chanteuses screaming for L.A., where they score a perfect gig: posing as drag queens on the dinner theater/cabaret circuit. Things get extra-weird when a guy falls for one of the girls. full summary | add synopsis
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(7 articles)
Film: Review: My Life In Ruins
 (From The AV Club. 4 June 2009, 12:00 PM, PDT)

Collette To Launch Singing Career
 (From WENN. 9 August 2004)

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Lots of Fun more (113 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Nia Vardalos ... Connie

Toni Collette ... Carla

David Duchovny ... Jeff
Stephen Spinella ... Robert / Peaches

Alec Mapa ... Lee / N'Cream

Chris Logan ... Brian / Brianna (as Christopher Logan)
Robert Kaiser ... Paul

Ian Gomez ... Stanley
Nick Sandow ... Al

Dash Mihok ... Mikey
Robert John Burke ... Rudy

Boris McGiver ... Tibor

Don Ackerman ... Super Fey Guy

Debbie Reynolds ... Herself (Special Appearance)

Veena Sood ... Mrs. Morse
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Connie and Carla Do L.A. (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, sexual humor and drug references.
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USA:98 min | Argentina:98 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Boris McGiver, who plays Tibor, goes around searching for the girls in almost every dinner theater in the country and seems to always be catching a production of "Mame", is the son of John McGiver, who plays Mr. Babcock in Mame (1974). more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Connie and Carla say a few times throughout the movie that "a cop shot Frank." Rudy shot Frank, as the viewer can plainly see. more
Quotes:
Carla: Girlfriends, big or small, thin or fat, worship that body, it's the only one you've got. more
Movie Connections:
References Hairspray (1988) more
Soundtrack:
Don't Rain on My Parade more

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Lots of Fun, 19 April 2004
9/10
Author: MichaelGuest (campdmg@comcast.net) from Windsor, CT

If you go looking for an Academy favorite, you'll not enjoy this film. If you want to laugh yourself silly and just have a romp with fun, this will be a blast.

Toni Collette is perfect as a woman pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman. From the moment she catches herself NOT lowering her voice followed by an attempt at a drag queen's overdone smile, she wins you over. Her silly and girlish character is a winner....especially after opening an unknown package in the car.

Nia Vardalos will never win an acting award, but still has fun developing her own roles that she clearly writes for herself. She exudes self confidence, taking on the leadership role of the friendship. She allows us to see the weaknesses of her character here, however, making it a happy departure from My Big Fat Greek Wedding where she was so full of self doubt.

You'll be hardpressed to find better on screen chemistry between any two people that will be beat Collette and Vardalos in Connie and Carla.

David Duchovney and Stephan Spinella are also highly effective in the role as anguished brothers, ultimately proving the well known theory about blood and water. Duchoveny, within moments can make you hate his character and then go doe eyed for him again. Spinella came close to making me cry.

These four are surrounded by a wonderful ensemble cast, who were gratefully not over stereotyped. They were not portrayed as bitchy, fingernail weilding mockerys of the drag queen stereotype, but rather as caring individuals who feel they have a common bond and love enough to go around, regardless of your orientation, job description, or gender.

Go see this one. Even is it's just for the music, which by the way, is awesome!

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