Don't Say Good Luck, directed by Julia Hart and co-produced by Adam Sandler, stars his daughter Sunny Sandler as a shy theater student who lands the lead in her school's production of Waitress while her mother, played by Melanie Lynskey, hides a cancer diagnosis from her.
The film opens with Soph learning something is wrong with her mother right before an audition, channeling the anguish into a performance that wins her the part from director Ms. Parker, played by Stephanie Beatriz.
Supporting cast includes Bebe Neuwirth, Steve Buscemi, and Jon Lovitz, though the review notes the film trades the comic potential of its setup for straightforward sentimentality, unlike sharper genre entries such as Theater Camp.
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