Tell me its awards season without telling me its awards season… hehe. Yep its time to full on step this up now. The Globes have happened & based on that this stands a chance for Kiran. So lets go see who is A Real Pain for this movie.

My 6:20 screening was half full. I felt a little odd. I was the youngest person in the room. Not by much but it was mainly people in their 50s watching this which surprised me a little.

Trailers, Saturday Night (maybe), A Complete Unknown (yes) The Last Show Girl(yes as i was watching the trailer i booked my tickets for it) & the Brutalist(depends on its start time).

& then the film started… Well that was the first 5 star film of 2025 at the cinema, not a Buzzer contender but still.

The ability to have you laughing one second & welling up the next is one hell of a skill. Eisenberg with his script & directing make you do that. The whole feel was just spot on. It never missed a beat & captured the joy & pain of life & the past multiple times in many moments. It just worked so well & was brilliantly paced.

Kieran Culkin… fuck a duck. So unapologetically him. Should point out im only 2 episodes into succession as i type this so im not fully his stan yet, but wow. If his name isnt pulled out of an envelope on March 2nd / 3rd (depending on the start time for me in the UK {i need to book that off}) i will be a little bit shocked. I know we still have voting & nominations to go but damn mate, that was fucking incredible.

There was some really important lessons about how we as people now just accept our lives & privilege we have, when millions of people less than a century ago, gave theirs up for us to have this opportunity. This is summed up so well with the scene in the film on the train. We all were collectively silent for that speech but also then laughed at the over all outcome of that speech & how that happened.

I loved everyones different lives & perspectives on the tour they were on, that was really interesting as to why they were all there & how they all talked to & about each other. I know it was about the two cousins, but everyone else with them was a nice addition & you recognised people you knew in all of them. They all ended up still being connected not just by the tour, but by there flaws & positivise as humans as thats what we all are at the end of the day.

It had some really peaceful & beautiful moments to honour those who died. Especially when they walked around the camp. The film really did just stop being a film & you just sat there trying to not cry watching that. It was beautiful & harrowing as it always is & i dont think about acted during that, they all just paid their respects.

When it was funny you heard everyone in the cinema laugh. All the jokes or those awkward moments were spot on.

That was the smallest plane ever, to be in economy for.

It was so cleverly written. Its hard to balance that out to get the correct amount of sorrow but still make it relevant & funny at times. Especially when they go to that statue. Its even more funny then in the trailer for it. You will smile a lot when you know you shouldnt be. 90 minutes was the perfect length, it had a story to tell & it told you it & it showed breaking healing & embracing in that time really well.

Yea this is a film that i think you all need to see. Delicately crafted & acted so well. The Oscars should give this at least one award for Kieran, but lets home it picks up a couple of other nominations along the way.

Wholesome, moving & sublime.