Sixteen Candles (1984)
"Turning sixteen isn't easy, when you've fallen in love... for the first time."
Critics Score
🎬 71%
(RT: 81%, MC: 61) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Is Sixteen Candles good?
Most people think so. 81% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 71%.
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By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
Overview
With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. Samantha pines for studly older boy Jake, but worries that her chastity will be a turnoff for the popular senior. Meanwhile, she must constantly rebuff the affections of nerdy Ted, who is unfortunately the only boy in school who seems to take an interest in her. Wikipedia ↗
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