2017 Directed by Michael Showalter
Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.
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 Show All…
Judd Apatow Barry Mendel Jeremy Kipp Walker Glen Basner Ben Browning Kumail Nanjiani Emily V. Gordon Annie Tan
"That's why I don't go on the internet. You go there and people hate Forrest Gump."
Oh shit I hope they don't find letterboxd
i never thought i'd say this but ᶜᵃⁿ ᴵ ᵍᵉᵗ ᵘʰʰʰʰ adopted by holly hunter and ray romano
i thought that holly hunter had already blessed mankind enough with her voice but then she went and ended every racist frat boy in existence? she is too generous!
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The distinction here is 'truth'. This is a real tale, written about real personalities and events and moments, but The Big Sick is imbued with a gentle understanding of what makes itself effective for the silver screen. It's achingly aware of the story's limitations, the balancing act between comedy and drama, and its gradual moral resolve. But above all else, the film never attempts a certain level of vérité or overt naturalism. It moves and plays with a tremendous amount of grace, especially in an early relationship montage which moves like a little snapshot of liquid feeling, and it commits to the realities of the situation, but never to a fault.
It's even more interesting structurally. The first-half reeling…
Watched this some time in 2017 and forgot to log it. I remember being kind of confused about why the parents started liking him when they did. Felt weird
Letterboxd Season Challenge 2018-19
Week 14: December 9th-15th
“I’ve been meaning to get to it...” Week
I’ve been meaning to get to The Big Sick more or less since it came out, however I’ve always put it off because I’ve felt like I needed to be in the right mood. So when deciding on what film I should watch today I scrolled past this and was like “Actually I feel like watching it today” (and also it is part of this challenge). So I watched it. Now aside from the very basic premise being a Pakistani man dates a white girl and introduces her to his family I knew nothing about it, and it turns out that isn’t even the…
Endlessly likable but really could’ve cut like 30 minutes from it. And the last few seconds kinda make we wanna gag
Loved how realistic the writing was and how funny the whole thing was. Deserves all of the praise its gotten. Some scenes left me a bit bored, but it still managed to hold my attention. See it if you can.
This is a terrific movie from Amazon Prime. Very funny, very sweet, but with some surprisingly astute observations about people and relationships. It’s a romantic comedy, but not like one I’ve ever seen before. The actors are all first-rate, and the rapport and chemistry are perfect. Ray Romano and Holly Hunter as a married couple with issues? Absolutely.
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cynical filmmaking is all well and good but sometimes i just want to watch people being nice to each other
