Nia Vardalos and Toni Collette play Connie and Carla, struggling dinner theater performers in Chicago who are on the run after witnessing a mob hit. They end up in Los Angeles, where their talent is best suited for pretending to be drag queens, making them hits on the cabaret circuit. That is, until Connie falls for a guy {David Duchovny} who does not know that she's really a woman.
The plot is nothing new as this type of story has been done before. I never really liked this type of comedy before. The Hot Chick and Tootsie were pretty good but the rest that I have seen were rather lame. The preview did little to change my mind so I skipped it in theaters. I rented it recently and my suspicions were correct. The film is just not very funny or creative. There were maybe a few small chuckles but most of the jokes fell flat. The musical numbers weren't very good either so I don't understand why the audience went crazy for them. A big flaw in the film is that they didn't look like men at all. I had trouble believing they could fool anyone.
Nia Vardalos did a good job with My Big Fat Greek Wedding but she seems to have gotten lazy here. The script was just very by-the-number and lame. It was probably written in about five minutes. Her performance wasn't much better either. Toni Collette was pretty weak and unfunny as well. David Duchovny was just underused and his subplot was very poorly handled. The whole film just felt so cheap and rushed. They should have spent a longer time on it and the movie would have been funnier. In the end, Connie and Carla may find some fans on video but for the most part this film is worth skipping. Rating 3/10
The plot is nothing new as this type of story has been done before. I never really liked this type of comedy before. The Hot Chick and Tootsie were pretty good but the rest that I have seen were rather lame. The preview did little to change my mind so I skipped it in theaters. I rented it recently and my suspicions were correct. The film is just not very funny or creative. There were maybe a few small chuckles but most of the jokes fell flat. The musical numbers weren't very good either so I don't understand why the audience went crazy for them. A big flaw in the film is that they didn't look like men at all. I had trouble believing they could fool anyone.
Nia Vardalos did a good job with My Big Fat Greek Wedding but she seems to have gotten lazy here. The script was just very by-the-number and lame. It was probably written in about five minutes. Her performance wasn't much better either. Toni Collette was pretty weak and unfunny as well. David Duchovny was just underused and his subplot was very poorly handled. The whole film just felt so cheap and rushed. They should have spent a longer time on it and the movie would have been funnier. In the end, Connie and Carla may find some fans on video but for the most part this film is worth skipping. Rating 3/10