Cha Cha Real Smooth

Name: Cha Cha Real Smooth
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: June 17, 2022
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 69
Cast: Amara Pedroso, Brad Garrett, Brenna Sherman, Colton Osorio, Cooper Raiff

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Apple TV+ | Release Date: June 17, 2022 | R

Starring: Amara Pedroso, Brad Garrett, Brenna Sherman, Colton Osorio, Cooper Raiff, Corrie Danieley, Dakota Johnson, Evan Assante, Kelly O'Sullivan, Leslie Mann, Odeya Rush, Raúl Castillo, Vanessa Burghardt

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Winner of the U.S. Audience Award (Dramatic) at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

Summary: Fresh out of college and without a clear life path going forward, 22-year-old Andrew (Cooper Raiff) is stuck back at home with his family in New Jersey. But if there’s one thing that belongs on his nonexistent résumé, it’s how to get a party started, which lands him the perfect job of motivational dancing at the bar and bat mitzvahs for hisFresh out of college and without a clear life path going forward, 22-year-old Andrew (Cooper Raiff) is stuck back at home with his family in New Jersey. But if there’s one thing that belongs on his nonexistent résumé, it’s how to get a party started, which lands him the perfect job of motivational dancing at the bar and bat mitzvahs for his younger brother’s classmates. When Andrew befriends a local mom, Domino (Dakota Johnson), and her daughter, Lola (Vanessa Burghardt), he finally discovers a future he wants — even if it might not be his own.… Expand

Director: Cooper Raiff

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 107 min

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Scott Campbell

Jun 17, 2022

Cha Cha Real Smooth is perfect because it never set out to be anything close to a rom-com. Raiff focused instead on what it is that brings people together, which has more to do with attraction than anything else in cinema. Read full review

Alan Ng

May 5, 2022

Cha Cha Real Smooth is a series of reflections on life. Read full review

Peter Travers

Jun 17, 2022

Cooper Raiff, who created this Sundance prizewinner, can't hide his feelings for people with disabilities and the challenges that come to those who love them. And I can't hide my feelings for this exuberant gift of a movie starring Raiff and a never better Dakota Johnson. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Jun 13, 2022

By end of Cha Cha Real Smooth, you feel like you’ve met some people, and you liked them all, and it all felt true. For a 24-year-old filmmaker, that’s not bad. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Christy Lemire

Jun 17, 2022

Raiff offers some impressive tonal mixtures and narrative surprises along the way, and even though his third act sags a bit, the performances—particularly from an achingly melancholy Dakota Johnson— remain compelling until the end. Read full review

Mark Feeney

Jun 16, 2022

All the actors are very good, though Raiff, who’s in almost every scene, can get a little wearying with his combination of high energy and touch of winsomeness. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Jun 16, 2022

I didn’t believe a single second in Cha Cha Real Smooth, but the movie isn’t trying to convince you of anything. It just wants you to like it. It wants you to smile, nod in recognition, shed a tear or two and feel good about yourself for liking it. It’s an exemplar of American indie entertainment at its most canned and solipsistic. Read full review

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Dunkaccino

Jun 20, 2022

Cha Cha Real Smooth contains a soul that defines it. It will gratify viewers with its humanity and stunningly relatable scenarios.

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theredsky

Jun 22, 2022

This was the other film I was privileged to see during Sundance and it’s most likely gonna go down as one of my favorites of the year. Cha Cha Real Smooth has more of a personal connection to me with how it treats leaving home while you still have a younger sibling there. It really resonatedThis was the other film I was privileged to see during Sundance and it’s most likely gonna go down as one of my favorites of the year. Cha Cha Real Smooth has more of a personal connection to me with how it treats leaving home while you still have a younger sibling there. It really resonated with me and I’m not ashamed to say that the final scene of the film almost made me cry. It hit very close to home. The performances here are great. Major props to Cooper Raiff for Directing, Writing, and starring in this because the writing and his performance were fantastic. His direction was pretty good but the writing and acting outshined it. His character feels very realistic. He gets in over his head a lot but tries his best to make others feel happy and he usually succeeds at it. Dakota Johnson did a great job as well along with Vanessa Burghardt who plays her daughter. All of these characters that Raiff wrote are great. They feel personal and well thought out and play a major impact into the story. As you can tell, it was the characters and writing that really sold me for this film because those aspects genuinely are fantastic. The music and editing were good but really weren’t anything that special. I would highly recommend checking this film out whenever it hits theaters or streaming services if you want a more personal kind of story.… Expand

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IntakeCinema

Jul 5, 2022

Is it possible to express emotions so sincerely? I feel like a robot compared to the people in this film.

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Habibiehakim

Jun 21, 2022

7.5/10
Cha Cha Real Smooth is quite a nice little film overall, Cooper Raiff did a pretty good job directing everything from the movie direction, his own characters and others, i think he is a likeable characters, so do Dakota Johnson, while i wouldn't say the relationship thing between7.5/10
Cha Cha Real Smooth is quite a nice little film overall, Cooper Raiff did a pretty good job directing everything from the movie direction, his own characters and others, i think he is a likeable characters, so do Dakota Johnson, while i wouldn't say the relationship thing between Andrew and Domino click that perfectly, but Andrew and Lola relationship steal my heart, i even get quite emotional at the end of the film because of Andrew and Lola relationship, the story is not something that amazing or great, it's a pretty familiar story for a movie, i also feel like the rest of the film there is really nothing special other than again Andrew and Lola, but overall Cha Cha Real Smooth is still invested enough and pretty good enough little film to watch.… Expand

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Mal81

Jun 19, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Honestly any movie that looks at relationship infidelity as an okay form of character development just flat out loses me. Great acting and writing spoiled by a “oh she’s just finding herself so cheating is okay” moment.… Expand

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Rohmo

Sep 20, 2022

I appreciate the sincerity even if I didn't really connect with it as a whole.

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jake-b

Jun 17, 2022

Obscenely eager to endear, even as the camera never stops admiring the insufferably glib and wholly unbelievable protagonist, who also happens to be the writer, director and producer. The best you can say of this one is that it's all of a piece, performance, music, writing, camera, on theObscenely eager to endear, even as the camera never stops admiring the insufferably glib and wholly unbelievable protagonist, who also happens to be the writer, director and producer. The best you can say of this one is that it's all of a piece, performance, music, writing, camera, on the twee road to perdition.

Sundance at its absolute worst.… Expand

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