Kumail Nanjiani

Zoe Kazan

Holly Hunter

Ray Romano

Anupam Kher

Zenobia Shroff

Adeel Akhtar

Bo Burnham

Aidy Bryant

Kurt Braunohler

Vella Lovell

Myra Lucretia Taylor

Jeremy Shamos

David Alan Grier

Ed Herbstman

Shenaz Treasury

Rebecca Naomi Jones

Kuhoo Verma

Mitra Jouhari

Celeste Arias

Shana Solomon

Jeff Blumenkrantz

Linda Emond

Holly Chou

Andrew Pang

Alison Cimmet

Lawrence Ballard

Shunori Ramanathan

Spencer House

Susham Bedi

Rahul Bedi

Matthew Cardarople

Myra Turley

William Stephenson

Marilyn Torres

Kerry Flanagan

Jack O'Connell

Charles Gould

Isabel Shill

Lauren Patten

Keilly McQuail

Zach Cherry

Jack Corrigan

Sophia Muller

Joe Schultz

Tara A. Paul

Barry Mendel

Michael Showalter

Judd Apatow

Sarah Mae Burton

Emily V. Gordon

Jeremy Kipp Walker

Brandon Tonner-Connolly

Brian Burgoyne

Robert Nassau

Michael Andrews

Lauren J. Brown

William Smith

Amanda Glaze

Ben Browning

Christina Nickas

Glen Basner

Anthony F. Gamiello

Elizabeth Rodrick

Anthony Taratunio

Annie Tan

Gayle Keller

Nicole Rivelli

Sally Foster

Lauren Colbert

Adam J. Bernard

Brent Poleski

Larhn Laurens Davitt

Jason Velez

Andy Eklund

Bill C. Bishop

Megan Sanders

Jeremy Sample

Yousheng Tang

Maeve Kelly

Richard Hebrank

Anthony S. Calypso

Pierrot Colonna

Htat Htut

Francesco Pinna

Nicholas Bell

Andrew Juhl

Shane Aitchison

Frank Larson

Nuno Oliveira

Parissh McClean

Joe Rudge

Fillip Penson

Cliff Alphonse

Mariana Hellmund

Ari Issler

Jack Mortellaro Jr.

Adrienne Enderle

Jocelyn Magsumbol

Bert Reo Anderson

Johnny Holland

Brad Gage

George Holtzer

Mike Devereaux

Michael Jackman

Alec Jarnagin

Kirsten Sylvester

Matt Merksamer

Alex Lilja

Bob Papini JR

Bobby Mackston

Dan Edelstein

Nicki Slack

Fangge Chen

Melissa Kivell

Pam DeMetruis-Thomas

Jeff Brink

Jerry 'Niru' Cox

Paul Reed

Lauren Meckleberg

Mike Murphy

Damon Tragni

Cynthia Chou

Matthew McCoubry

Anthony Pennachio

Alex Spear

Peter Link

Aaron Becker

Yadeed Mellman

Ava Myint

Ella Gibney

Saffia Rahimtoola

Leo Won

Ed Elliot

Roberto González Arévalo

PJ Ford

Neal Jones

Nicole P. Hearon

Ryan Murphy

Tom Paul

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Drama

Romance

The Big Sick

FilmNation Entertainment

Apatow Productions

Story Ink

United States of America

English

اردو

chicago, illinois

new york city

immigrant

muslim

roommate

sadness

sarcasm

comedian

based on true story

one-man show

pakistan

family relationships

film in film

matchmaking

cultural difference

hospital

falling in love

family

illness

group of friends

intercultural relationship

college student

uber

traditional family

comedy club

stand-up comedian

grad school

DJDole

Charmingly funny.
Not a cliché comedy at all.
A little heavy on the Uber references, but still a movie that can be watched multiple times.
(Saw at a pre-screening in Seattle.)

A truly funny and immensely heartwarming _While You Were Sleeping_-esque romantic comedy. It's actually not fair to compare this to any other film because the story here is wholly real and not fabricated for the screen. This is Kumail Nanjiani's real life story about how he met his wife and it's incredibly moving.

While Kumail and Zoe are both really great, the heart and soul of the movie is Holly Hunter and Ray Romano. They are truly superb and every scene they share with Kumail while Emily is in the coma is spectacular. I would watch this movie from start to finish again right now if I had it in me - it's incredibly taxing as it's an emotional ride; I cried maybe 4 times throughout the movie.

