A Real Pain - movie with Kieran Culken and Jesse Eisenberg

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I loved this movie. So well-written and thought provoking. I’m glad it got the best screenplay nomination

Agreed it was well written. I think it showed a lot of restraint. A character like Benji could have easily been written (and performed) too over the top, and more shticky

[Anonymous]

What streaming service is it on?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just want to see something that doesn’t feature any racial or ethnic themes.
Respect both themes deeply but just too much of it lately on screen.

This is not the movie for you - it's very much about the Jewish experience. Sounds like you'd be upset by that.

Sorry...Hulu....mind is elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

So the take-away. Benji bi-polar? Self medicating with pot? the other guy at risk for the same, but it's better controlled with his prescription drugs? He's more dull, has lost some passion. Doesn't have the same strong, sometimes insightful observations of BenjI?

[Anonymous]

Thought it was fine. I couldn't buy that the other tour people weren't completely annoyed by Kiernan Culkin character.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thought it was fine. I couldn't buy that the other tour people weren't completely annoyed by Kiernan Culkin character.

Same! It was fine, funny and sweet movie … though definitely not a best picture

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So the take-away. Benji bi-polar? Self medicating with pot? the other guy at risk for the same, but it's better controlled with his prescription drugs? He's more dull, has lost some passion. Doesn't have the same strong, sometimes insightful observations of BenjI?

I think it was less about specific diagnoses and more about them each representing/having things the other doesn’t. Jesse’s character is more OCD/anxiety though (like the real Jesse Eisenberg).