A Real Pain

Solid movie but a little boring. I like the premise: two cousins going to visit where their grandmother came from. It’s a funny thing that happens when you travel with somebody in such close quarters where you can not get away. You’re forced to deal with some things you’ve been avoiding. It’s also fascinating to watch one person act annoying and everyone just tolerate it. But then the gold is when the movie scratches under the surface: I wish there had been a little bit more of that. Impressed with Eisenberg that he both directed and starred in it, and Kieran Culkin is really good at being a huge pain. My guess is you might see different family members reflected in these two characters. 3 watch checks, you can rent this one, Ryan would be asleep in the first 20 minutes.