Riff Raff is a 2024 American crime comedy film directed by Dito Montiel and written by John Pollono. Starring Jennifer Coolidge, Ed Harris, Gabrielle Union, Lewis Pullman, Miles J. Harvey, Emanuela Postacchini, Michael Angelo Covino, Pete Davidson, and Bill Murray, the film follows Vincent Gauthier (Harris), an ex-criminal living a quiet life with his wife Sandy (Union) and stepson DJ (Harvey). While celebrating the holidays at their vacation home in Yarmouth, Maine, they must contend with the unexpected arrival of Vincent's ex-wife Ruth (Coolidge), their son Rocco (Pullman), and his pregnant girlfriend Marina (Postacchini).
Riff Raff premiered in the Special Presentations section at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2024, and was theatrically released in the United States on February 28, 2025, to mixed reviews from critics.
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Before starting college, DJ spends the holidays with his mother Sandy and elderly stepfather Vincent at their vacation home in rural Maine. Vincent confides to DJ that his birth father, who died before DJ was born, had been cheating on his mother, and that Sandy deserved better.
