I’ve attended many a school dance. I can’t even remember how many times I’ve heard the “Cupid Shuffle” played over the speakers, which is almost always followed by nearly everybody being dragged out onto the dance floor. The words “Cha cha real smooth” became synonymous with rolling your fists around each other and turning in a perfect circle. Now, Cha Cha Real Smooth is synonymous with a film that I sorely hope gets the attention it deserves.
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A standout from this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Cha Cha Real Smooth comes at us courtesy of writer/director Cooper Raiff, who also stars as Andrew, a twenty-something young man who is noticeably unsure about his own future. Raiff is previously best known for his directorial debut Shithouse, in which he also played an awkward college student without the big hopes and dreams that many young people have.
