A Real Pain gets in the gas chambers, but it doesn’t get near this legacy. The movie, written and directed by Eisenberg, follows a pair of cousins, David (Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin ...

An odd-couple road movie, only one where the destination isn’t really a place but a sense of shared history, “A Real Pain” is set to be a darling of the upcoming awards season. Here's how to ...

As the emotional rollercoaster of A Real Pain shows us, learning these lessons can be challenging work, but that doesn’t mean the journey, as unpredictable and tragic as it can be, isn’t worth ...

If all this sounds like a downer, it’s not. “A Real Pain” isn’t just funny, it’s also inviting. You want to spend time with these characters, even when Benji is at his most off-putting.

Jesse Eisenberg‘s A Real Pain is a small-budgeted festival favorite with an impactful story to tell about a pair of mismatched Jewish cousins on a tour of Poland to learn about their heritage ...

A Real Pain isn’t necessarily asking bigger questions about current events; it’s focused specifically on this family and their experiences, making it feel relatable to anyone whose family ...

The issue isn’t that the pain isn’t real — it absolutely is. Brain scans confirm that emotionally triggered pain activates the same brain regions as physically caused pain. The problem is ...

But Benji is insistent: If a Holocaust tour isn’t the time to grieve, then when is? “A Real Pain,” about the cousins’ trip to Poland to honor their grandmother, a Holocaust survivor ...

Jesse Eisenberg races straight into life’s stubborn untidiness in “A Real Pain,” a finely tuned ... “nobody wants to be alone,” it isn’t a throwaway line. It is a passionate appeal ...

He's a teacher and has such sweet perspectives on my life. So, like, with this movie, A Real Pain, it's doing well and everything and, you know, there's a feeling inside of me that this should be ...