Review of The Big Sick (2017) by Ginak — 11 Jul 2017

Overall this was not a very witty or perceptive film, but rather self-indulgent and with a passive hero who seemed to take forever to get his act together (literally). It could have been much improved by someone having the discipline to snip out at least 30 minutes – it was really not necessary to tell the story in such excruciating detail.

Luckily the plot was stolen by Ray Romano and Holly Hunter (was the Romano-Hunter dialogue better or were they just better comic actors?), but when they were not on screen, things dragged. The coma went on much too long until it was suddenly over.

For me the biggest disappointment was the clichéd way in which the Pakistani-American family was treated where some insight would have been greatly appreciated and a public service. And why is this film called a romance when the love interest spent most of the film off-screen? Plus the hero seemed more charmed by her parents than the girlfriend.

But then he spent a lot more time with them.