Some romantic comedies transcend the mundane and crawl into your heart and stay lodged in there forever. The Big Sick is one such movie. Hard to imagine how a "coma comedy" could work, but in the able hands of veteran comedy filmmakers Judd Apatow (Trainwreck, This Is 40) and Barry Mendel (Trainwreck, The Royal Tenebaums), director Michael Showalter (Hello My Name Is Doris), and actor/writer Kumail Nanjiani (Silicon Valley), the outcome is unforgettable, especially given that it's based on Nanjiani and his wife's near-fatal relationship.
The film tells the story of Pakistan-born aspiring comedian and Uber driver Kumail (Kumail Nanjiani) who hooks up with grad student Emily (Zoe Kazan) after one of his standup sets. However, what they thought would be just a casual one-night fling quickly develops into a promising relationship, even with the cultural complications of Kumail's traditional Muslim parents. The revolving dinner scenes of his parents...
The film tells the story of Pakistan-born aspiring comedian and Uber driver Kumail (Kumail Nanjiani) who hooks up with grad student Emily (Zoe Kazan) after one of his standup sets. However, what they thought would be just a casual one-night fling quickly develops into a promising relationship, even with the cultural complications of Kumail's traditional Muslim parents. The revolving dinner scenes of his parents...
- 7/15/2017
- by Dusty Wright
- www.culturecatch.com
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