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16 Wishes DVD cover
16 Wishes DVD cover
16 Wishes DVD cover



Distributed by

Mar Vista Entertainment



Directed by

Peter DeLuise



Written by

Annie DeYoung



Starring

Debby Ryan
Jean-Luc Bilodeau
Anna Mae Routledge
Karissa Tynes



Production company

Unity Pictures



Country

United States
Canada



Language

English



Original channel

Disney Channel
Family



Release date

June 25, 2010 (US)
July 16, 2010 (CAN)





16 Wishes is a 2010 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.[1] The film was directed by Peter DeLuise. 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 demo (18-34).[2][3] Moreover, the film was the second most watched program on cable on the week 16 Wishes premiered.[4]

It is the second film 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. The school in which some scenes were filmed is the Walnut Grove Secondary School in Langley, British Columbia. It was planned to have its UK premiere on November 19, 2010 on Disney Channel UK, but was replaced with Starstruck, which has already been shown on May. It was shown December 2010 in the UK.

Abigail Louise "Abby" Jensen (Debby Ryan), who is eager to grow up, has been planning for her sweet 16 ever since she was a little girl. She has a list of secret wishes she wants to come true. When the big day finally arrives, she excitedly adds her 16th and final wish to the secret wish list she's been keeping: a photo of Logan (Keenan Tracy), 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 now 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 16 wishes on her list and that they're each coming true every time a candle is lit.

Celeste later tells her after midnight, all wishes will become permanent. Abby lands the attention of Logan, gets the Ford Mustang she's always dreamed of, she gets 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 is 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.

Regretting her wish, Abby tries to look for a solution by going through her wishlist, though none of them are useful. Abby goes to Krista's Sweet 16 and convinces Jay that they are best friends by showing him the birthday present he gave her which restores his memories of her, though, Jay can't help her. Desperate, 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.

Abby's life then goes back to normal, along with some dead wasps in the process. 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 have a combined Sweet 16 party and Krista and Logan get together. Abby and Krista stop competing and work together to make the person who truly deserves to be Student Body President: Jay. Abby and Jay kiss before sharing a dance together. Abby says she got everything she wants. Celeste then disappears, smiling.

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

International release



Country / Region

Network(s)

Premiere

Title



United States

Disney Channel

June 25, 2010

16 Wishes



Canada

Family

July 16, 2010



Australia

Disney Channel

August 7, 2010[7]



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

16 Ευχές



Turkey

Disney Channel Türkiye

16 Wishes



Bulgaria

Disney Channel Bulgaria

16 Желания



Serbia

Disney Channel

January 1, 2011

16 Wishes



France

Disney Channel France

January 5, 2011

16 Voeux