It’s great if a parent can give their children what they want, everything from the little things such as popular toy, or tickets to a gig, or perhaps a holiday with friends, or even their first car.

You know that they’re in a different financial bracket though, when they can give you a film to star in.

And that’s exactly what Adam Sandler has done with his daughter Sunny, who is given the lead role in this Netflix drama.

Getting excited about auditioning for the musical Waitress that her high school is putting on is Sophie (Sandler). She has her heart set on a nice supporting role, as she knows someone else is a shoe-in for the lead.

The audition doesn’t quite go the way she expects however, when she’s chosen for the lead.

It puts her on cloud nine, but she suddenly finds herself being dragged backed to earth when her mum (Melanie Lynskey) gets some bad news of her own, which hits Sophie hard.

She tries to be professional, the show must go on after all, but the pressures from home start to make their way up on stage with her.

Sandler is no stranger to film, as her old man has a habit of including as many of his family in his films as possible; this lead to her starring in 2023’s You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah - another film produced by her dad’s production company, like this one – which she co-starred in. This one however, she takes centre stage on her own – literally.

And it’s certainly a revealing performance; Sandler can certainly carry a tune, with a beautiful voice, which she manages to convey an emotional depth with. Unfortunately, this evaporates quickly when it comes to acting, with her range about as far as a thumb and index finger stretched apart. It is a one note performance, which is ironic conserving her singing aspirations.

In her defence the script is dangerously generic. It feels as if it was AI created, filled with predictable scenes and bland dialogue. You can only do so much with what you’ve got, and there is very little here for her.

That said, she doesn’t light up a screen as a expected from a lead, even if it’s a sub-standard TV movie such as this. She could possibly make a career from being a supporting actor, and boy will she get the opportunities thanks to daddy, but from she’s shown so far, she is not star material.

Daddy does have deep pockets, and a strong relationship with Netflix, don’t be surprised if she fronts more films – of this low standard again. And she’s not the only daughter, with sister Sadie also getting her own film, recently with the decidedly average Roommates - on Netflix, natch. Perhaps we should thank ourselves lucky that he doesn’t have more kids. Yet.

The truth is neither of Sandler’s daughters need to be told ‘good luck’ to, because the bank of dad has them covered. But with neither showing a great natural calling to acting in a lead capacity (by all means say like daughters like father – harsh but fair), perhaps they should have just been content with asking for ponies instead.

But much like her character, this film is an audition for Sandler to have career as a lead actress, but on this evidence, only one word is needed – next.