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- 2017
- R
- Amazon Studios
- 2 h
- 2017
- R
- Amazon Studios
- 2 h
Summary Based on the real-life courtship between Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, The Big Sick tells the story of Pakistan-born aspiring comedian Kumail (Nanjiani), who connects with grad student Emily (Zoe Kazan) after one of his standup sets. However, what they thought would be just a one-night stand blossoms into the real thing, which com...
Directed By: Michael Showalter
Written By: Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani
- 2017
- R
- Amazon Studios
- 2 h
- 2017
- R
- Amazon Studios
- 2 h
The Big Sick
7.0
Where to Watch
Summary Based on the real-life courtship between Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, The Big Sick tells the story of Pakistan-born aspiring comedian Kumail (Nanjiani), who connects with grad student Emily (Zoe Kazan) after one of his standup sets. However, what they thought would be just a one-night stand blossoms into the real thing, which com...
Directed By: Michael Showalter
Written By: Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal acclaim
Based on 47 Critic Reviews
86
98% Positive
46 Reviews
46 Reviews
2% Mixed
1 Review
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal acclaim
Based on 47 Critic Reviews
86
98% Positive
46 Reviews
46 Reviews
2% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon have told their own story in a funny, highly engaging way that doesn’t feel precious or sanitized, but instead is relatable and engrossing from start to finish. And you’ll laugh a hell of a lot.
As a man flummoxed by circumstance and the rifts in his own marriage, Romano is deeply touching in the role. As for Hunter, this is her best work since “Broadcast News.”
User Score
Generally favorable
Based on 410 User Ratings
7.0
75% Positive
308 Ratings
308 Ratings
10% Mixed
43 Ratings
43 Ratings
14% Negative
59 Ratings
59 Ratings
User Score
Generally favorable
Based on 410 User Ratings
7.0
75% Positive
308 Ratings
308 Ratings
10% Mixed
43 Ratings
43 Ratings
14% Negative
59 Ratings
59 Ratings
Wet Hot American Summer director Michael Showalter delivers a hilarious, lovely, and smarter-than-your-average romantic comedy based on the real life story of star Kuami Nanjiani and his wife, co-writer Emily Gordon.
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The Big Sick has the qualities that could make it a sleeper hit. It’s funny, touching, and perceptive.
Apatow also has a knack for spotting up-and-coming talent and using his considerable influence to help foster it on the biggest stage and under the brightest lights. He’s done this with Lena Dunham (“Girls”) and Amy Schumer (“Trainwreck”), and he’s done it again with Nanjiani.
This is a movie about life. Bigger than love. Bigger than hope. Bigger than anything. Just life, and all its attempts to wear you down – and how you’ll never let it.
A funny and tender drawn-from-life love story.
The film bears its real-world resonance as lightly as a button, thanks both to the steady supply of well-turned one-liners and the rippling chemistry between Nanjiani and a never-better Kazan, who’s so disarmingly funny here that I kept catching myself pulling puppy-dog faces whenever she was on screen.
The Big Sick is a very wholesome movie. Kumail's friendship with his girlfriend's parents feels very natural, which leads to some great laughs and great dramatic moments.
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This is a pretty decent film - its a little slow and perhaps could be seen as a bit too 'PC' by some, in as much as being a 'diversity tick box exercise' sort of a film but I thought it didn't do too badly at putting across things from the Kumail's (the new boyfriend's) angle. It would be hard not to feel sorry for him. Its a somewhat thought provoking watch - perhaps a bit cliched but not a bad watch overall, although not an entirely memorable one in the long run. Also, I thought that Ray Romano did particularly well, playing the more laidback and considerate parental figure, Terry. I liked that its based on a true story.
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Not sure why the critics have given this film such great reviews, other than the fact that one of the characters is a middle eastern brown Muslim person so gets at least 3 affirmative action bonus points. Otherwise, completely predictable. "But it was based on a true story!" and "You couldn't make this kind of thing up!" cry the supporters of this film. If that's the case, Kumail Nanjiani is a really terrible person. He constantly lies to everyone in his life. He can't man up enough to inform his parents that it's the 21st century in America and arranged marriages are a relic of outmoded traditions from over a thousand years ago.
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Considering the barrage of good reviews that this film had received I cannot deny that I expected something incredibly outstanding and although it was not a disappointment, it did turned out to be a very simple film.
Let's be honest, regardless of the culture clash, the film does not bring anything new to the table, the plot is very simple and you realize all its courses incredibly fast, even the ending is quite predictable.
I applaud Kumail Nanjiani's work because he's who practically carries the full weight of the film, although Holly Hunter and Ray Romano also have well interventions.
Zoe Kazan does not show anything that has not been seen in her before, especially because her character is very similar to what she did in What If?, regardless of the plot line of her illness, she does not demands nothing from herself as an actress. not even for a second.
Practical, simple, certainly fun but extremely limited.
A good comedy, nothing more.
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Extremely cheap and shallow, with cringe-worthy performance. I used to over-hyped movies, but this looks like the new era of stupidity. People called this fresh. What kind of stale pieces of **** they have to watch to do that, is beyond me.
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Production Company
Apatow Productions,
FilmNation Entertainment,
Story Ink
Release Date Jun 23, 2017
Duration 2 h
Rating R
Tagline An Awkward True Story
Website
http://www.TheBigSick-Film.de/
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Critics Choice Awards
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Awards
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