It's amazing how reliably brilliant Holly Hunter always is and I hope she garners some awards attention for this performance. It truly moved me. Her delivery of "_Do you mind?_" before she gets into bed with Romano at the end was such a beautiful character moment.

Gimly

FULL DISCLOSURE: I saw this while I was working my ass off in a foodtruck at an outdoor cinema. I missed whole chunks of it, and it certainly didn't have my full focus. I'll give it a proper chance at a later date, and alongside that, another review. What I did see of _The Big Sick_ certainly held potential for me, I even had one genuine laugh, but American comedies rarely if ever resonate with me. I know this one plays it at a very different angle to your standard Sandler-esque faire, and I appreciate that, but I wasn't brought in enough from what I caught to get on board.

_Final rating:★★½ - Not quite for me, but I definitely get the appeal._

Reno

**Brainwashed!!!**

Here's the most overrated film, not just for the year, but forever. The title says it all, a big sick flick. Just remember, it was only based on the real, not a biopic. Because they have changed entire storytelling to cinematic convenient. To fool the people from the actual truth. So the terrorists are shown in a good light. Good humans won't support such barbaric people.

It's a shame that American Academy Awards recognised it. Only best thing in the film were the Holly Hunter and Ray Ramona. Even in the real life characters, they were brainwashed, along with Emily. Totally skippable film. Instead, I would strongly suggest to watch 'Punching Henry', 'Obvious Child', 'Sleepwalk with me' and even 'The Vow' or you you could find many more in film database. Don't waste your time with it!

_2/10_

Kamurai

Good watch, probably won't watch again, but can recommend if you can handle a medical emergency adventure.

If you've seen "A Fault in Our Stars", this has a similar vibe for a lot of it.

I'm a fan of Kumail Nanjiani, and I like Emily Gordon more, I'm honestly a little disappointed she didn't star in her own story, but I understand her reasons.  Zoe Kazan, Ray Ramono and  Holly Hunter are great in this, they all felt very natural.

Now, I know Kumail is the lead, and a good portion of the story focuses on family nonsense, but (even though she's in a coma for a lot of it) Emily is equally a star in the story.  That's what this is about, because it's (pretty much) a true story of two people coming together to form one life, and it is SO personal....so very personal.  I almost think Kumail wanted to make the movie just so he could stop telling the (rather long) story in person, "Just go watch the movie."

I know that a lot of it is just truth, but the adaptive writing for this is excellent, the structure keeps a well balanced pace between all the events happening, we have (lots) of loss and (powerful) gains.  There is even a good bit of comedy worked into the story, but it is hard to handle the heavy weight of Emily's medical story.  It might be affecting more due to the timing of it in my life, but, regardless, it's there.  It doesn't make for the most upbeat experience.

Emily, obviously, makes a recovery as it happened in real life, and now Kumail has a movie to remind her that he saved her life *eye roll*.

The end is very uplifting, and sometimes it is nice to see a piece of history on screen, but do be aware that is what this is, for the most part.

'Kumail Talks to His Brother About Emily' Scene | The Big Sick (2017)

'Emily & Kumail Keep Spending Time Together' Scene | The Big Sick (2017)

'Kumail & Emily Aren't Really Dating' Scene | The Big Sick (2017)

The First 10 Minutes of The Big Sick (2017)

THE BIG SICK - Parlor Games - Film Clip

THE BIG SICK - Official Clip #2 - Starring Kumail Nanjiani, Ray Romano, Holly Hunter

THE BIG SICK wins Best First Screenplay at the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards

The Big Sick – The Other Stuff | Amazon Studios

The Big Sick – Writing Their Story | Amazon Studios

The Big Sick – Understanding Cultures | Amazon Studios

The Big Sick Exclusive Featurette

The Big Sick – Ray and Holly | Amazon Studios

The Big Sick – Comedy Tour | Amazon Studios

The Big Sick – Emily | Amazon Studios

THE BIG SICK - British Chat-Up Lines with Kumail Nanjiani and writer Emily Gordon

The Big Sick( 2017)

An awkward true story.

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A review by DJDole

Written by DJDole on Sat May 27 2017

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