If you loved The Idea of You, try The Big Sick

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Michael Showalter, and they both carry the bittersweet, playful, tender mood tags, and they sit in Comedy / Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Idea of You, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Big Sick is

Here's a film that asks, what if a meet-cute became a meet-ICU? Kumail, a struggling comedian, is forced to reassess his life choices when his girlfriend develops a sudden, serious illness. It's a rom-com where the biggest laugh is that everyone involved survived.

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