A Real Pain follows mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) who 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.
“A Real Pain” is a comedy about the places people put their most unimaginable sorrows. It’s a buddy movie — actually, a variant thereof, a cousin movie and it stars Jesse Eisenberg, who wrote and directed ... It’s also one of the very best movies of the year."
-The Washington Post"A finely tuned, melancholic and at times startlingly funny exploration of loss and belonging ... (Kieran) Culkin is an actor of emotional sensitivity who doesn’t grovel for the audience’s love, and he’s shockingly great here." -The New York Times
"Not only has a real filmmaker emerged with A Real Pain, with both the sensitivity and boldness that could launch a career, but Eisenberg has never let himself be this exposed as a performer." -Los Angeles Times
