Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin’s ‘A Real Pain’ Brings Tears, Jokes and a Big Standing Ovation at Sundance Premiere
variety.comStephen Rodrick Jesse Eisenberg‘s “A Real Pain” stars Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin as mismatched New York Jewish cousins. They’re on a trip to Poland in search of the life that their recently dead grandmother lived before the Holocaust.
Benji is a buttoned up neurotic on OCD medicine while David is a charming fuckup with no prospects but a mouth that is equally hilarious and malignantly obnoxious. (You can guess who plays who).
On their journey, the two visit a Polish concentration camp, come to grips with a suicide attempt and wonder about how their own pain compares with the pain their ancestors endured during the Holocaust.
At the Sundance world premiere, sobs and cries could be heard from the audience as David and Benji grapple with their past and their pain.
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