Sixteen Candles Family Quotes

This line's ironic on a couple of levels. The grandparents have accidentally scared Jake away from calling the house again, so Sam isn't lucky. But also, Sam feels they don't appreciate her, because they're part of the whole family who forgot her birthday.

Sam's family seems like a whole bunch of jerks. But Dad is the first to apologize, redeeming himself and making them seem not so bad after all.

There's nothing a teenage girl likes more than to hear that her parents think she's cool.