Considering what glamorous creatures they are, it's been a while since we saw a Hollywood drag film. But in Connie and Carla, the latest film from My Big Fat Greek Wedding scriptwriter/actress Nia Vardalos, half the cast are queens. And there's a cameo from Debbie Reynolds.
Dorky duo Connie (Vardalos) and Carla (an underused Toni Collette) are dinner theatre performers who waitress between show tunes as they perform to bored patrons. But all that changes when they witness a mob killing, go on the run and hide out in LA as drag 'kings'. Ironically they find their audience, until Connie falls for Jeff (David Duchovny), the estranged brother of her drag pal Peaches (Steven Spinella, who recently won a Tony for Angels in America).
Directed by comic actor Michael Lembeck, Connie and Carla is a cornball, feel-good date flick. Vardalos and Collette ably flex their muscles as cabaret performers, supported by a cast of lovable drag queens. It was cute to see a mob thug transformed into a musical aficionado after searching for the girls at numerous hick venues.
If you loathe the Hollywood machine, don't see Connie and Carla. But if you're a sucker for show tunes or romantic comedies, you'll enjoy it.
Dorky duo Connie (Vardalos) and Carla (an underused Toni Collette) are dinner theatre performers who waitress between show tunes as they perform to bored patrons. But all that changes when they witness a mob killing, go on the run and hide out in LA as drag 'kings'. Ironically they find their audience, until Connie falls for Jeff (David Duchovny), the estranged brother of her drag pal Peaches (Steven Spinella, who recently won a Tony for Angels in America).
Directed by comic actor Michael Lembeck, Connie and Carla is a cornball, feel-good date flick. Vardalos and Collette ably flex their muscles as cabaret performers, supported by a cast of lovable drag queens. It was cute to see a mob thug transformed into a musical aficionado after searching for the girls at numerous hick venues.
If you loathe the Hollywood machine, don't see Connie and Carla. But if you're a sucker for show tunes or romantic comedies, you'll enjoy it.
