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Funny, heartfelt, and intelligent, The Big Sick uses its appealing leads and cross-cultural themes to prove the standard romcom formula still has some fresh angles left to explore. Read Critics...
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Jun 23, 2017 · “The Big Sick” is a Judd Apatow production, and like a number of movies he’s been involved with over the years (“Funny People,” “This Is 40”), it goes on a tad longer than it should. Some tightening, especially toward the end, might have made a great film truly excellent.
The Big Sick Reviews. The Big Sick can confidently boast a self-evident punchline that lasts for over two hours and never runs out of the funny or the surprising. Full Review | Original...
Jan 21, 2017 · Comedian and actor Kumail Nanjiani and writer Emily V. Gordon mine their personal history for laughs, heartache, and hard-earned insight in “ The Big Sick,” a film that’s by turns romantic,...
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By Eric Goldman
Updated: Jul 2, 2017 9:22 pm
Posted: Jun 29, 2017 11:47 pm
Should The Big Sick be described as a romantic comedy? As a family drama? As a topical story? As a timeless story? The answer is yes across the board, since you can use any of those terms and you’d be correct. But more importantly, it’s a terrific, heartfelt and continually funny movie that is easily one of the best films so far this year.
Kumail Nanjiani stars as Kumail (hey!), a Chicago-based standup comic who begins dating Emily (Zoe Kazan), a grad student he meets at one of his shows. Emily keeps saying she doesn’t have time for a relationship, but keeps making excuses to see Kumail, and the two kindred spirits seem destined for each other. However, Kumail’s traditional Pakistani Muslim family don’t even know Emily exists, and him keeping that secret ends up causing a big rift between the two of them.
To describe what happens next would be, for some, going into spoilery territory I suppose, so here’s your pseudo-warning. Except it’s not only revealed in the trailers for the film, its real life inspiration makes it crucial to the story.
The summer is known for delivering big action and spectacle movies, but while The Big Sick is small scale in scope, it’s more than capable of holding its own amongst superheroes and robots when it comes to an impactful cinematic experience. Teamed with Michael Showalter’s direction, producer Judd Apatow, and a top notch cast, Kumail Nanjiani and Em...
Jun 22, 2017 · In “The Big Sick,” Mr. Nanjiani and Ms. Gordon vault over that hurdle with openness and delight, revitalizing an often moribund subgenre with a true story of love, death and the everyday ...
The Big Sick is a 2017 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Michael Showalter and written by Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani. It stars Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, Adeel Akhtar, and Anupam Kher.
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