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Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin’s ‘A Real Pain’ Brings Tears, Jokes and a Big Standing Ovation at Sundance Premiere
Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin's 'A Real Pain' was enthusiastically received in Sundance, earning an extended standing ovation
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. Nevertheless, the question and answer period afterward was funnier than an evening at the local yuck factory — and after the credits rolled, the audience leapt to its feet, giving the film an enthusiastic standing ovation. There’s a pivotal moment in the film where the gleefully destructive David doesn’t wake up his cousin as they travel on a train through the Polish countryside.
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