If you’re making a list of the funniest comedies of recent years, there is a pretty stifling number that would make the cut.
If you haven’t heard the name “Kumail Nanjiani”, count this as the first of many times you will. He is the “It” actor-comedian of the moment thanks to his fresh and funny rom-com film, The Big Sick - the true story of his love affair with a girl in a coma.
It’s called The Apatow Effect and it even comes with its own formula: Rising Comedy Stars + Relatable, Quick-Pitch Premise + Breaking Social Conventions + Finding the Funny in the Tragic = COMEDY GOLD
