<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/big-sick-reviewdec17.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-4708" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/big-sick-reviewdec17-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a>On Boxing Day we went to the Findhorn Foundation to see the Big Sick. A romantic comedy about a Pakistan born comedian, brought up in the USA and his experiences of dating when his mother is trying to get him into an arranged marriage.
One of his dates, Emily, starts to become a fixture until she learns that he hasn't told his family about her and that he has a collection of photographs of the potential women he has been matched to.
It is very funny and at the same time quite touching as things start to go wrong for both of them. Holly Hunter as Emily's mother is superb as the archetypal mum prepared to fight for the best for her daughter and show that the "liberal elite" are not to be messed with. As I walked back to the car I said "any film that makes me laugh and cry in equal measure has to be a winner for me". It's undoubtedly on limited release for a niche audience but worth catching up with on Netflix or Amazon Prime if you get the chance...