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List of accolades received by A Real Pain

A Real Pain is a 2024 buddy road comedy-drama film written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg, who stars opposite Kieran Culkin. An international co-production between Poland and the United States, the film follows mismatched cousins who reunite for a heritage tour through Poland in honor of their late grandmother, but their old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history. The cast also includes Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey, Kurt Egyiawan, Liza Sadovy, and Daniel Oreskes.

The film first premiered in competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award.[1] A Real Pain competed in several film festivals before it was released theatrically in the United States on November 1, 2024,[2][3] and in Poland on November 8 through Searchlight Pictures.[4] The film received acclaim from critics, who praised Eisenberg's direction and screenplay, Culkin's performance, and its emotional weight.[5][6] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews,[7] making it the platform's best-reviewed drama movie of 2024.[8]

A Real Pain was named one of the top ten films of 2024 by the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute. Culkin became the third actor in history to win Best Supporting Performance honors from the four most prestigious American film critics associations: the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the National Board of Review, the National Society of Film Critics, and the New York Film Critics Circle.[9] A Real Pain received four nominations at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards, where Culkin won Best Supporting Actor.

Accolades

See also

  • 2024 in film

External links

References

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