Thembe Mvula

Felt very real, two main best friend characters were magnetic and the dark humour was spot on. I'm surprise audience reactions to this aren't better than they are but tastes are different. I can't personally speak from experience with bi-polar, but I thought Maggie's constant battles felt like an accurate depiction for anyone who's lived with mental health issues.

felt pointless, a lot of what and not much why...

6/10 For me this was a bit disappointing in the way it portrayed certain things. For example, why were the Pakistani women all depicted as desperate and overly keen for Kumail' s attention, yet the first white girl he meets surpasses them all? I feel like the lead male was made "relateable" by assimilating to white culture, e.g. not practising Islam. The male lead's family were complete stereotypes in contrast with the female lead's parents who weren't singular and at one point play the role of white saviours when Kumail is racially abused by his audience member. For a movie hailed as being "refreshing" I expected more. It was funny and honest, but in terms of being clever it doesn't go all the way for me.