Sunday 7 January 2018

The Big Sick (2017 Michael Showalter)

Pakistani Kumail Nanjiani both starred in and co-wrote this film, with Emily Gordon, his wife and a former therapist, so there's some personal relevance to their script (he's also a stand-up comedian). Zoe Kazan is the girl he falls for, her parents being Ray Romano and Holly Hunter, his being Anupam Kher and Zenobia Shroff, with Adeel Akhtar, Bo Burnham, Aidy Bryant and Kurt Braunohler. It's a Judd Apatow production and in line with that tradition is a little longer than it wants to be (2 hours) but is both laugh out loud funny ('I'd call it shit, but I'm worried I might upset some actual shit') and tender.


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