A Real Pain - Reviews

...an endearing dramedy written and directed by Eisenberg.

...disparate relatives bring their resentments and their humor as they tour Poland.

It’s a powerful feeling to witness art that reminds us that all aspects of our existence are valuable, especially our pain.

Jesse Eisenberg’s devastating tragicomedy is a must see.

At times wryly funny, in other moments profoundly sad, it’s a competent but occasionally sedate dramedy that demonstrates Eisenberg’s willingness to buck narrative convention and leave his characters still questing for deeper meaning.

While Benji and David are versions of characters we've seen Culkin and Eiseneberg play before, it's hard to imagine anyone else inhabiting the two characters better.

...a brilliant portrayal of shifting family dynamics in all its complicated, relatable messiness.

...an amusing and compelling inquiry into human pain and suffering.

Jesse Eisenberg’s empathetic comedy about facing the abyss.

...a whip-sharp comedy driven by the rattling verbal sparring between uptight, neurotic David (Eisenberg) and his outgoing, unpredictable cousin Benji (Kieran Culkin).

Kieran Culkin is heartbreaking and hilarious in Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain.

Kieran Culkin proves why he was Succession’s MVP in Jesse Eisenberg’s latest.

...a combustion of performance styles: Culkin and Eisenberg play extremely to their types.