{"id":40939,"date":"2023-09-05T00:06:36","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T04:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=40939"},"modified":"2023-09-05T01:26:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T05:26:49","slug":"you-are-so-not-invited-to-my-bat-mitzvah-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/05\/you-are-so-not-invited-to-my-bat-mitzvah-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I imagine one day one of Adam Sandler\u2019s daughters was having a birthday, and they mentioned something about wanting to be in the movies. Seeing as how Sandler is that kind of guy, he cracked and gave his daughters their very own movie. I\u2019m assuming he also promised them a career too, like the Apatows. It\u2019s sad that in a year where we were given \u201cAre You There God? It\u2019s Me Margaret.<\/a>,\u201d Sandler offers up his own version of the coming of age teen tale, except with major discrepancies.<\/p>\n

\u201cAre you There God? It\u2019s Me Margaret.\u201d was about a lower middle class teen girl trying to find her place in the world. \u201cYou Are So Not Invited\u2026\u201d is about an affluent upper class teen trying to\u2014create the perfect bat mitzvah. Because heaven forbid she goes to high school with less than four friends.<\/p>\n

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Burdgeoning teen Stacy Friedman and Lydia are BFFs who’ve always dreamed about having epic bat mitzvahs together. However, things start to go comically awry when a popular boy and middle school drama threatens their friendship and their rite of passage.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are So Not Invited\u2026\u201d is very much Sandler and Happy Madison\u2019s idea of what a coming of age teen comedy is. I would love to see an interesting comedy about bat mitzvahs, the Jewish faith, and the experience of turning thirteen. \u201cYou are So Not Invited\u2026\u201d is not that movie. Not by a long shot. It\u2019s an often shallow, superficial, and unfunny tale of a hopelessly one dimensional young girl whose priorities are everywhere but on what\u2019s really important. Her parents aren\u2019t much help either. Idina Menzel makes a forgettable appearance as Stacy\u2019s mom Bree, meanwhile Sandler makes sure to have at least a hand full of scenes where he can be Adam Sandler, playing his daughters\u2019 affable, and agreeable dad.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are So Not Invited\u2026\u201d bears all the unfortunate hallmarks of a Happy Madison movie (there\u2019s a painfully recurring gag about a party DJ named DJ Schmuley! Get it?!), and is rarely concerned with telling an interesting story based around fleshed out characters, and relatable conflict. Sonny Sandler is pretty mediocre as Stacy, while real life older sister Sadie Sandler\u2014who plays\u2014um\u2014Stacy\u2019s older sister Ronnie, is slightly more charming, but only really plays up the supporting role. The only stand out among the cast is Samantha Lorrain as Stacy\u2019s best friend Lydia who is gradually blossoming in to a popular girl, much to Stacy\u2019s horror. Thank goodness Sandler spares us Rob Schneider.<\/p>\n

Truth be told neither of the Sandlerses are terrible in the movie, they just lack the inherent charisma and talent to lead this kind of movie. It\u2019s too bad because it\u2019d be great to see more movies of this ilk. Plus, I love a good coming of age movie. \u201cYou Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah\u201d is so not one of them.<\/p>\n

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