The Big Sick

The Big Sick is a 2017 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Michael Showalter and written by Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani. It stars Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, Adeel Akhtar, and Anupam Kher. Gordon and Nanjiani wrote the film based on their relationship; it follows an interracial couple who must deal with cultural differences after Emily (Kazan) becomes ill. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2017. It began a limited theatrical release on June 23, 2017, by Amazon Studios and Lionsgate, before going wide on July 14, 2017. One of the most acclaimed films of 2017, it was chosen by American Film Institute as one of the top 10 films of the year and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. With a budget of $5 million, it grossed $56 million worldwide, becoming one of the highest-grossing independent films of 2017.

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I was in bed with my girlfriend, and I was trying to mansplain to her that, you know, we...

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We are on one little rock orbiting one star in a galaxy of a billion stars in a universe... full of a billion galaxies.

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You know, so I forgot your birthday. - Who gives a shit? - [ Audience laughs ] Like, you are cosmically overreacting to this.

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Honestly, you are being super selfish. You're right, but you're selfish. - [ Audience applauding ] - [ Man whoops ]

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Hey.

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Have you guys heard of this drug cocktail called cheese? Uh, I saw these news reports, so I looked up what cheese is, and cheese is a mixture. Cheese is Tylenol PM and heroin. [ Scattered laughter ] So, really, it's heroin.

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Heroin's doing the heavy lifting.

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Just do the heroin. It's very powerful.

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You already have heroin.

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Is Pakistan in the house?

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[ Emily whoops loudly]

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Really? You're not from Pakistan.

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I would've noticed you. [ Chuckles ]

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- CHRIS: Are you kidding me? - Mmm. He just gave you Montreal? Like, you don't have to showcase or audition or anything? No. It was too easy, almost. Like, I wanted to struggle. I wanted-- I wanted a story to be able to tell on talk shows, and instead, like...

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You guys don't know how tough it is not to struggle. It's-- It's a struggle succeeding effortlessly. - Did he say anything about me? - Sure.

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- What about me? - He... They, both of you. He said, "Those guys performed."

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MARY: I truly hate you, actually. CHRIS: We all hate you.

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- Hi. - Hi. - Hello. - Um, my name's Kumail. [ Laughs ] Yeah, we know. Yeah, we saw you perform.

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Now that the niceties are out of the way, um, I have to tell you that when you yelled at me, it really threw me off, and, uh, you really shouldn't heckle comedians. It's so rude. I didn't heckle you.

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I just whoo-hoo'd you. It was supportive. Okay, that's a common misconception. But yelling anything at a comedian is considered heckling. Heckling doesn't have to be negative. So, if I-- If I yelled out, like, "You're amazing in bed!" - [ Laughs ] - That'd be a heckle? Yeah. It would be an accurate heckle. - Cool. - Whoa.

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