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Kieran Culkin Is a Mercurial Pleasure in A Real Pain
Jesse Eisenberg’s charming Sundance breakout moves gently and smoothly but hints at an all-consuming darkness underneath.
A touching character study anchored by a lively Kieran Culkin performance, Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain moves gently and smoothly but hints at an all-consuming darkness underneath. Watching them bicker and bond as they visit war memorials, cemeteries, and the Majdanek concentration camp, however, we begin to wonder if maybe what Grandma really hoped for was that these two souls would find a way to reconcile their differences. He can exhort his fellow travelers to join him in making goofy poses in front of a war memorial, then yell at their diligent tour guide (Will Sharpe) for giving them too much information on a visit to an ancient Jewish cemetery.
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