A Real Pain

2024
R
1h 30m

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7.6/10

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Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg in A Real Pain (2024)

Mismatched cousins David and Benji 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.

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Mismatched cousins 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... Read allMismatched cousins 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.Mismatched cousins 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.

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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

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POPULARITY

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 6 wins & 16 nominations

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Trivia
When Benji and David visit their grandmother's home in Poland, the location is where Jesse Eisenberg's real-life ancestors settled in diaspora.

Quotes
Benji Kaplan: We stay moving, we stay light, we stay agile.
David Kaplan: Yeah.
Benji Kaplan: The conductor's gonna come through, taking tickets, we tell him we're going to the bathroom.
David Kaplan: Bathroom.
Benji Kaplan: He gets to the back of the train, he starts heading towards the front looking for stragglers.
David Kaplan: Sorry, we're the stragglers?
Benji Kaplan: Yeah. By the time he gets to the front, the train's gonna be in the station and we're home free.
David Kaplan: This is so fucking stupid. Tickets are probably like twelve bucks.
Benji Kaplan: It's the principle of the thing. We shouldn't have to pay for train tickets in Poland. This is our country.
David Kaplan: No, it's not, it was our country. They kicked us out 'cause they thought we were cheap.

Connections
Featured in CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley: Episode #46.44 (2024)

Soundtracks
12 Etudes, Op. 25, No. 3 in F major
Written by Frederic Chopin
Performed by Tzvi Erez

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Featured review

8/10

Great

A Real Pain is a wonderful movie. Jessie Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin both give some of the best performances of their careers. I definitely believe Culkin will be a front runner for the Oscars this year. Eisenberg also wrote the script for this movie and directed it. He knocked it out of the park with both of these tasks as well. This movie has a constantly intriguing, emotional, and funny screenplay. The movie deals with some heavy themes and handles all of them so tastefully. This is a movie that clearly meant something to everyone making it and I believe you can see that in the final product.