The Big Sick
The Big Sick
#1The Big Sick
Posted: 7/8/17 at 1:23am
Wow! This movie was magnificent! Kumail is already one of my favorite comedians, but this showed me a whole new side to him that was just devastating. Please go see this movie, its brilliant in every single way possible. I laughed, cried and everything inbetween. Some of my favorite bits were when Terry and Beth went to the gig and when terry brought up 9/11. I could not stop laughing. Also loved seeing Aidy Bryant, Bo Burnham and Rebecca Naomi Jones as well.
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Updated On: 7/8/17 at 01:23 AM
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#3The Big Sick
Posted: 7/8/17 at 5:05am
I can't wait to this. .it looks great.
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Rumpelstiltskin
Broadway Star Joined: 4/22/07
#4The Big Sick
Posted: 7/10/17 at 10:22pm
I enjoyed every moment of the movie. It touched my heart while making me laugh. Although the film followed a purely conventional romantic comedy arc, I didn't feel as if I had seen it a thousand times before. Highly recommended.
Bette's Turban
Broadway Star Joined: 7/9/17
#5The Big Sick
Posted: 7/11/17 at 1:21am
I will now check this out. Thank you sos much for the recommendation.
#6The Big Sick
Posted: 7/18/17 at 10:15pm
It's a sweet little movie, with lots of sweet little charms. The actors embody their roles in lovey ways, especially Zoe Kazan, who makes the hero's slide into true love with her completely believable.
Some good off-center comedy here and there, but not a guffaw-inducing laugh riot by any means. It just hits a sweet spot, which is rare these days. I wish the theater where I saw the film had a lot more moviegoers than it did. These are the moviemakers that we should all be rewarding with our attendance, or they'll stop making gems like The Big Sick altogether.
Oh, and I still really hate the title.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#7The Big Sick
Posted: 7/20/17 at 10:21pm
What a gem of a film. Funny, touching, insightful . Lovely.
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wexy
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/19/05
#8The Big Sick
Posted: 7/21/17 at 3:58pm
We saw it last week and really enjoyed it.
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#9The Big Sick
Posted: 11/15/17 at 5:32pm
Just watched it and thought it was somewhat okay once you got past all the smarmy stand-up persona garbage that plagues half the film. I'm so burned out on the dry, deadpan, ironic standup schtick. Maybe living in Chicago only amplifies the oversaturation of that particular trendy brand of comedy or perhaps attending too many parties with Second City students taking over the room with their HI-LARIOUS improv exercises has turned me off the genre, but every time Nanjiani forced a one-liner into the conversation, I wanted to shut it off. He's playing himself and maybe that's the problem. I'd probably be just as annoyed by him in real life. And are his parents really that blandly stereotypical while Zoe's parents were more dynamic and interesting? Meh.
To me, Kazan and Hunter were the only reasons to watch (even Romano had his charm) and elevated it from being something merely average, or at times, insufferable. I give it a C+.
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henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#10The Big Sick
Posted: 11/17/17 at 8:20am
Best movie I've seen so far this year and the best romantic comedy in recent memory.
In spite of the bizarrely inept title.
