Connie and Carla (2004)
Directed by Michael Lembeck
After accidentally witnessing a mafia hit in the Windy City, gal pals Connie and Carla skip town for L.A., where they go way undercover as singers working the city's dinner theater circuit ... disguised as drag queens. Now, it's not enough that they become big hits on the scene; things get extra-weird when Connie meets Jeff -- a guy she'd like to be a woman with.
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Its plot is "Some Like It Hot" meets "Victor/Victoria" and it's not half as clever as either, but "Connie and Carla" -- Nia Vardalos' writing-starring follow-up to "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" -- earns its share of amused grins for campy show tunes and cross-dressing gags.
The parallels with both Some Like It Hot and Victor/Victoria are obvious; Vardalos gleefully refers to both of these (and of course Yentl) while building a predictable farce.
I was able to sit back and enjoy the situation-inspired laughs without getting sidetracked by writer Nia Vardalos' occasionally clumsy script turns, or its derivative nature ("Some Like It Hot", "Tootsie" and every previous male impersonator story according to some critics), or its performers' inclination to milk a gag and exaggerate a nuance.
The only supporting performance that does stand out is by Alec Mapa (2004's " Connie and Carla "), charmingly making the most of his screen time as a fellow male hairdresser at the salon.