A Review of A Real Pain: A Fascinating and Entertaining Investigation
January 11, 20250m 26s
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Show Notes
The notion of A Real Pain Flixtor piqued my curiosity as a Polish American. After losing their grandmother, two cousins decided to travel to Poland, where she had fled the Holocaust. The film then uses A Real Pain's literal, symbolic, metaphorical, and emotional meanings to strike you hard in the feelings. In this movie, Kieran Culkin plays Benji, who is completely lost in the world following the death of his grandma. The suffering manifests in ways that are both tragic and comprehensible.