“A Real Pain”- This is easily one of the best films I watched this year

OP = Jesse Eisenberg

I saw it a couple weeks ago. I really enjoyed it a lot.

R2 yes. It’s a good film. I was pleasantly surprised

in theaters or streaming? i'll watch it if it's streaming.

It’s in theaters.

Holocaust = automatic nom

Yeah but it’s not a Holocaust film.

I saw it with a friend and we both found it annoying. They are unbelievable as family members and the story is oddly superficial despite the setting. Kieran is basically playing Roman Roy as a stoner. It would have been better with a stronger cast and director.

OP, where did you watch it? I don’t see it on any of the streamers.

R9 the movie theater. It’s a theatrical film. It has to be to be considered for Oscars

MAGA is likely to be dis appointed that there aren’t that many hardened criminal types to deport.

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R10 for one day.

R9 theater. It’s in theaters. I saw it this afternoon after my dentist appointment.

And it was amazing.

R13 no. The rules changed. Movies now have to be in theaters in a handful of cities for a certain amount of days now to be eligible. No more of that one day shit.

It’s been out for 4 weeks. It’s a small film. Not lots of promotion or anything.

Thanks R15, I didn’t know they’d changed it to seven consecutive days.

I didn't enjoy it very much, because both leads are portraying very damaged individuals. Their pain manifests itself in very different ways, but it makes both essentially unlikeable. There also wasn't much backstory on what created their damage - if that back story had been there, perhaps I would have been more sympathetic. . I wanted to care, but my overriding thought was that if I met either of these individuals in a social setting, (or both), I'd run away as soon as socially acceptable to do so. However, I have a friend who really liked it, so someday maybe I'll watch it again. I do give the leads props for going all in in their portrayals of their characters.

R18 and it has to be in a certain amount of cities now. It used to be it could play in just one city. Now it has to be a handful of cities

Jennifer Grey interview

I hope Eisenberg kicks out Ratboy for the fifth slot.

Timmy isn’t the 5th spot. Hes in Top 3. Mescal is 5th most likely

R18 “ Expanded theatrical run of seven days, consecutive or non-consecutive, in 10 of the top 50 U.S. markets, no later than 45 days after the initial release in 2024.”

And if it is moved to streaming before those 7 days it is automatically not eligible.

R22: Well I hope Timmy gets kicked out completely.

A Real Pain is this year's The Holdovers: the small, feel good movie.

The Astra Awards didn’t even nominate Mescal. They nominated Glen Powell in Hit Man over him.

Best Actor

Adrien Brody – The Brutalist

Colman Domingo – Sing Sing

Glen Powell – Hit Man

Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain

Ralph Fiennes – Conclave

Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown

I hope they don't give the globe to Powell but I can see it going either way, Powell or Eisenberg.

The Astra Awards don't mean anything.

Jessie Eisenberg was shockingly hot in Manodrome. Just his body and the way he walked and spoke. It made me want a toxically masculine boyfriend.

R28 they’re actually a respected award

I finally got around to seeing it at the cinema yesterday. I thought the film was very well done and acted.

It’s an enjoyable film

It wasn't until the closing credits that I realized the woman playing Marcia is Jennifer Grey. What she did to her face makes her unrecognizable.

She’s looked like that since the 90s

R24, dream on, dear. Not happening.

R35 She had multiple surgeries, not just a simple nose job.

R36: Oh yes it will happen!

Don't watch many movies, but strangely, the ones I've watched were because they were recommended here. Am now retired and disabled and have been watching more, streaming or downloaded from my partner's illicit website. He likes Shoot 'em ups, SciFi, and Fantasy. I like quirky and/or enlightening. Any recommendations?

A really good movie. I watched it yesterday. I really enjoyed their performances.

R18 that’s not a recent rule change. They just expanded the places where it can first play in a theater. The rules have always required that a movie play in a Los Angeles Count commercial movie theater for not less than a week starting before Dec. 31.

It's going to start streaming on 12/31 on Hulu, Apple + & Prime (I think).

It comes to Hulu on the 16th

I loved it and did not expect to. I’m pleased (and a bit surprised) by all the awards attention Culkin is getting. I haven’t seen “The Brutalist “ yet (it has opened where I live) and so Guy Pearce may knock me over (and I thought Clarence Maclin was superb in “Sing Sing” and would be a worthy contender), but I hope Culkin gets the Best Supporting Actor Oscar. I think Eisenberg is a long shot for Best Actor, but I’d like to see him at least get a nomination.

Eisenberg will get nominated for Original Screenplay. He wrote it.

I’ll never watch a film again with Jesse Eisenberg in a starring role. I’m not falling for it.

Your loss

As a side note, the tour guide played by Will Sharpe is very cute.

R48 we know who he is.

We do?

Yes r50. We watched White Lotus.

I did watch season one of White Lotus but haven't seen season two yet. I guess Theo James and Will Sharpe are two reasons to remedy that.

If I was on a tour with these two characters, I would probably want to kill them, but I enjoyed the movie

[quote] Yeah but it’s not a Holocaust film.

Then why is their tour group called the Nazi German Holocaust tour?

R54 a group of Jews in 2024 wanting to visit a Holocaust site (which is 5 minutes of the movie) during a tour makes it a Holocaust movie? It’s the same category as Schindler’s List because they visited the site?

It's primarily about the relationship of two cousins who were close as youngsters and decide to go on a trip together primarily to visit Poland to see the concentration camp she was in and her home.

R56 correct. Not a “holocaust film”

Holocaust adjacent.

[quote]I hope Eisenberg kicks out Ratboy for the fifth slot.

And I hope the sun will rise in the West one day, but that ain't happening either.

[QUOTE] I hope Eisenberg kicks out Ratboy for the fifth slot.

You must be a complete idiot if you think Chalamet currently occupies “the fifth slot” in that race. That, or you’ve never done this before.

The only way to watch from home is to give Bezos $19.99 to "buy it."

R15 oh really, did not know that. Thats dumb.

I loved it! My spouse hated it!

A real pain in the ass

R61 it comes to Hulu on the 16th

I really liked it. Screenplay may be the consolation prize for Eisenberg but I hope he gets an acting nomination. I don't think Culkin deserves to sweep everything but his work is very solid and deserves some recognition.

Culkin deserves it.