Happy Madison’s Best-Reviewed Film Ever Is On Netflix — And Adam Sandler Isn’t In It

The Adam Sandler production that beat Hustle

Produced by Adam and Jackie Sandler, Don’t Say Good Luck stars their daughter Sunny in the lead role. She plays a theatre kid who lands a key part in a high school production of Waitress while learning that her mother, played by Melanie Lynskey, has cancer. Sandler produces but does not star, and does not even take a cameo.

That matters because of what it beats. Happy Madison’s previous high-water mark on Rotten Tomatoes was Hustle at 92%, with You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah close behind on 91%. Most of the studio’s output has landed “Rotten” with critics, offset by far friendlier audience scores and strong viewing figures — the pattern that has kept the Netflix partnership going.

Sandler and Netflix first teamed up on The Ridiculous 6 in 2015 and have made another 17 films together since, with more to come including Grown Ups 3. Anyone working through the new Netflix movies will find this a rare Happy Madison title arriving with critics onside.

Don’t Say Good Luck is on Netflix in Ireland now — a much quieter watch than Netflix’s number one hit.