Real Pain
Directed by Jesse Eisenberg
Written by Jesse Eisenberg
Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin, Jennifer Grey
Release Date November 15th, 2024
Published November 14th, 2024
A Real Pain stars Jesse Eisenberg as Dave and Kieran Culkin as Dave’s troubled cousin, Benji. The duo are taking a trip to Poland to visit the childhood home of their late, beloved grandmother who recently passed away. Both have taken the loss hard but Benji in particular has been reeling from the loss as he and grandma were exceptionally close. According to Benji, granny was the only one who could withstand his relentless onslaught of telling it like it is. The rest of the family kept Benji at arms length.
In recent years, that also included Dave who has started a successful career in online sales and has a wife and a child. He and Benji used to be as close as brothers but as Benji became more and more outspoken about family issues, even Dave was forced to pull away. There was also the typical life stuff of just being busy. Now, the two are going to be alone together for a week in a foreign country and it will be a test of their relationship unlike any other. Naturally, Benji kicks off the trip by telling Dave he’s sneaking weed into Poland, stoking Dave’s already inflamed anxiety over the trip.
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