In the remarkable “A Real Pain”, with and with Jesse Eisenberg, in theaters this Wednesday, February 26, Kieran Culkin makes us go through two types of feelings. At times, we want to stick slaps to him. To others, he touches us and moves us to tears. It seems that it is a bit like that in life, hence the fact that this ex-child star often inherits, since he was an adult, of roles of types that are both annoying, even detestable, and fragile to the point that we want to take him in his arms.
But for this film, this ability to play with a disarming naturalness on the two paintings wonders: for several months, it has accumulated an astounding number of awards for the best supporting role, including the Golden Globe in January. Just last weekend, he was crowned on Saturday evening at the renowned independent Spirit Awards, before continuing Sunday with a Sag Award-award awarded by his peers. And we do not clearly see how the Oscar in this category could escape him on March 2.