WGN Entertainment Reporter Dean Richards sits down with actors Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg on new movie, “A Real Pain.”

The road-trip dramedy about two cousins finding their Jewish roots in Poland seamlessly moves from mirth to melancholy and back again.

A Real Pain' is a wonderfully funny and heartfelt film about reconnecting with your family, heritage, and identity.

Writer-director Jesse Eisenberg's “A Real Pain” strikes an almost impossible balance. It’s part comedy, part tragedy. It’s part road-trip saga, part odd couple-buddy flick, and part Holocaust film. Somehow,

Jesse Eisenberg's amiable skittishness has become his calling card. He's the nervous, jittery, quick-talking Everyman reluctantly drafted into the war on the undead in "Zombieland" who could also channel his dorky appeal to portray Mark Zuckerberg in "The Social Network,

Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin make a great team of polar opposites in a powerful look at family ties and historical legacies.

Yes, the usual clash of personalities follows, but “A Real Pain” is anything but farcical or formulaic. Written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg – and inspired by his own family history – it’s a small-scale charmer that nicely blends prickly humor,