Hot off a World Premiere at Sundance 2022 where it won the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award, Writer/Director Cooper Raiff stars as Andrew, a bar/bat mitzvah party starter who strikes up a unique friendship with a young mom, Domino (Producer Dakota Johnson), and her teenage daughter.
Fresh out of college and without a clear life path going forward, 22-year-old Andrew 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, and her daughter, Lola, he finally discovers a future he wants – even if it might not be his own. A tale of unconventional love that brims with emotional honesty.
Director Biography
A native of Dallas, Texas, Cooper Raiff attended Occidental College before turning full-time to filmmaking. At the suggestion of Jay Duplass, he turned his debut short film “Madeline & Cooper” (2018) into the award-winning feature Shithouse (2020). Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022) is his most recent film.