Super Sweet 16: The Movie (2007)

Director:

Neema Barnette

Writers:

Andy Cochran (screenplay)
Charlie Jordan (story)

Release Date:

2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

There's Nothing Sweet About It!

Plot:

Two best friends try to outdo each other as their respective sweet 16 parties approach.

Plot Keywords:

Party | Best Friends | Birthday Party | Digit In Title | Wealth

Cast

Joey Brander	...	Disadvantaged Child
Erin Bria	...	Herself
Paula DeAnda	...	Alicia
Nikki Flores	...	Zoey Cortez
Brandon G. Holley	...	Jock
Brandon T. Jackson	...	Brian
Shanica Knowles	...	Sierra
Tina Knowles	...	Herself
Devin Leigh	...	Student
Alyson Michalka	...	Taylor
Amanda Michalka	...	Sarah
Brendan Miller	...	Shannon Plimpton
Regine Nehy	...	Jacquie
Renee Olstead	...	Sky Storm
Joshua Pence	...	Abercrombie
Ethan Phillips	...	Craig
Roddy Piper	...	Mitch
Phillip Roetter	...	Jock
Eugene Shaw	...	Club geek
Sicily	...	Chloe Spears
Cassie Steele	...	Sophie
Rocco Vienhage	...	Coleman Palm
Nicole Wagner	...	Victoria
Debra Wilson	...	Eden Day

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Filming Locations:

Long Beach, California, USA

Quotes:

Taylor: Does she always get what she wants?
Sarah: I don't always get what I want, I never get what I want

Movie Connections:

References The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

Kind of cute, but pretty lame

When two lifelong best friends are reunited after one spends a year at boarding school, their friendship is tested by a popular senior that wants to take over control of their sweet sixteen party.

The plot is very simple and has been done many times before. For an MTV movie, the actors were pretty good, except for Sarah's love interest Shannon (Brendan Miller), and an over-the-top and ultimately just irritating party coordinator played by Debra Wilson of Mad TV fame.

To go off on a tangent about poor writing, Sarah (Amanda Michalka) is a student activist that makes a big deal about taking cheese off of her pizza because she's a vegan, but has no problem eating ice-cream. And poor writing for her character also leads to her cheese-free comment of "I don't eat anything with a face"... Sorry, but cheese doesn't have a face, nor does the milk that it is made from.

Much of the dialogue is corny, and the character personas are overdone. The time between what they begin as and what they "become" happens too quickly without any transitional period. It's probably the best effort they could have made to turn an MTV reality show into a feature-length scripted movie. Overall, if you keep your expectations low, you might enjoy it. Maybe.