In 'A Real Pain,' Jewish cousins tour Poland, cracking jokes and confronting the past. October 30, 2024 12:01 PM ET. Heard on Fresh Air. John Powers ...

In this almost perfect little film, Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin play cousins who reconnect in Poland to honor the memory of their grandmother, a Holocaust survivor. Skip to content.

Eisenberg, 41, loosely based the script and characters on a composite of real people and experiences, including a 2008 visit with his now-wife to what was once his great-aunt’s house in Poland ...

In 'A Real Pain,' Jewish cousins tour Poland, cracking jokes and confronting the past. We live in an era of ceaseless, shocking normalization.Things that were once thought beyond the pale ...

In this almost perfect little film, Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin play cousins who reconnect in Poland to honor the memory of their grandmother, a Holocaust survivor.

In this almost perfect little film, Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin play cousins who reconnect in Poland to honor the memory of their grandmother, a Holocaust survivor. In 'A Real Pain,' Jewish ...