The Big Sick

The Big Sick

Rating 9 out of 10

I'm a afraid the more I try to explain how good this movie is the worse it will sound.  As I have said before I am very leery of any movie that ALL the critics love but they got it right with this one.  I saw an interview with the star Kumail Nanjiani on late night and it seemed like an entertaining movie.  Had a date night with the Hottie and had to decide between this and Spiderman.  The times for this one worked out better.  I'm sure we'll get to Peter Parker in the near future.

This movie is based on the real life courtship of Kumail and Emily.  Kumail is from a strict Pakistan family where it's not only expected you marry someone else from Pakistan but if you don't you are kicked out of the family.  Kumail is already on thin ice with is family by being a Uber driver and stand up comedy instead of going to law school.  When he meets Emily at the comedy school where he is performing at it's instant fireworks.  Before they can decide if the relationship will go anywhere Emily comes down with a strange virus and is put into a coma.  Emily's parents (Ray Romano and Holly Hunter) are not crazy about Kumail but grow to like him as he loyally comes to the hospital hoping she will be okay.

This movie mixes between hold your stomach and laugh out loud with wipe your eye tearjerker like no other I have seen.  I haven't laughed at a movie like this one in some time.  Don't want to oversell it but I feel this will be a sleeper hit like Big Fat Greek Wedding was.  Or atleast it should.

Go see this one folks.  You won't be sorry.