Hey, it's Bill Simmons. I have some good news for you. The hottest take. It's back.

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I'm Sean Fantasy. I'm Amanda Davins. This is the big picture. A conversation show about

bros. The first ever LGBTQ romcom from a studio to receive a wide theatrical release.

Those as a historic movie. Is it a good one? We will dig into that and share our top five

favorite comedies of the 21st century. A very difficult task. My day at Amanda. Later in

this episode, I'll have a conversation with the co-writer and director of bros, Nicholas

Stolar. Nick is the director of such recent modern comedy gems is forgetting Sarah Marshall

and neighbors to recent rewatchables. Entrance. I hope you'll stick around for our conversation.

First, let's talk about bros. Amanda, I want you to be really the leader in this conversation

because in many ways, bros is using a format of movie storytelling that one, we no longer

exists. And two, it's frankly your specialty. It might look like a Nick Stolar Judd Apatel

produced comedy, but this is a true blue romcom. This is a romantic comedy. If anything,

it breaks a couple rules. And in some ways, it updates a couple rules. But once you're

into that tiki tack of like, it does this and it does that. It's definitely is a romantic

comedy. And it is really consciously a romantic comedy and pays homage to many romantic comedies

that went before it. Specifically, you've got male. And I won't spoil that lovely part

of the movie, but that that you've got male is spoken within the universe of bros. And

that's just the surest way to my heart. You know, that is my favorite of the Nora Efron's

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