Cha Cha Real Smooth
Romantic dramedy from star, writer and director Cooper Raiff (SXSW-winner for 2020's Freshman Year). Fresh out of college, Andrew is living at home, working as a bar mitzvah party host, and stuck in arrested development. When he strikes up a friendship with Domino (Dakota Johnson, Fifty Shades of Grey) and her autistic daughter, he finally discovers a future he wants - even if it might not be his own.
2022Rating: 15, strong language107 minsUSAPicturestart
ComedyDramaRomance
- Director:
- Cooper Raiff ('Shithouse')
- Writer:
- Cooper Raiff
- Cast:
- Odeya RushLeslie MannDakota JohnsonErik FeigBrad GarrettRaúl CastilloCooper Raiff
Cha Cha Real Smooth | Awards
Winner of the Audience Award and U.S. Dramatic Prize at Sundance Film Festival 2022.
Cha Cha Real Smooth | Reviews
86%198 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® Score
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The Guardian
Raiff has created something that feels too primed to please and too eager to be loved...
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Little White Lies
It’s got all the narrative scope and self-awareness of a self-insert fanfic published on Blogspot.
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Slant Magazine
(Raiff is) too enamoured with his own character to realise that he’s often the least interesting person in the room.
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IndieWire
(An) effortlessly funny and endlessly forgiving mash note to anyone who’s struggled to reconcile the life they got with the one they imagined for themselves...
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Vox
Raiff and Johnson’s performances turn (the film) into something irresistible and lovely.
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Screen Daily
Autistic actress Vanessa Burghardt is marvellous in her first feature role, and her quiet bonding scenes with Raiff are among the film’s most touching.
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Variety
This is one case where it’s hard to unlink the character’s self-regard from the filmmaker’s.
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Entertainment Weekly
A smartly constructed, amiably appealing coming-of-age... (with) enough sharp edges to transcend the more familiar outlines of the script.
Full reviewCha Cha Real Smooth | Release Details
Cha Cha Real Smooth is now playing in 2 cinemas in the United Kingdom. Cha Cha Real Smooth is available to stream in the United Kingdom now on Apple TV+.