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Is Andrew an old soul, or a boy in his dad’s suit? Does Domino really want to settle down, or does she deserve another go at her 20s? Raiff keeps us guessing about their future and makes us root for and against the potential couple all at once. What unfolds is a sweet and hilarious romance that, like a great ‘90s sitcom, goes big on will-they-won’t-they tension.

We assume the woman is about a decade older than Andrew, but Domino confides that she had her daughter at a young age. Alexandria LiorĪt one party he’s running, Andrew convinces an autistic girl named Lola (Vanessa Burghardt) to dance with him and then starts chatting up her mom, Domino (Dakota Johnson). A regular New Jersey Peter Pan.Ĭharismatic Andrew has no life prospects and is working at a fast food joint called Meat Sticks when some local mothers realize he’d be great at livening up bar mitzvahs - getting kids on the dance floor, telling jokes and, on occasion, flirting with the parents.Ĭooper Raiff’s movie was picked up by Apple for $15 million.

Raiff plays Andrew, a 22-year-old recent college grad who lives with his mom (Leslie Mann) and stepdad (Brad Garrett) and still shares a bedroom with his little brother David (Evan Assante).

It was just picked up by AppleTV+ for $15 million and like 2020’s big Sundance seller “ Palm Springs,” in a few months everybody will be watching - and adoring - it. Only his second feature, “Cha Cha” is line-dancing all the way to the bank. At just 23 years old, the guy even had the nerve to discover himself, since he also wrote and directed his own movie. Minutes into the blissful “Cha Cha Real Smooth,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, it’s obvious that Raiff is that brand of powerhouse. Lena Dunham’s heinous ‘Sharp Stick’ is a career worstĬooper Raiff is the fresh comedic talent we’ve been waiting for.Ī 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 Sandler - with appeal so broad and a personality so genuine we immediately crave to see them in something else. Or to, you know, go bowling with them. ‘Navalny’ doc at Sundance hits Putin where it hurts Williams is brilliant in ‘892’ - his last film roleģ0-year-old who masqueraded as a high school junior revealed in new doc