So then, a story exploring the frayed bond of comfortable American cousins against the backdrop of the Holocaust. You can almost hear the howl of Eisenberg’s anxiety at the potential for misjudgment.

Jesse Eisenberg explores these questions with curiosity ... David (Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) are 40-something cousins, nearly identical in age. Close in their youth, but they have drifted ...