Movie Review: The Big Sick

 Michael's Movie Grade: A

It is no secret that many romantic comedies today simply feel rushed out with no real heart or effort. Even many of the best ones feel very formulaic. When you think about this context, The Big Sick is all the more amazing. While this film definitely dives into some of the clichés seen in almost every romantic comedy, there is such a feeling of believability and charm here that these clichés feel like they are naturally coming from the story and characters and not from a checklist.

What really makes this movie work is simply the characters. Each one even the most minor ones feel completely real. They are extremely well fleshed out. Very quickly in this movie we grow to really care about these people. That makes every tearjerker moment feel so natural and real. Because of this unlike so many other romantic comedies we never feel we are being manipulated at all. Throughout this whole film the characters never stop feeling real to you. This is only helped by the great performances by the whole cast.

Also helping is that the humor is actually funny. Again so many of today's romantic comedies never make me laugh even once. Here however I laughed plenty of times. There were a few jokes that missed but they were few and far between. This humor is not only funny but always comes out of the characters themselves. In turn this humor again makes the characters feel all the more real.

Overall this is a fantastic movie and definitely one that shows great romantic comedies can still be made.