The director of Adam Sandler’s latest film has defended him after the actor was criticised for casting his entire family.

Sandler’s latest project, You Are So Not invited to My Bat Mitzvah, is a family affair as he produces and stars in the comedy as dad Danny Friedman, the on-screen dad to his IRL daughters Sadie, 17, and Sunny, 14, who both star in the film. His real wife, Jackie Sandler, is in the film, along with Idina Menzel who isn’t part of the family in real life.