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A Real Pain 15

Jesse Eisenberg, Poland, USA, 2024, 90m.

A Real Pain follows mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) as they reunite for a tour through Poland to honour their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.


Nominated for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (Kieran Culkin) at the 2025 Academy Awards.


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For better or for worse, Jesse Eisenberg resurrects a kind of Noughties indie sensibility for a very personal work that is both funnier than its heavy premise, and strives for meaning beyond the broadly drawn comic characters. The loose tone and breezy pace make A Real Pain a very watchable film. Whether the themes of historical atrocity and personal suffering can ever truly gel is another question.

Cast:
Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin, Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey

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Book Tickets

Wed 12 Feb
17:30
Mon 17 Feb
13:00
Thu 20 Feb
18:20

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