The big sick (2017)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2017
	Director: Michael Showalter
	Actors: Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan
	Country: USA
	Genre: Romance, Comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 30.10.2017, Schauburg, OV Sneak Preview, English version with German subtitle
Synopsis: Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani (Nanjiani) and grad student Emily Gardner (Kazan) 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 discovers his true feelings.
Review: From the very beginning and the set of characters in the first scenes, I expected a lot of clichés ... and they all came. The way his family behaves, the way his stand-up comedian friends behave, the way Emily's parents behave. I must admit that all these clichés have been somehow faded during the movie. His brother watches one gig of Kumail. Kumail's colleagues show some real friendship. Emily's parents open themselves to Kumail after a long peaceful struggle.  A few things looks not credible such as the fact that Emily's friends are invisible all along, how Kumail is called by a friend of Emily asking him to take care of her in the hospital. But all this is swapped away by the hilarious humour of Kumail. He is teasing Emily a lot, her parents, his own family, people in the bar. He jokes also about himself. A lot. About the cliché people have about people with beard and dark skin. And I loved all these speeches! The acting is medium. I like the spontaneity of Emily. But the parents of Kumail are like disguised. But well, I guess it is supposed to be so, as Kumail wrote the story!
Rating: 6 /10