A Real Pain–Heartache
Somehow imagine a comedic road-trip between two polar-opposite young cousins–David and Benji– to Auschwitz. That is A Real Pain, starring Jesse Eisenberg (“Social Network”) and Kieran Culkin (of “Succession”).
The two cousins are given an all-expenses paid trip to Poland by their now deceased grandmother to honor her survival from Auschwitz and to remember the unthinkable. David (Eisenberg) and Benji (Culkin) are not as close as they once were growing up together in New York. Both are fond of their grandmother and grieving for her.
David is now gainfully employed, has...