I love watching movies and because of that I always keep my eye out for tickets to preview a movie for free before it is in theatres.  Make sure to check back for Mondays blog post which will cover the information on how you too can see movies for free.  From now on anytime that I go to a free screening of a movie I will be sharing a short review of it here on my blog.  The Duff was released in theatres yesterday Feburary 20th, 2015.

The Duff which stands for Designated Ugly Fat Friend is directed by Ari Sandel.  For me the best moments of the movie were the ones that included Allison Janney.  She is so witty and I just love her spunk so without her in the movie I do not know if I would have enjoyed any of it.  In the movie Bella Thorne plays the mean girl and while I would not say that she did a bad job I did not enjoy her performance in The Duff or in Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day in which she also played a mean girl.  I really enjoyed her performance in Blended and hope that she sticks to those types of roles.

I was familiar with Mae Whitman from The Perks of Being a Wallflower and it was nice to see her again but she was unable to save the movie for me.  I did not connect with the story and will not be seeing it again.  Typically when I am watching a movie I laugh more than anyone else in the theatre and The Duff  only made me laugh three or four times.  Main character Bianca discovers that she is considered The Duff in her group of friends and decides to try and get rid of that label before fully embracing who she is.  There were quite a few moments where I felt very awkward watching the movie as I was uncomfortable with the humor or what was being said.

I was bothered by the fact that the movie seemed to imply that every group of friends has a duff which I do not believe.  One character shares with Bianca that a duff does not have to be ugly or fat and I remember thinking well if that’s true then what is up with that word?  And just because a duff doesn’t have to be those things doesn’t mean its okay to call someone a duff.  I hope that this movie does not lead teenagers to begin to wonder if they themselves are a duff because I think teenagers struggle enough with confidence as it is.  All in all the movie was not terrible but unless you can see it for free and are in high school then it is probably not worth your time.  I would rate the movie a 1/5.  Have you seen The Duff and if so what were your thoughts?

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