Wife and I watched The Big Sick last night. A really good movie, I thought, and my wife agreed. I’ve followed Judd Apatow’s stuff since Freaks and Geeks was on NBC nearly 20 years ago.
Emily’s parents (Holly Hunter and Ray Romano) were really well done, struck me as very authentic anyway. Authentically flawed American marriage that was very well sketched out by both actors, that is.
Kumail’s parents were also very well done, I thought.
Kumail’s father was portrayed by the (very) famous Indian actor Anupam Kher, who incidentally portrayed Dr. Cliff Patel, the psychiatrist in David O. Russell’s terrific, modern screwball comedy Silver Linings Playbook from 2012. Kher is much more famous in Britain, but that makes two memorable acting efforts in two of the best American films of the past five years.
Anyway, I really liked it.