A Real Pain (2024)

After the death of their Polish grandmother, a pair of Jewish cousins book a tour of significant sites for Jews in Poland. Davey is the family man with a stable job while Benji is a charismatic manchild who both charms and exhausts. 

I just don't know what this film is about. For me, Benji was a bully who put his own opinions, comfort, and desires above everyone else's. Clearly he's lonely and directionless, but he also assumes everyone could learn a lot by following his example. The other people in the tour group seemed to be annoyed with him but they also preferred to enable rather than confront. Once the trip was over, Davey goes back to his family and Benji decides to hang out at the airport (I assume because he can't stand his own company). Nothing has changed, so what're we supposed to take away from this story?

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