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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Inga Parkel

Adam Sandler’s daughter praised for ‘truly lovely’ performance in Netflix film

  • Seventeen-year-old Sunny Sandler stars in her first major lead role in the Netflix coming-of-age dramedy Don't Say Good Luck .
  • The film follows high school theater student Sophie as she lands a lead role in a musical while coping with her mother's recurring cancer diagnosis.
  • Critics from major outlets praised Sandler's emotional performance and her onscreen dynamic with co-star Melanie Lynskey.
  • Directed by Julia Hart, the project is Sandler's first major film without her family appearing onscreen, though her father Adam Sandler produced it.
  • Don't Say Good Luck premieres Friday on Netflix.

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