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A Real Pain
“Eisenberg and Culkin play off each other well, but it is Culkin’s erratic performance that stays with you. It’s one of the best performances of 2024.” – San Jose Mercury News
“Culkin gives you something closer to life, a character of complication, contradiction and unknowability. He gives us a whole person, so vivid and true that we feel that we know someone just like him, even if we don’t.” – San Francisco Chronicle
“This sense of awareness, that these are guys you like and maybe even know, is crucial to the movie and how it uses intimacy to fortify its realism.” – The New York Times
95% on Rotten Tomatoes
Mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.
