One point for the Straw Hat Pirates!
18.08.2023 - 23:03 / variety.com
Courtney Howard The growing pains and dramatic throes of girlhood can be character building, traumatic, and cathartic — for both cinematic protagonists and their audience. It’s certainly not an easy time for the heroine at the center of “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah,” whose impending rite-of-passage ushers in an adulthood she’s not quite ready to handle. Director Sammi Cohen and screenwriter Alison Peck bestow this hilarious, heartrending adaptation of Fiona Rosenbloom’s novel with an uplifting, effervescent vision and vitality, giving voice to a young Jewish girl’s struggle to figure out who she is before the most important night of her life so far.
Seventh grader Stacy Friedman (Sunny Sandler) is serious about her Bat Mitzvah … sorta. She’s put more thought into having a legendary party than studying the ceremonial text from the Torah. She has big dreams for a lavish New York City-themed bash, which would include a yacht on the Hudson River, superstar Olivia Rodrigo arriving on a jet ski to perform and a smooch from her crush Andy Goldfarb (Dylan Hoffman).
The reality is Mom and Dad (played by reunited “Uncut Gems” co-stars Idina Menzel and Adam Sandler) draw a hard line. She’ll have to make do with a decorated hotel ballroom, DJ Schmuley (Ido Mosseri) spinning pop songs and no hope of landing a kiss from Andy. At least she can count on her childhood best friend Lydia Rodriguez Katz (Samantha Lorraine) to be at her side — or so she thinks.
A dare by the popular squad and a brash bid for Andy’s attention lands Stacy embarrassed and temporarily on the outs with Lydia. Swallowing her pride, she attends Lydia’s house party hoping to reconcile. Before she can, however, she finds her ride-or-die bestie making
.One point for the Straw Hat Pirates!
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“You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.”Director Sammi Cohen told People recently how the Sandler clan got together to celebrate his now 14-year-old daughter Sunny’s big day.“What’s really funny is right before we started prepping for the film, Sunny had her actual bat mitzvah,” Cohen revealed.“So I went to that service, and we got to do the real-life bat mitzvah and then left to make the movie. It was a really fun life movie moment.”Cohen continued that the bash “felt equally as fun as the parties you see [in the film].”“It was really, really fun.
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posted on Instagram alongside a picture of her competing on the show. “Thank you Bob for introducing me to the game show world! We will miss you.” The “Wheel of Fortune” letter-turner — who is currently embroiled in contract negotiations with producers as Pat Sajak prepares for retirement — wasn’t the only celebrity to share a fond memory of the consummate host.
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K.J. Yossman “You’re So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah” is the sophomore feature from “Crush” director Sammi Cohen, but the film is very much focused on a specific junior high experience familiar to Jewish kids and their friends: the Bat Mitzvah, a coming-of-age ceremony (usually accompanied by a big party) to mark the transition into adulthood. Based on Fiona Rosenbloom’s novel of the same name, the film stars Adam Sandler alongside his wife Jackie Sandler and daughters Sunny (who plays the Bat Mitzvah girl herself Stacy Friedman) and Sadie (who plays older sister Ronnie).
Bat Mitzvah, which she thinks will open social opportunities if she throws a good party.Unfortunately, her plans go awry when she has a falling out with her best friend, Lydia (Samantha Lorraine), after Lydia kisses their mutual crush, the bland and unexceptional Andy (Dylan Hoffmann). It’s an appropriately low-stakes, realistic teen conflict, and the supporting cast is rounded out by Adam Sandler as Stacy’s dad, Danny; Sandler’s other real daughter, Sadie, as Stacy’s older sister, Ronnie; Sandler’s wife, Jackie, as Lydia’s mom; and Idina Menzel as Danny’s wife, Bree.
nepo baby! Adam Sandler’s latest movie “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah,” is a family affair, starring the 56-year-old’s daughters Sunny, 14, and Sadie, 17, as well as wife Jackie, 48. Streaming now on Netflix, the Sandler-produced flick is based on a 2005 novel of the same name.
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Jennifer Anniston has revealed the sweet gesture that her longtime friend and two-time co-star Adam Sandler does for her. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, she said that Adam and his wife, Jackie have sent her flowers for a number of Mother’s Day’s after learning about her struggles with her fertility. She and Sandler, who have been friends “for decades” have starred alongside each other in three films.The most recent blockbuster being Murder Mystery 2 which was released earlier this year and is a sequel to the 2019 film Murder Mystery.
Maybe it’s the nature of the non-theatrical platform, maybe its streaming churn, and maybe it’s just #TooMuchContent, but as we and many pundits have noticed in recent years, Netflix film tend to come and go, never leaving any lasting cultural footprint. But given that the zeitgeist has already moved on, perhaps this is a small plea to not lose sight of the sweet and charming new awkward teen comedy, “You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitsvah,” a new Happy Madison comedy starring Adam Sandler, his family and many of the familiar faces that make up his acting friend social sphere.
Maybe it’s the nature of the non-theatrical platform, maybe its streaming churn, and maybe it’s just #TooMuchContent, but as we and many pundits have noticed in recent years, Netflix film tend to come and go, never leaving any lasting cultural footprint. But given that the zeitgeist has already moved on, perhaps this is a small plea to not lose sight of the sweet and charming new awkward teen comedy, “You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitsvah,” a new Happy Madison comedy starring Adam Sandler, his family and many of the familiar faces that make up his acting friend social sphere.
published in WSJ Magazine.The Post reached out to Aniston and Sandler for comment. In November 2022, the “Friends” alum got candid about her struggles with In vitro fertilization (IVF) and her infertility.“If it wasn’t for going through that, I would’ve never become who I was meant to be,” Aniston told Allure mag for their December cover story. “That’s why I have such gratitude for all those sh- – -y things.”“I was throwing everything at it.