16 Wishes

Not to be confused with Sixteen Candles.

16 Wishes
16 Wishes DVD cover 16
Genre	Comedy, Fantasy, Teen
Written by	Annie DeYoung
Directed by	Peter DeLuise
Starring	Debby Ryan Jean-Luc Bilodeau Anna Mae Routledge
Country of origin	United States Canada
Original language(s)	French, English
Production company(s)	Unity Pictures
Distributor	MarVista Entertainment
Release
Original network	Disney Channel Family
Original release	June 25, 2010 (US) July 16, 2010 (CAN)

16 Wishes is a 2010 Canadian-American television film starring Debby Ryan and Jean-Luc Bilodeau, which premiered on June 25, 2010 on Disney Channel and July 16, 2010 on the Family Channel. The film was directed by Peter DeLuise and written by Annie DeYoung. The film was the most watched cable program on the day of its premiere on the Disney Channel. In addition, 16 Wishes introduced Debby Ryan to new audiences, such as the contemporary adult audiences since the movie received high viewership in the adults demographic (18-34). The film was the second most watched program on cable on the week 16 Wishes premiered.

It was the second film to be released on the Disney Channel in 2010 that was not promoted as an "Original Movie" (after Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars) and is a co-production between Disney Channel, Family and Canadian production company MarVista Entertainment. In other countries, it is advertised as Disney Channel Original Movie. It was planned to have its UK premiere on November 19, 2010 on Disney Channel UK, but was replaced with Starstruck, which had already been shown in May. It was shown in December 2010 in the UK.

Plot

Abby Jensen (Debby Ryan) has been planning for her sweet sixteen birthday since she was a little girl. On the inside door of her bedroom closet, she keeps a list of secret wishes that she wants to come true. When the big day finally arrives, she excitedly adds her sixteenth and final wish to the list: a photo of Logan (Keenan Tracey) her crush.

Then begins the first of many unusual occurrences, each including visits from a peculiar woman, Celeste (Anna Mae Routledge). She first appears as an exterminator when the Jensen's house gets overrun by wasps from a nest in their attic that has been building up for 16 years. The Jensen family are unable to go back into their house until the wasps are exterminated, however Celeste manages to extract Abby's wish list from the house.

Abby's best friend, Jay Kepler (Jean-Luc Bilodeau) appears and offers Abby a jacket to wear over her pajamas, as she is unable to go back into her house to change. When Abby reaches into Jay's jacket pocket, she finds a birthday present for her from Jay. It is a necklace with a half of a heart saying "BFF". Jay has the other half which he uses as a charm on his key ring. As Jay and Abby go to their bus stop, a delivery truck pulls up, and Celeste comes out dressed as a mail woman and gives a package to Abby. When Abby opens it, she discovers 16 candles and a matchbox. Unwilling to ride the bus to school, Abby lights the first candle and wishes for a new car, the eighth wish on her list. However, her first wish, meeting Joey Lockhart (Joel Semande) the hottest celebrity, is fulfilled. Abby then realizes that the candles correspond to her sixteen wishes on her list and that they're each coming true every time a candle is lit. Abby lights up the eighth candle and her wish for a red car is fulfilled. Out of the car comes Celeste. Later Abby realizes Celeste is a magical being and will show up every time she makes a wish.

Abby tries lighting a third candle but that wish fails. Celeste appears and says that there are some restrictions on wishing; Abby must wait one hour to elapse before any more wishes can be made, and by midnight Abby's candles will not work anymore and all her wishes will be permanent. Abby then makes more wishes causing her to get a chance to get back at her lifelong nemesis, Krista Cook (Karissa Tynes) by beating her in a volleyball match, then getting elected as Student Body President, even though she didn't sign up for the elections. Also, she becomes suddenly fashionable, athletic, and popular.

During classes, Abby remembers that she needs the perfect dress for her 16th birthday party and decides to go out and buy it, together with Jay, who agrees to pay for it. They are followed by Krista, who decides to see where Abby's sudden good luck comes from, and when Jay drops his wallet she takes it. She also convinces the store clerk that they are not going to buy anything (saying they are children) and are just wasting her time. The clerk believes her and kicks them out. While in the changing room, Abby uses the ninth candle and makes a wish to be treated like an adult, which instead, makes her an adult. This turns for the worse for Abby as it results in her not being allowed to attend high school anymore, and no one at school remembers her, not even Jay. Her parents also buy her a new apartment and leave her to live on her own. On top of that, Abby now has a landlord who demands his rent and is unemployed; not having gained many marketable skills since she turned into an adult.

Regretting her wish, Abby tries to look for a solution by going through her wishlist, though none of them are useful. She tries to erase and white-out the wishes so she can rewrite them, but the wishes can't change. Abby wishes for her parents to understand her, hoping they will help her. Abby's parents do understand her, however her parents have no intention of helping her. Then Abby walks by Krista's Sweet 16 and spots Jay, Abby convinces Jay that they are best friends by showing him the birthday present he gave her which restores his memories of her. In spite of this, however, Jay can't help her. Then Abby goes to the party, realizing that Krista doesn't hate her when she is 21, she also realizes that Krista agreed to help Jay be student body president, then she finds out that Jay has been hinting that he wanted to be student body president and that she was a horrible friend. Desperate and sad, Abby seeks the aid of Celeste, who is also unable to help her. Celeste then explains that there are several rules of magic, and one of them is that a wish cannot be undone. Abby eventually finds a loophole through the rules, seeing as how her last wish was a picture of her crush, glued on with gum, which seems to act as a "barrier" between the picture and the rules. She switches the picture for a picture taken that morning of her and wishes she could go back to that morning at 11:59, right before midnight.

