2017 · comedy · drama · romance
The Big Sick (2017)
Directed by Michael Showalter2h 0m2017
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.
Our read: The Big Sick (2017) (2017) reads as a warm, steady, grounded comedy · drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, steady, measured comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, tender.
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