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The Big Sick is a 2017 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Michael Showalter and written by Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani. It stars Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, Adeel Akhtar, and Anupam Kher.
Jul 14, 2017 · Kumail Nanjiani and Zoe Kazan star as a couple who face cultural clashes and a medical crisis in this Oscar-nominated film. Watch the trailer, see photos, read reviews, and learn more about the real-life inspiration behind the story.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Michael Showalter
- 2017-07-14
The Big Sick is based on the real-life courtship between Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani (Nanjiani) and grad student Emily Gordon (Zoe Kazan) who fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash.
May 2, 2017 · The Big Sick is based on the real-life courtship between Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani (Kumail Nanjiani) and grad student Emily Gordon (Zoe Kazan)...
- 3 min
- 5.4M
- Prime Movies
The Big Sick is a 2017 romantic comedy starring Kumail Nanjiani and Zoe Kazan as a Pakistani comic and an American graduate student who fall in love. The film explores their cross-cultural relationship and the challenges they face when she falls into a coma.
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- Michael Showalter
- R
- Kumail Nanjiani
An Uber driver by day and a hopeful professional stand-up comedian by night, Kumail, the Pakistani-American son of an immigrant, struggles to make ends meet, as his family who have high hopes of seeing him married, incessantly auditions nice Muslim brides to arrange a prosperous marriage.
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Jun 23, 2017 · The Big Sick. Christy Lemire June 23, 2017. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. It sounds impossible—too melodramatic, too crazy—but it’s true. Actor and writer Kumail Nanjiani fell in love with his then-girlfriend, now-wife, Emily V. Gordon, when she was in a coma.
