Don’t Say Good Luck hits Netflix August 14 — Sunny Sandler & Melanie Lynskey in a musical tearjerker
Break a leg is bad luck in this house. Don’t Say Good Luck — Julia Hart’s Netflix musical dramedy starring Sunny Sandler and Melanie Lynskey — arrives August 14, 2026. Sophie Birenbaum lands the lead in her high school musical the same week her mother’s cancer returns, and the film lives in that collision of spotlight jitters and family dread.
Cast and tone
Sunny Sandler (You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah) leads; Lynskey plays Elizabeth; Max Greenfield is dad Ted. Supporting circle includes Steve Buscemi, Bebe Neuwirth, Stephanie Beatriz, Jack Champion, Scarlett Estevez, and Jon Lovitz. Expect Happy Madison warmth without the pure gag reel — Hart is swinging for bittersweet teen theater, not another pure Sandler romp.
Where it sits on the August shelf
Netflix’s August film pillars stay The Last House (Aug 7), this Sandler-family lane (Aug 14), and The Whisper Man (Aug 28). Don’t Say Good Luck is the mid-month palate cleanser: PG-13 runtime energy, song-and-dance sequences, and a mom-daughter core that Tudum is already pitching as the heart.
“Sophie Birenbaum is ready for the spotlight as the lead in her high school musical — until she’s suddenly facing more drama at home than on the stage.”
— Netflix — Don’t Say Good Luck official synopsis
Trailer’s up. August 14 is on the calendar — tissues optional, but likely.
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