Steve Soderbergh is well respected here at FC HQ. He gets free coffee in the cafe. But Logan Lucky is about as fortunate as seeing a black cat whilst walking under a ladder and stepping on a crack in the sidewalk. It’s an overstuffed and sloppy retread. And the worst part is the only noteworthy heist is that of our expectations.

The glaring flaw is the invisible antagonist. The Logan Curse is an unacceptable foe. We cannot see it’s reaction, root against it or even laugh at it’s peril. It’s weird. And as narrative apathy sets in, we struggle to remember why they are burgling the stadium in the first place.

Our forlorn brothers, Jimmy (Tatum) and Clyde (Driver), use their Piedmont parlance to mildly entertain during brainstorming and recruitment for their plan. A bevy of characters appear in a burst as the robbery is rushed. And Joe Bang (Craig) is one of the more forced characters in modern cinema. But at least there’s one memorable scene.

We hope that Soderbergh is just dusting off the lens with this effort. We loot the pantry for 2.01 napkins out of 5, reflecting a required 0.5 napkin deduction for the clichéd Fortunate Son close.

The Big Sick is famously misdiagnosed as a romantic comedy. There is way too much truth. With a healthy dose of unique social commentary and clever yarns mediating some heavy intercultural and interpersonal motifs, the film introduces comedic anecdotes as antidotes for a fairly dramatic film. And the results are bright and memorable.

We like stories. Maybe the authenticity of this one allows for more investment. But we think the likability of the characters transcends the validity of the material. Kumail (Nanjiani) is a practiced dry and brutally honest cultural comedian, sharing stories about cricket and customs of his native Pakistan. Emily (Kazan) is wit-matching and confident with an adorable persona.

Emily’s mom, Beth (Hunter), is forthright and spunky while Terry (Romano) is mellow and nonchalant. The evolving relationship between Beth and Kumail and Kumail and Terry as they unite over Emily’s health is both beautiful and anguishing. Kumail’s parents, Azmat (Kher) and Sharmeen (Shroff) humorously play the ideal cultural traditionalists looking after their son. The parents mold our characters and essentially the picture.

We only have a slight, but required, deduction for the unoriginal breakdown at the drive-thru. The Big Sick writes its prescriptions on 4.67 napkins out of 5.