The DUFF is the build-off of a classic tale of stereotypes and love.  Bianca, a senior in high school, is faced with the utter realization  that she’s a DUFF (designated ugly fat friend) compared to her better looking and more popular friends, told to her by her next-door neighbor and childhood friend, Wesley.  Despite words of caution, Bianca gets Wesley to help her reinvent herself, and therefore bringing herself out of the unfortunate category of DUFF and making her crush, Toby, see her as pretty enough to be his girlfriend.  After training with Wesley takes a turn for the worst, Bianca must try to overthrow the tyrannical high school bully, Madison.  In doing so, she begins to realize herself for who she is and simply replies, “we’re all someone’s DUFF”.

When I first saw the trailer for this movie, I never expected that I would indeed see it.  However, after some of my friends had seen it and gave it a good review, I thought I’d have to see what it was like for myself.  This film, despite the let-down of the trailer, isn’t as bad as it looks.  With the initial appearance of being a movie on Disney Channel, the film was surprisingly mature.  The best part about the film had to be the humor.  Even though the storyline was predictable and at some points awkward, the humor was what held the movie together.  Furthermore, Mae Whitman’s performance as Bianca was more than adequate.  However, The DUFF, based on the novel of the same name by Kody Keplinger uses vocabulary that’s behind our time (for instance the title of the story, DUFF) since the novel was published in 2011.  Regardless, The Duff had a great message behind it and was very relatable.