Terry Hunter reviews A REAL PAIN

Updated: Nov. 24, 2024 at 9:50 AM HST
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A REAL PAIN is a real pleasure to watch—it’s one of the best movies of the year. Jesse Eisenberg wrote and directed the film. He also co-stars alongside Kieran Culkin. The two are outstanding as Jewish cousins who travel to Poland to see the town their recently deceased grandmother grew up in and the concentration camp that she survived.The two men really care about each other but are completely opposite personalities. (One’s a straight arrow and the other’s a loose canon.) A REAL PAIN effectively mixes humor and touching drama to create an experience that left me feeling shaken but uplifted. (In Theaters)