"I was at the premiere, and I was dying laughing," Culkin told the Los Angeles Times in December. "It was the funniest thing I had ever seen. I had no idea what the movie was abou

The film, dubbed an heir of Woody Allen, follows Jewish American cousins who travel to Poland in memory of their late grandmother

Kieran Culkin played Fuller McCallister, while his brother Macaulay Culkin starred as cousin Kevin, in ‘Home Alone’

Culkin bagged the award for Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film, and his Oscar chances are looking better than ever.

In A Real Pain, Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg play mismatched cousins, Benji Kaplan and David Kaplan. They travel to Europe to honor their grandmother and track their Jewish lineage. Dysfunction arises when the two drastically different personalities face unresolved tensions from the past.

The duo discuss their beautifully bittersweet road movie A Real Pain, which is already a favorite this awards season

It was named a top 10 film of the year by both the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute, and Kieran Culkin became the third actor ever to win Best Supporting Actor honors from all of the “big four” critics associations (the Los Angeles Film Critics Association,

Written and directed by Jesse Esienberg, A Real Pain is already making waves on the awards circuit. A story about cultural heritage, loss and familial relationships, the new film arrives on streaming just in time to get caught up before the Oscars.