Sunday, March 18, 2018

Eye of higher spirit

Pakistan-born stand-up comedian and uber driver in Chicago falls in love with an ordinary American girl. Cultural differences ignite, but eyes open through horrible tragedy. The Big Sick is a love story with few good jokes thrown in and serious drama lurking within. Makes it better when I read afterwards that it's true story between comedians Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon.

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More twists than a barrel of pretzels

Relies heavily on dialogue. So many ingenious one-liners that the film's serious and sometimes oppressive theme is forcibly twisted int...