The Big Sick
The 2017 romantic comedy The Big Sick stars Kumail Nanjiani and Zoe Kazan. Nanjiani and his wife, Emily Gordon, co-wrote the screenplay. The story is based on how the two met and fell in love in a complicated way. When Kumail (Najiani) meets Emily (Kazan) during a stand-up comedy act, the two embark on a five-month affair, which is cut short when Kumail refuses to expose her to his Pakistani-American family for fear of rejection because she is white. After they break up, Emily becomes seriously ill, and Kumail is compelled to pretend as her emergency contact, allowing the hospital to place her in a coma. Kumail begins to see where he fits in with Emily’s family and in her life as she remains in a coma for the remainder of the film.
The Big Sick
Never Been Kissed
Never Been Kissed may have aged the worst of any film on our list. This 1999 comedy follows nerdy but loving Josie Gellar (Drew Barrymore) as she tries to prove her value in the harsh world of journalism. She haphazardly attempts to blend in with high schoolers as a hidden twenty-something after obtaining a job as an undercover reporter at her old high school — and finds herself most at ease with her English teacher.
Never Been Kissed
