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OK people, here are your instructions: first off, suspend your disbelief -- anything can happen; secondly, what may be politically correct is not always funny -- do your best to ignore politics -- at least for the next 98 minutes; third, get a cold drink and get set up in your most comfy chair. Now you are ready to pop Connie and Carla into your machine.

Here they are two amazingly talented women who like to perform full-scale musical numbers from their favorite shows. But these two, Connie (Nia Vardalos of My Big Fat Greek Wedding) and Carla (Toni Collette of Muriel's Wedding) perform to an empty airport lounge in their midwestern city. One night they get a kilo of cocaine shoved in their bag by gangsters and subsequently witness a murder. Off they go to a place where people truly appreciate musical numbers -- West Hollywood. Somehow while looking for work, these two crafty women conceive of performing as drag queens (maybe they rented Victor Victoria) and so begins their drag queen career. Each night they pack 'em in at this WeHo club getting the boys to sing along with all their favorite show tunes. These two actresses sing great and the music and costumes are a highlight. If you love musicals, and we know a lot of you guys do, Connie and Carla is a must. They have wacky gay neighbors -- all of whom are drag queens and total femmes, but try to ignore that, remember no politics. There are three straight characters in the film, the rest are all gay, so at least enjoy the majority!

Total fun and essential for musical queens, Connie and Carla's got plenty of belly laughs. Yes, the straight people all have love lives and the gay people don't -- try to ignore that and relax!

Scott Cranin