The Duff
high school senior instigates a social pecking order revolution after finding out that she has been labeled the DUFF - Designated Ugly Fat Friend - by her prettier, more popular counterparts.
15 February 1986, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
20 July 1991, Miami, Florida, USA
13 July 1969, Detroit, Michigan, USA
26 May 1984, Seoul, Korea
10 July 1997, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
8 October 1997, Pembroke Pines, Florida, USA
June 07, 2016
Always fun to see how high school gets techno-updated. The phone-and-social-media insanity portrayed here makes the beepers of 1995's 'Clueless' look like trilobite fossils.
February 23, 2016
An earnest high-school comedy that mostly feels like the dried-out, overheated leftovers of John Hughes.
February 20, 2015
Why is it so wonderful? Because wit and charm matter, and The DUFF has a good deal of both. The cast will be stars, the gags will be immortal, and you'll still be watching this movie years from now.
December 30, 2015
[Mae Whitman] helps elevate a predictable story into one many won't mind watching.
February 20, 2015
It's not "Mean Girls." It's not even "Easy A." But it's definitely a solid B.
February 21, 2015
It's hard not to see "The Duff" becoming an instant teen classic.
February 20, 2015
It's the first great teen comedy since Mean Girls.
February 20, 2015
Whitman displays flawless comic timing and consistently makes inspiring choices in terms of delivery, reaction, even the slightest facial expression. She shines confidently in a self-deprecating role, and it's irresistible.
March 21, 2016
The DUFF brings something different to the genre.
December 18, 2015
It occasionally plays like a mashup of Mean Girls and Easy A, but Whitman's performance gives The DUFF a spiky energy all its own.
February 26, 2015
This is a well-intentioned and sometimes quite sharp high school movie that falls just short of the mark due to a few way-off-the-mark scenes and too much heavy-handed preaching.
December 30, 2015
As she proved in Arrested Development, Whitman is great -- although without her tremendous comic skill The DUFF would be, well, duff.
