There is no doubt that this is a film for teenagers. And it revolves around Jewish coming of age, not to mention. However, you don’t have to be 12-13 or even Jewish to appreciate this. You are not invited to my bat mitzvah. To tell the truth, this family comedy is suitable even for those who do not like a little heavy humor. Adam Sandler. The American star of Ashkenazi origin is not limited to producing and playing the role here. Danny Friedmanfather of the protagonist, but also carries his wife Jackie and, above all, his two daughters, Sadie and Sunny.. As for him, he behaves with restraint. Despite the ubiquitous Hawaiian shirts. It certainly makes you smile, but more from cute entertainment than from bad jokes. Too bad his girls don’t always get it. Little Stacy (played by Sunny) is getting ready for her Bat Mitzvah and she doesn’t like it when her father reminds her that her party was in her grandparents’ basement. And his theme was neither cinema nor the circus, but “only” Jewry. What matters to her is not the Mitzvah project or the reading in the Temple, but the party that will accompany her entry into the adult world.
In a dream, the girl sees herself conquering the beauty of the school, surrounded by a cheering crowd, and in the video project that she presents to her parents, she imagines how she sails on a private yacht along the Hudson River, and pop star Olivia Rodrigo accompanies her to a motorcycle, a waterfall. Dreams of fame are not, in principle, so unthinkable, if you think about how he remembers. Israel timeswhat holidays A bar and bat mitzvah in the United States can cost anywhere from $10,000 to $40,000, while in New York or Los Angeles, they go as high as $100,000.. Add to that the fact that Sandler’s real daughter had guests like Jennifer Aniston at the reception… well, let’s get back to fiction and its simple but effective morality.
Directed by 35-year-old Sammy Cohen., You are not invited to my bat-mizwa it won’t be shortlisted for an Oscar or best comedy film, but it still provides some good humor. Credit goes to the freshness of the young Sandlers, the grace of their beautiful fictional mother, singer and actress Idina Menzel, and the skill of a range of character actors and supporting characters. They range from the energetic Rabbi Rebecca (comedian Sarah Sherman) who prepares the boys with singing and greets their parents by running on the treadmill, to the adorable Mateo (Dean Scott Vasquez), an Ecuadorian student with a Hebrew guest. school, down to Lydia’s mother, her co-star, played by Sandler’s real-life wife Jackie.
The openly family-oriented film was released on the Netflix platform on August 25 and has already earned almost unanimous positive reviews from critics, including but not only Jewish. In general, the delicacy with which he addresses such delicate topics as adolescence and its transient moments, consisting of small misunderstandings with parents, but above all of apparently irresistible sentimental dramas, was appreciated. Initially more penetrating than any religious-moral question.
A very simple plot revolves around two girls, Stacy Friedman and Lydia Rodriguez Katz, getting ready for Bat Mitzvah. (Samantha Lorraine), best friends but separated Shared passion for a little boy, Andy Goldfarb, a soulless bully played by Dylan Hoffman. In the background, loving families and classmates are divided into popular and “losers”, anxious to meet the former and constantly tempted to betray the latter.
Among the many interludes that emphasize a story that flows easily and painlessly, perfect for a late summer evening at home, there are episodes of dubious taste, but not too vulgar. In short, perfect for making the younger ones laugh without making the older ones run away (a policy followed by the protagonist herself, who among the stars to invite to her party also includes “old man” Paul McCartney, just to please dad) . Also noteworthy is the ease with which they touch each other. weird themes, with the coolest girls who are amazed by the heterosexuality of two newcomers, as well as interfaith inclusiveness, with the Gentile Mateo, who, like his yeshiva friends, is committed to keeping the commandments.
Without spoiling the tender and predictable ending, it should be noted how the main character manages to make herself authentically unpleasant over the course of the film and how much, despite this, we end up loving her. Found himself like a thirteen-year-old teenager, despite the fact that he had reached the age limit. It can be helpful to relive a Bat or Bar Mitzvah, and to read and love the 2005 teen novel of the same name. Fiona Rosenbloom (aka Amanda Stern) on which the film is based, but above all, the universality of the message makes even the most cynical viewers capitulate. We’re talking about adolescence and family, friendship and love. About fidelity and fidelity, about faith and rites of passage. And it does not matter if the history of cinema forgets it in one season: a few two hours of pleasant sensations certainly do not hurt.