A high school senior instigates a social pecking order revolution after
finding out that she has been labeled the DUFF (Designated Ugly Fat
Friend) to her prettier more popular friends.
The Duff is a story about an intelligent teenager named Bianca (Mae Whitman), as she strives to conform to societal standards of beauty and romantic compatibility.
Bianca is enjoying her senior year of high school with two close friends Jess (Skyler Samuels) and Casey (Bianca A. Santos)-- who are significantly more popular than she is. She is also the neighbor and former friend of Wesley (Robbie Amell), a star on the school's football team. She has a crush on guitar-playing Toby (Nick Eversman), and reluctantly attends a party hosted by mean-girl Madison (Bella Thorne), hoping to talk to him. The party turns out to be a disaster for her, as it's there that Wes unthinkingly reveals to her that she is the "DUFF" of her friend group, the "Designated Ugly Fat Friend." The DUFF need not actually be ugly or fat, he explains, it's just the person in a social group who is less popular and more accessible than the others in the group. People exploit the DUFF to get to the popular people.
Bianca is insulted and devastated, but she soon realizes that Wes is right. The students in her high school are only interested in her as a way to get to Jess and Casey. She takes her anger out on her friends and 'unfriends' them on social media and in person.
Bianca later overhears Wes and his science teacher speaking, where his teacher tells Wes that unless he passes the midterm, he's off the football team, which can cost him his football scholarship. Desperate to change her social standing, and go on a date with Toby, she strikes a deal with Wes, where she will help him pass science if he'll advise her on how to stop being a DUFF. They have a fun time at a mall, and attempting a makeover by buying new clothes. This backfires when Madison's toady records Bianca playing around in her new clothes and pretending that a mannequin is Toby. They create a video ridiculing Bianca and post it online—leading to the entire school mocking her. It also becomes clear that Madison—a reality-TV wannabe—feels possessive of Wes, her on-again-off-again boyfriend, and is jealous of Bianca's relationship with him.
Bianca is enjoying her senior year of high school with two close friends Jess (Skyler Samuels) and Casey (Bianca A. Santos)-- who are significantly more popular than she is. She is also the neighbor and former friend of Wesley (Robbie Amell), a star on the school's football team. She has a crush on guitar-playing Toby (Nick Eversman), and reluctantly attends a party hosted by mean-girl Madison (Bella Thorne), hoping to talk to him. The party turns out to be a disaster for her, as it's there that Wes unthinkingly reveals to her that she is the "DUFF" of her friend group, the "Designated Ugly Fat Friend." The DUFF need not actually be ugly or fat, he explains, it's just the person in a social group who is less popular and more accessible than the others in the group. People exploit the DUFF to get to the popular people.
Bianca is insulted and devastated, but she soon realizes that Wes is right. The students in her high school are only interested in her as a way to get to Jess and Casey. She takes her anger out on her friends and 'unfriends' them on social media and in person.
Bianca later overhears Wes and his science teacher speaking, where his teacher tells Wes that unless he passes the midterm, he's off the football team, which can cost him his football scholarship. Desperate to change her social standing, and go on a date with Toby, she strikes a deal with Wes, where she will help him pass science if he'll advise her on how to stop being a DUFF. They have a fun time at a mall, and attempting a makeover by buying new clothes. This backfires when Madison's toady records Bianca playing around in her new clothes and pretending that a mannequin is Toby. They create a video ridiculing Bianca and post it online—leading to the entire school mocking her. It also becomes clear that Madison—a reality-TV wannabe—feels possessive of Wes, her on-again-off-again boyfriend, and is jealous of Bianca's relationship with him.
Director:Ari Sandel
Writers:Josh A. Cagan (screenplay), Kody Keplinger (novel)
Stars:Mae Whitman, Bella Thorne, Robbie Amell
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