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Cooper Raiff is the fresh comedic talent we’ve been waiting for. A new one shows up on screen every few years — a modern guy or girl next door like Steve Carell, Seth Rogen, Emma Stone and Adam ...

There might be coming-of-age films about the preteen experience of going to Bar-mitzvahs, but what about the party starters in the background? In Cooper Raiff's second feature film, "Cha Cha Real ...

Andrew (Raiff) is a young man who is a recent college graduate in New Jersey. However, he works at a dead-end job at the mall that he hates. Andrew aimlessly moves through life to figure out his exact ...

"Cha Cha Real Smooth," at least on paper, might sound a little familiar. The sophomore feature of filmmaker Cooper Raiff is about a 22-year-old who returns to his childhood home in suburban New Jersey ...

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Cha Cha Real Smooth tries so hard to be sincere. The second feature by writer-director-actor Cooper Raiff (after 2020’s Shithouse) is a coming-of-age narrative that doesn’t feature any outward ...

Anyone who moved back in with their parents after college without a clear game plan — or who's been stuck living with them in the same situation for any sort of reason — might relate to Andrew's ...

(JTA) – It seems hard to believe, but there’s never been a truly great bar/bat mitzvah movie — mostly because there just haven’t been that many bar/bat mitzvah movies, period. But after that, things ...

Cooper Raiff's Cha Cha Real Smooth had to play at the Sundance Film Festival virtually because of the pandemic, so he hasn't heard the applause critics are showering on his bittersweet dramedy. The ...