This movie is rated R.
The Big Sick is based off the true story of how Pakistani comedian Kumail Nanjiani met his wife, Emily, amidst his traditional Muslim family trying desperately to set up an arranged marriage for him. He meets Emily after one of his stand up shows, and they immediately form a relationship. It is clear to see that the two click. They are pretty much perfect for each other, but Emily holds off on a relationship due to her being in school with dreams to become a psychologist. Despite trying to withhold the relationship, Kumail and Emily get together anyways, and their relationship is adorable and perfect. It was so cute that it was almost annoying to watch during the classic montage of happiness with cute music in the background that happens in almost every RomCom. Things are going perfect until Emily finds out about all the women that Kumail's parents have tried to set him up with for an arranged marriage. She becomes extremely upset that he has been hiding this from her, and Kumail feels at a loss because he has let her down. He has an internal struggle of falling in love with Emily, but knows that he will lose his relationship with his family if they find out that he has fallen in love with a non-Muslim woman. Then, Emily all of a sudden is in the hospital with a pretty bad infection. She is put under a medically induced coma, and things are looking really bad. Kumail is at the hospital every day, even when her parents show up and make it clear that they do not like him for what he has done to Emily. Kumail is still relentless, waiting at the hospital everyday in hopes that she will wake up soon. Kumail and Emily's parents eventually form a really cute relationship and they take a liking to him. Kumail is naturally hilarious, and they even come to one of his stand up shows, and one of my absolute most favorite scenes in the film is when Emily's mom almost gets in a fight with a racist frat boy at the bar for defending Kumail. Kumail and Emily's parents receive scary news that the infection Emily has has spread to her heart. Kumail is also balancing his job as a comedian with an important show coming up and still going to family dinners with women he has never met. He is still hiding everything from his parents, because he knows that everything will blow up if they find out that he is in love with Emily. Keep in mind that the last time that Kumail and Emily spoke, it was during a fight that they had where they had broken up. Eventually, Kumail's parents find out about everything, and they pretty much disown him. At the same time, he bombed his comedy show while there was an important critic in the crowd. Things are going deeper and deeper into a downward spiral. Emily then wakes up! The doctors had been giving her the wrong medicine the whole time, and once they found the right one she went all back to normal. Kumail is ecstatic, but when he first goes into see her, Emily is very upset and tells him that she doesn't want to see him. That was a downer. Kumail keeps trying to get her back, despite his parents hating him now. It shows how in love he really is with her. They eventually have a talk, where Emily says that she isn't ready for a relationship with him now. I was pretty upset at this point, thinking that this movie was gonna end on a really depressing note. Kumail decides to move to New York with his two friends to find work as a comedian, leaving Emily behind after trying multiple times to get her back. He is trying to move on from her at this point. I was really bummed and at a loss. Things looked pretty bad until the ending scene, where Kumail is in a comedy club performing, and he looks up and sees Emily in the crowd. So it had a happy ending! They ended up together, and then it showed the real pictures of the real couple getting married (with Kumail's parents!) Everything was perfect. This ended up being one of my new favorite movies. The fact that it is based off a true story made it even better and made me even happier, if that was even possible after watching this movie. Kumail was dedicated to Emily, and he risked everything to be with her (even his family). It was amazing. Everyone should watch this movie.
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