Abby's life then goes back to normal, along with some dead wasps in the process. Abby then throws her wishlist away and gives her money to Mike, saying that he needs a real guitar. Abby goes outside finding Krista carrying posters saying 'Vote For Krista'. She and Krista reconcile after Krista tells Abby why she hates her (Back in the 3rd grade, Abby and Jay made a pact to be best friends forever, leaving Krista out, though up until that point, Krista and Jay had been best friends). Abby and Krista stop competing and work together to make the person who truly deserves to be Student Body President: Jay. Then at Abby and Krista's sweet sixteen party, Krista and Logan become a couple, while Mike's talent is revealed when he performs well at Abby and Krista's party. When Jay asks about Abby's wishlist, Abby says that she has everything she could possibly want. Abby and Jay then share a kiss. Celeste, dressed as a waitress, is then shown turning into a fairy and flying away, because her work is done. The couples - Abby and Jay with Krista and Logan - then dance together at the party.

Cast

• Debby Ryan as Abby Jensen
• Jean-Luc Bilodeau as Jay Kepler
• Anna Mae Routledge as Celeste
• Karissa Tynes as Krista Cook
• Keenan Tracey as Logan Buchanan
• Joel Semande as Joey Lockhart
• Cainan Wiebe as Mike Jensen
• Patrick Gilmore as Bob Jensen
• Kendall Cross as Sue Jensen
• Jesse Reid as Theodore Hope
• Brenda Crichlow as Miss Duffy
• Patricia Isaac as Snooty Sales Woman
• Gary Jones as Principal Smith

Kailey Cross as 8 year old Abby

Production

The school in which some of the scenes were filmed is Walnut Grove Secondary School in Langley, British Columbia.

Soundtrack

16 Wishes
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	June 15, 2010
Recorded	2010
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	28:32
Label	MarVista Entertainment

16 Wishes is a soundtrack album by the film of the same name, released on June 15, 2010 by MarVista Entertainment.

Track listing

No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"A Wish Comes True Everyday"	Debby Ryan	3:10
2.	"No One's Fool"	Keith & Renee	3:15
3.	"Princess Girl"	Minnutes	3:21
4.	"Bad Momma"	Chad Gendason	2:19
5.	"Saying Goodbye"	Chase Ryan	2:44
6.	"Picture Perfect"	Jennifer Cathcart	3:14
7.	"The Way It Used To Be"	Not by Choice	4:05
8.	"Vertigo"	Willknots	3:38
9.	"Overreaction"	Chad Gendason	3:15
10.	"Open Eyes"	Debby Ryan	4:06
11.	"Don't Wanna Grow Up"	Willknots	3:53

Reception

The movie garnered over 5.6 million viewers in its first showing. The film went on to become the most watched cable program on the day of its premiere on Disney Channel. The Sunday airing of the film received over 4.0 million viewers.

International release

Country / Region	Network(s)	Premiere	Title
United States	Disney Channel	June 13, 2010	16 Wishes
Canada	Family	July 16, 2010
Australia	Disney Channel	August 7, 2010
Germany	Disney Channel Germany	August 14, 2010	Der 16. Wunsch
Austria
Spain	Disney Channel Spain	October 2, 2010	16 Deseos
Mexico	Disney Channel Latin America	October 16, 2010
Chile		October 17, 2010
Argentina
Venezuela
Bolivia
Peru
Ecuador
Colombia
Panama
Brazil	Disney Channel Brazil		16 Desejos
Italy	Disney Channel Italy	November 12, 2010	I 16 Desideri
Japan	Disney Channel Japan		スイート16 ～キャンドルに願いを
Israel	Disney Channel Israel	November 18, 2010	16 משאלות
Philippines	Disney Channel Asia	November 21, 2010	16 Wishes
Indonesia
Malaysia
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam
United Kingdom Ireland	Disney Channel UK and Ireland	December 3, 2010	16 Wishes
Netherlands	Disney Channel (Netherlands/Flanders)	December 10, 2010
Belgium
Poland	Disney Channel Poland	December 24, 2010	16 Życzeń
Romania	Disney Channel Romania	December 31, 2010	16 Dorinţe
Czech Republic	Disney Channel (Czech Republic)		16 přání
Slovakia
Hungary	Disney Channel Hungary		16 kívánság
Russia	Disney Channel Russia		16 Желаний
South Africa	Disney Channel South Africa		16 Wishes
Arab World	Disney Channel Middle East
Greece	Disney Channel Greece Makedonia TV		16 Ευχές
Turkey	Disney Channel Turkey		16 Dilek
Bulgaria	Disney Channel Bulgaria		16 Желания
Serbia	Disney Channel Serbia	January 1, 2011	16 Жеља
France	Disney Channel France	January 5, 2011	16 Voeux
Latvia	TV3 Latvia	July 20, 2011	16 Vēlēšanās

External links

• Official website
• 16 Wishes at IMDb