A Holocaust tour of Poland forms the backdrop for a wise tale of mismatched cousins.

Jesse Eisenberg writes, directs, and stars, opposite Kieran Culkin in a deliberately comic film about raw suffering.

His cousin David—played by Jesse Eisenberg, who also wrote and directed the film—lives in New York with his wife and young ...

Hearing the title “A Real Pain,” you can’t help but imagine a multi-camera sitcom or, perhaps, a disposable laugher starring ...

His cousin David—played by Jesse Eisenberg, who also wrote and directed the film—lives in New York with his wife and young son; he toils away without complaint at a job in digital advertising.

Writer-director Jesse Eisenberg's “A Real Pain” strikes an almost impossible balance. It’s part comedy, part tragedy. It’s part road-trip saga, part odd couple-buddy flick, and part Holocaust film.

In Jesse Eisenberg's "A Real Pain," now in theaters, two cousins reunite for a tour through Poland in honor of their recently ...

It’s part comedy, part tragedy. It’s part road-trip saga, part odd couple-buddy flick, and part Holocaust film. What could ...

Let me explain: Eisenberg plays David Kaplan, a married Manhattan tech worker with a young son, who decides to bid ... whose default mode is obnoxious. Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin in ...