Sixteen Candles is a 1984 American coming of age comedy film starring Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, and Anthony Michael Hall. It was written and directed by John Hughes. Sixteen Candles was well received by critics and is considered by many as one of the best films of 1984. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 86% of critics gave it a positive rating, based on 30 reviews. Ringwald’s performance was especially praised; Variety called her “engaging and credible”[15] while Roger Ebert wrote that she “provides a perfect center for the story”.
