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After seemingly endless years of lazy, juvenile comedies, “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah” marks a turning point: a Sandler comedy for Netflix that’s actually good.
Happy Madison goes family friendly again with surprisingly sweet results.
At first glance, “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah” looks like the gift for kids who have everything: A starring role in one of dad’s Netflix movies. Yet Adam Sandler’s daughter Sunny – the clear belle of the ball – quickly dampens the “nepo baby” asides with her winning, natural performance in a familiar but very nicely done coming-of-age story.
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN
The whole damn Sandler fam anchors this coming-of-age teen comedy.