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Directed by | Jesse Eisenberg |
Written by | Jesse Eisenberg |
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Cinematography | Michał Dymek |
Edited by | Robert Nassau |
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Distributed by | Searchlight Pictures |
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Running time | 90 minutes[3] |
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Language | English |
Budget | $3 million[4] |
Box office | $16.4 million[5][6] |
A Real Pain is a 2024 buddy road comedy-drama film written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg.[7] An international co-production between Poland and the United States, it stars Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin as mismatched Jewish American cousins who travel to Poland to honor their late grandmother. The cast also includes Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey, Kurt Egyiawan, Liza Sadovy, and Daniel Oreskes.
Principal photography took place primarily in Poland from May to June 2023. A Real Pain premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, and was released theatrically in the United States on November 1, 2024 and in Poland on November 8 by Searchlight Pictures. The film received positive reviews from critics, with praise for Culkin's performance and Eisenberg's screenplay, and grossed $16.4 million worldwide against a production budget of $3 million.
A Real Pain was named one of the top ten films of 2024 by the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute. It also received various accolades, including two nominations at the Academy Awards, four at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards (including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy), two BAFTA Awards, and three Critics' Choice Awards. For his performance, Culkin was nominated for the Academy Award, Critics' Choice Movie Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, BAFTA Award, and Golden Globe, winning the latter.
Deadline reports that A Real Pain had a production budget of $3 million before prints and advertising.