A Real Pain 2024 by AverageMansReviews

A Real Pain 2024 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is drugs/torture/consistent World War II or and Holocaust themes and/or references including the Soviet Union or/and Russia, immigration, racism and suicide.

Let's go off to Poland: basically; we have these two Jewish cousins; David Kaplan [Writer/Director for this film: Jesse Eisenberg:] he is in computer advertising that kind of thing, meanwhile his cousin: Benji Kaplan [Kieran Culkin:] is possibly a intelligent individual but doesn't push himself and is going through a difficult time with the passing of their grandma so they are making a pilgrimage to Poland to honour her; via a World War II tour.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 90 minutes film is good, there is some pleasant background music to support this film and not forgetting our lead partnership do a lot for this film in one way or another, but I will discuss them later.

Art; I can't stress this enough minus anything to do with World War II; we have some beautiful landscapes and scenery from time to time throughout this film and just to make this crystal clear I will say it again minus anything to do with World War II.

Comedy, character developments and performances; to be honest and professional at the same time I come from the UK so we understand dark comedy, but having said that this film isn't for heavy amounts of of the time funny, be it comedy or dark comedy or anything in between, yes I did for fleeting moments find little tiny bit funny here and there be it references to Jewish people and being financially tight or something to that effect or bodily functions and the person that I watch some of this content with can also saying that; it wasn't very funny and the only time it was; was with the bodily functions scene; but I digress; for the rest of the time it was uncomfortable comedy when it showed itself; without being racist but just purely talking about the elephant in the room; I felt uncomfortable because I wasn't and am not Jewish, so it is just one of those things where if you are Jewish you have every right to find it funny or not, but because I am not Jewish it just felt awkward, really awkward.

Broadly speaking the character developments and performances are mostly good, but it is down to David/Eisenberg and/or Benji/Culkin to put in excellent performances and conversely an excellent partnership of one is putting in hard work, getting somewhere and having a family whilst the other is/could be something if he just put in some hard work and stop holding onto the passing of their grandma. But I need to make this abundantly clear for all this excellent character and the chemistry; we are left with one question of what happens next which really did/does annoy me, so this will be reflected in my mark.

This film receives: 6/10, this film is good; as I have already indicated I do understand it is one of those films that it is about the journey, but having said that because we are dealing with a lot of hard-hitting stuff, without giving too much away, it could have done with a much better rounded ending, instead of this really unfulfilling conclusion and finally I have decided to see this film as a drama and not a comedy. This film has so many awards accredited to it in one way or another with 41 Winners that includes but not limited to Chicago Film Critics Association Awards CFCA Award Best Supporting Actor Kieran Culkin, from the same award ceremony/event Best Original Screenplay Jesse Eisenberg. 76 Nominees that includes but not limited to American Cinema Editors, USA 2025 Eddie Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy, Theatrical Robert Nassau and Casting Society of America, USA Artios Award Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Studio or Independent Feature - Comedy Jessica Kelly