The Big Sick (2017)

good back-story, and good acting

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

So predictable, obvious that alot of work was put in making this movie but it had no exciting parts never had me at the edge of my seat. Was very informative.

This is a movie that presents itself as one kind of story but quickly becomes something else entirely. The film spends more times with the parents' bonding and acceptance of the main character than really with the main couples turmoil. It's also about working at a comedy club, a past time I am somewhat familiar with. The struggle to survive in the face of adversity, whether it be on stage or in the face of potential in-laws, is what the movie is actually about. And to face the biggest sick of all, intolerance, it takes a defense mechanism triggered by humor. Holly Hunter should have been nominated for best supporting actress, no question.

When a true story is so stunning it becomes a film. This is not a joke film where they go over the top for laughs. It's a true story and it feels like it. Genuine fun. They tweeked it just a little so that some events are more obvious but they remain true feelings for us. Great story that becomes a great film that can make you think. Intelligent and sensible throughout.

Kumail, an Uber driver and aspiring stand-up comic, encounters Emily at a gig. To their mutual surprise they fall into a deep relationship which crashes to a halt when Emily discovers that Kumail has not told his fairly strict Muslim family about her, and has kept secret from her the succession of young Pakistani women his mother has tried to set him up with. Emily is subsequently admitted to hospital with an escalating infection which results in her being put into a medically induced coma, and Kumail is thrust up against her parents who are angry with him for hurting their daughter.The premise of this romantic comedy is original, the dialogue crackles - not so much belly laughs, but consistent smiles throughout - and the cast is terrific. Holly Hunter and Ray Romano are both excellent as Emily's parents (there were points when Hunter's accent was a bit impenetrable for a Brit), Zoe Kazan is, as usual, a delight, Zenobia Shroff is a hoot as Kumail's mother, and all the supporting cast are good. And Kunail Nanjiani, who co-wrote it, shows us a man torn between his family who retain their Pakistani roots and values, and the country he has grown up in.This film is funny, emotional, and examines a number of issues quite deeply but without beating you up about them.The trailer told me that I would probably enjoy this: I loved it.