The new best-reviewed film of all time belongs to Adam Sandler.
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah, the actor-comedian’s most recent Netflix feature, has managed to garner a higher Rotten Tomatoes score than any of his prior movies in the 34 years he has been making movies.
The teen comedy has a 96 percent “Fresh” rating on the website since it started streaming on Friday.
That just beats out Hustle (93%) from 2022, The Meyerowitz Stories (92%) from 2017, and Uncut Gems (91%) from 2019. Having said that, it’s always possible that more unfavorable evaluations of Bat Mitzvah later in the week will cause the rankings to change.
Although Sandler plays their father in the Bat Mitzvah, his adolescent daughters Sunny and Sadie star in the movie as it was produced by him.
Among the glowing reviews was The Hollywood Reporter’s, which stated: “You don’t have to be Jewish to enjoy the movie, but it certainly won’t hurt. The rampant nepotism on display has resulted in a sweet, amusing film geared toward younger audiences, who will best relate to the main character’s personal travails as she prepares for the film’s main event.”
According to the official synopsis, “Lifelong best friends Stacy (Sunny Sandler) and Lydia (Samantha Lorraine) have long dreamt of epic bat mitzvahs, but when popular boy Andy Goldfarb (Dylan Hoffman) and Hebrew school drama come between them, their perfect plans go comically awry.”
The movie, which also stars Idina Menzel, Sarah Sherman, Luis Guzmán, and Jackie Sandler, is directed by Sammi Cohen (Crush), from a script by Alison Peck, produced by Happy Madison, and distributed by Alloy Entertainment.
The undertaking is the most recent in Sandler’s ongoing $250 million Netflix contract. The actor-comedian has created an astounding eight films for the streaming service, ranging from the dramedy Sandy Wexler to the infamous Western parody The Ridiculous Six.
New comedy film from Adam Sandler
The comedy “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah” centers on Stacy Friedman (Sunny Sandler), a youngster who is fixated on the celebrations that go along with her Hebrew school classmate’s coming-of-age ceremonies.
A real-life family affair, Sunny Sandler plays the lead role as her father, Adam Sandler, amiably drives as Stacy’s perplexed father, Danny. Although Stacy receives support from her family, notably from her mother Bree (Idina Menzel) and her sister Ronnie (Sadie Sandler), the film’s emotional center is the relationship between Stacy and Lydia.
Although Stacy and Lydia have centered their lives and parties around one another, the toughest challenges of middle school—cute boys, cool girls, and menstruation—have put their friendship to the test. Stacy is unable to comprehend Lydia’s delight with the rabbi-encouraged maturity of the mitzvah season until she overhears them sharing a kiss. Instead, Stacy declines Lydia’s invitation to her bat mitzvah, and the girl decides to redefine what her own first steps as a woman should entail.
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