The DUFF

If you don't know who "The DUFF" is in your particular community, odds are it's you. The DUFF is the lowest person on the totem pole, the Designated Ugly Fat Friend. If you're not the hottest or the smartest or best member of your social stratosphere, the DUFF is the person who lets everyone know that, at least, you're not the worst.

Bianca (Mae Whitman) finds out that she's the DUFF of her group when her irritating, man-whore neighbor Wesley (Robbie Amell) lets her in on the secret. Bianca and Wesley were on equal ground when they were little; they hung out; they even took baths together. But puberty split them into separate cliques. He became high school royalty, the captain of the football team with chiseled features, rock hard abs and eye-popping pecs, while she refined her interests in midcentury B horror movies, alone and in the confines of her bedroom.

In order to break free of her DUFFdom, Bianca needs Wesley's help. And since she's good at chemistry (and his poor grade in that subject might get him kicked off the team), she has negotiating power. With his help she can win the heart of the dreamy Toby Tucker (Nick Eversman) -- who writes music and makes his own sushi and is in every way #amazeballs. But there's a problem: She may first be cyber-destroyed by Wesley's jealous and conniving ex-ish girlfriend, the wannabe reality TV star Madison (Bella Thorne).

If John Hughes taught us nothing else it's that high school is just a microcosm for the social hierarchies that we're going to claw through our whole lives, and even the most benevolent of us is a bit of a bully. With the help of great comic actors like Ken Jeong and Allison Janney (who are unfortunately underutilized), director Ari Sandel gives us and adaptation of Kody Keplinger's best-selling book that revels in its medium and in its genre. It may not define a generation, but it is certainly funny.

Go behind the scenes with three making-of featurettes, including a look at adapting the book and a look at the teen comedy genre; exclusive footage from the premiere; character profiles and a gag reel. (In a collection of gag reels, this one would definitely be the DUFF.)

"The DUFF"
Combo Pack & DVD
Rated PG-13 / 101 minutes
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