16 Wishes 🎥 2010 Movie Info

Plot Summary

Abby Jensen has been planning her sweet sixteen since she was a little girl and keeps a list of wishes that she wants to come true. When her sixteenth birthday finally arrives, she adds her crush, Logan, as her sixteenth and final wish to the list. Throughout the day, Abby is visited by a peculiar woman named Celeste. Celeste first appears as an exterminator when the Jensens’ house is swarmed by wasps from a nest that had been building up for 16 years. Celeste saves Abby’s list, but the family is unable to return inside until the wasps are exterminated.

Abby meets her best friend, Jay Kepler, at the bus stop, where he gives her a necklace as a birthday gift. Celeste returns, dressed as a mailwoman, and gives Abby 16 candles and a matchbox. Abby lights the first candle, and her first wish—meeting celebrity Joey Lockhart—is fulfilled. Realizing that the numbers on the candles correspond to the numbers of the wishes on her list, Abby lights the eighth candle, granting her wish for a car. When Celeste emerges from the car, Abby deduces that Celeste is a magical being, as she appears every time a wish is granted.

Abby unsuccessfully attempts her third wish. Celeste warns her that there is a limit to how many wishes can be granted within an hour and that at midnight, the wishes she made will become permanent. Throughout the school day, Abby uses the candles to beat her rival, Krista Cook (who has the same birthday), in a volleyball match and to become student body president. Jay agrees to take Abby shopping for a dress for her party but drops his wallet. They are followed by Krista, who convinces the clerk to eject them. Abby uses the ninth candle to make a wish to be treated like an adult.

Meet the Cast