By Olivia Augustine – News Editor  

The movie “The Duff” is based on the book “The Duff” by Kody Keplinger. It first premiered on February 20, 2015.

“The Duff” is about a girl named Bianca who has been labeled as the Duff(designated ugly fat friend) of her friend group. After Bianca found out that she had been labeled the duff she unfriended her two best friends, Jess and Casey, and enlisted the help of her neighbor Wesley to become more popular. 

This movie stars Mae Whitman as Bianca, Robbie Amell as Wesley, Bella Thorne as Madison, Bianca Santos as Casey and Skyler Samuels as Jess. Bianca tries to change herself after being labeled the Duff. She wants to feel like she fits in and asks her neighbor Wesley to help her. 

A memorable scene from “The Duff” is when Bianca told her best friends, Jess and Casey, that she didn’t want to be friends with them anymore. Bianca also unfollowed both of them on all social media platforms. Bianca explained to them that she had been labeled the Duff of their friend group and that she was mad that they didn’t tell her that. Bianca assumed that they knew, when they didn’t. They liked being friends with Bianca for who she was. Bianca walked away from them like she didn’t care that she unfriended them, but she was just upset over the fact that they didn’t tell her that she was the Duff of the friend group, when they didn’t know. 

This movie shows that you don’t have to change yourself to be liked by others and to feel that you fit in. Bianca wanted to change her appearance and attitude so that people at her high school would like her better and wouldn’t think of her as a Duff. Madison was making it very hard for Bianca to become popular after she posted a video of Bianca while she was at the mall. The whole school made fun of Bianca for it and Bianca had a hard time trying to be happy around school, especially since she didn’t have Jess and Casey as her friends anymore. 

Comparing “The Duff” to “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” they both send positive messages to teen girls. In “The Duff” Madison sees Bianca at the mall with Wesley and posts a video of Bianca and Wesley together which makes Bianca mad. In “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” Gen sees Lara Jean with Peter while on the ski trip and posts it on the internet making Lara Jean mad at Gen and Peter. In both of these movies Bianca and Lara Jean have to overcome what the mean girls (Madison and Gen) did to them. 

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars