A Real Pain fingerprintBig heart, strong craft, low-key.
Calm and low-key
Moving and nostalgic
Much of it is about family.
Some sharp wit and dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
History, family, and everyday modern life
Standout performances, dialogue, and characters
Functional look and sound
Calm and low-key
A Real Pain is calm and low-intensity.
Moving and nostalgic
Much of it is about family.
Emotionally, it's moving, nostalgic, and melancholic. Much of it is about family.
Some sharp wit and dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some sharp wit and dark humor.
History, family, and everyday modern life
Its world is built around history, family, and everyday modern life.
Standout performances, dialogue, and characters
The performances, dialogue, and characters stand out.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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A Real Pain is included with a subscription to Hulu in the United States. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Yes. It's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 81/100 (IMDb 7, Rotten Tomatoes 96%, and Metacritic 85). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: strong language.
1 h 30 min
A Real Pain runs 1 h 30 min.
Not quite. Critics rate A Real Pain higher (91) than audiences (72). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Yes, a big one. It cost about $3 million to make and earned $25 million worldwide, 8.3 times its budget.
It was made in English, with some Polish. Produced in Poland, United States.
+70GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for A Real Pain in 84 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 47 storytelling tropes for A Real Pain, including Both Sides Have a Point, Hair-Trigger Temper, Determinator.
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