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Kieran Culkin took home the Oscar for best supporting actor for A Real Pain, in which he and writer-actor Jesse Eisenberg play polar-opposite cousins on a trip to Poland to honor their late grandmother.
A Real Pain is available to stream on demand on Hulu and is on sale for $7.99 when purchased on digital at Prime Video.
At a Glance: How to Stream A Real Pain Online
Culkin plays the free-wheeling Benji Kaplan while Eisenberg (who was nominated for best original screenplay) is the uptight digital ad salesman David Kaplan. Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey, Kurt Egyiawan, Liza Sadovy and Daniel Oreskes also star in the film.
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For his performance in A Real Pain, Culkin has already won best supporting actor at the BAFTAs, SAG Awards, and Golden Globe Awards. The 30-year-old actor has won an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award for his role as Roman Roy in HBO’s Succession; he’ll be competing with fellow show alumn Jeremy Strong at the Oscars.
Eisenberg has already picked up best original screenplay awards at the BAFTAs and Sundance Film Festival for A Real Pain. His portrayal of Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network also saw him nominated for best actor at the Oscars, Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild Awards, to name a few.
During The Hollywood Reporter‘s Writer Roundtable, Eisenberg revealed that A Real Pain was born out of another project.
“I was writing a short story about two friends who go to Mongolia. It wasn’t going well. Then this ad popped up online for ‘Auschwitz Tours’ and then, in parentheses, ‘With lunch,’” he said. “I didn’t think those four words would change my life, but they did. I took the guys out of Mongolia and reimagined the story as them going on this strange thing that actually exists, a yuppie tour of historical trauma. Their interpersonal strife set them against the backdrop of real historical trauma; these things could be in conversation with each other.”
See the full trailer for A Real Pain below and keep reading for more on how to stream the Oscar-winning movie for free.
The easiest way to stream A Real Pain for free is with a subscription to Hulu’s ad-supported plan (reg. $9.99 per month), which comes with a 30-day trial for eligible new subscribers, or on Hulu + Live TV (from $82.99 monthly), which offers a three-day trial. Note that the Hulu (No Ads) tier does not have a free trial. You can also watch the film with a Disney+ Duo plan that includes Hulu for $10.99 per month with ads; learn more about other bundle options here.
A Real Pain is also available to buy or rent on digital at Prime Video (on sale for $7.99 in UHD), Apple TV ($19.99) and other premium video-on-demand platforms.
A Real Pain Synonpsis, Run Time
Written by and starring Eisenberg, A Real Pain follows two Jewish cousins who visit their ancestral home in Poland to honor their late grandmother who survived the Holocaust. Culkin plays Benji Kaplan, a carefree extrovert, while Eisenberg is David Kaplan, an uptight digital ad salesman with a wife and young son. A Real Pain also features Will Sharpe as an Oxford history scholar and tour guide, and Jennifer Grey, Liza Sadovy, Daniel Oreskes and Kurt Egyiawan as fellow tour group members. The film runs one hour and 29 minutes.