Monday 18 April 2016

The DUFF (2015) 7/10

Starring : Mae Whitman, Robbie Amell, Bella Thorne, Nick Eversman, Skyler Samuels, Bianca Santos, Romany Malco, Ken Jeong, Allison Janney
Director : Ari Sandel
Running Time : 102mins

Bianca Piper (Whitman) is horrified to discover that she is considered a DUFF – Designated Ugly Fat Friend – because her tow best friends Jess (Samuels) and Casey (Santos) are better looking than her. With the help of her childhood friend and neighbour Wesley Rush (Amell), Bianca decides to reinvent herself and prove that she isn’t a DUFF, but is sabotaged at every turn by school bitch Madison Morgan (Thorne).

I actually enjoyed this movie, even though it was pretty predictable at times. Apparently it’s very different from the book, which I haven’t read yet, and that the book is much more original and clever, but that didn’t stop me liking this silly movie about how people are seen in comparison to their friends and those around them. My one gripe was that the character of Madison was made out to be the bad guy, when her friend Caitlyn (played by Rebecca Weil) was a hundred times worse, and the person who was actually making the movies of Bianca to be transmitted around school, yet she got off scot free in the end with no repercussions.

You’ll like this if you liked : She’s All That



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