DJs playing wildly inappropriate songs. But there’s more than just cleverly observed cultural comedy at play in “Cha Cha Real Smooth,” the second feature by writer-director Cooper Raiff, who also stars in this poignant and accomplished coming-of-age tale about the years right after college — when you’re trying to figure out not just what to do, but who to be. …
Actress Dakota Johnson has created the production company Teatime Pictures with Ro Donnelly, and has two films at Sundance. Writer-director Cooper Raiff’s “Cha Cha Real Smooth,” premiering Sunday in the festival’s U.S. dramatic competition, features Johnson as Domino, mother to an autistic teenager and engaged to be married. Cooper Raiff, left, and Dakota Johnson in “Cha Cha Real Smooth.” Written …
