The Big Sick

FRI. 6/23, R ★★★★✩✩

Pakistan-born stand-up comic Kumail (Kumail Nanjiani) hides his romance with white grad student Emily (Zoe Kazan) from his strict Muslim family. But when Emily gets a mysterious illness and is put in a medically-induced coma, Kumail bonds with her parents (Ray Romano and Holly Hunter) and questions his priorities in an insightful, emotional rom-com.