Jesse Eisenberg as a director manages two really important things here: saying something meaningful about the Jewish diaspora experience, and teasing out an Oscar winning support performance by Kieran Cullen (overdue and deserved). Is it always as fun as billed? No. Is the relationship between the cousins as developed as it could be? Also no, but the slice of life look at their relationship while they’re away touring Europe is pretty accomplished. Eisenberg plays himself as ever, but it doesn’t matter much - this tries to be a small film with naturalistic performances, which happens and it’s so rare these days it’s a delight to be immersed into. And Culkin’s performance genuinely is devastating - he has so much work to do as the anchor for the film and he makes it look effortless and once more delivers an unlikeable character and makes him knowable and likeable.