A REAL PAIN - The Popcorn Junkies Movie Review (SPOILERS)

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A Real Pain is a 2024 buddy road comedy-drama film written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg. An international co-production between Poland and the United States, it stars Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin as mismatched Jewish American cousins who travel to Poland to honor their late grandmother. The cast also includes Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey, Kurt Egyiawan, Liza Sadovy, and Daniel Oreskes. Principal photography took place primarily in Poland from May to June 2023. A Real Pain premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, and won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award there. The film received critical acclaim, particularly for Culkin's performance and Eisenberg's screenplay, and was released theatrically in the United States on November 1, 2024, and in Poland on November 8 by Searchlight Pictures. It grossed $12 million worldwide against a production budget of $3 million. A Real Pain was named one of the top ten films of 2024 by the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute. It received various accolades, including four nominations at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards and two at the 78th British Academy Film Awards; Culkin won Best Supporting Actor at the former ceremony.