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.
12 October 1983, USA
30 July 1979, Guatemala City, Guatemala
15 February 1986, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
21 May 1986, California, USA
8 October 1997, Pembroke Pines, Florida, USA
30 September 1987, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
26 May 1984, Seoul, Korea
10 July 1997, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
29 December 1990, Flint, Michigan, USA
9 June 1988, Los Angeles, California, 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 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.
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.
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.
February 20, 2015
It's not "Mean Girls." It's not even "Easy A." But it's definitely a solid B.
December 30, 2015
As she proved in Arrested Development, Whitman is great -- although without her tremendous comic skill The DUFF would be, well, duff.
December 30, 2015
[Mae Whitman] helps elevate a predictable story into one many won't mind watching.
February 23, 2016
An earnest high-school comedy that mostly feels like the dried-out, overheated leftovers of John Hughes.
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 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.
