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The Big Sick (2017) Poster
The Big Sick (2017)

Critic Reviews

86
Metascore (47 reviews)
Provided by Metacritic.com
  • 100
    Dominick Suzanne-Mayer Consequence of Sound
    It’s a perfect marriage of direction, performances, and writing, the kind of comedy that people eagerly wait for. Its solutions aren’t easy, and its paths unusual, but it’s a love story that completely earns its emotional peaks, and the kind of comedy that makes you wish every single one of them were this great.
  • 90
    Matt Singer ScreenCrush
    One of the best things about The Big Sick is that the obstacles facing this relationship are real and relatable. It’s a funny movie, but it’s about really serious stuff.
  • 90
    Geoff Berkshire Variety
    Comedian and actor Kumail Nanjiani and writer Emily V. Gordon mine their personal history for laughs, heartache, and hard-earned insight in The Big Sick, a film that’s by turns romantic, rueful, and hilarious.
  • 83
    Eric Kohn IndieWire
    The Big Sick plays less like a great movie than a platform for its appealing tone, but it’s so well acted and dense with insights into the culture clash at its center that nothing about the central dynamic is strained.
  • 83
    Noel Murray The Playlist
    There’s a certain flat indie artlessness to “The Big Sick,” but it’d be shortsighted to discount how well-written and well-acted it is. This is a very funny movie, yet always plausibly so—never throwing in jokes just for the sake of a laugh.
  • 83
    Dan Mecca The Film Stage
    Mostly funny and sometimes heart-wrenching, Showwalter, Nanjiani, and Gordon collaborate comfortably, finding laughs in the more dire moments.
  • 80
    John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter
    A funny and tender drawn-from-life love story.
  • 80
    Fionnuala Halligan Screen International
    All of The Big Sick’s power has gone into its script and performances.
  • 80
    Bilge Ebiri Village Voice
    For the vast majority of its running time, The Big Sick astutely pulls you between the twin poles of agony and glee.
  • 80
    New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Infused with honesty and authenticity, Michael Showalter’s crowd-pleaser is an instantly winning heart-stealer and a superbly well-timed story of culture clash that resolves into a lovely tale of mutual understanding and acceptance.
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