The Big Sick
- 2017
- US
- 1h 59min
- 15
- Directed by: Michael Showalter
- Cast: Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano
Culture clash comedy written by real life couple Emily V Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani. It plays out with charming, sometimes toe-curling honesty and an acknowledgement of how complicated life can get when expectations weigh heavy and tradition unceremoniously intervenes.
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The Big Sick
24 Jul 2017
Autobiographical culture-clash rom-com, written by and starring Kumail Nanjiani
That this unconventional, appealingly awkward romantic comedy is based on a true story makes perfect sense. Life is, after all, stranger and more messy than fiction. Leading man Kumail Nanjiani co-wrote the script with his wife Emily V Gordon and it…
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