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THE DUFF

with Joyce & Don Fowler
Posted 2/25/15

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(Teenage angst)

While teenage angst movies are not our cup of tea, we did find value in the messages given in “The Duff.”

We also enjoyed the performance of Mae Whitman (of TV’s …

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See it at the Movies

THE DUFF

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(Teenage angst)

While teenage angst movies are not our cup of tea, we did find value in the messages given in “The Duff.”

We also enjoyed the performance of Mae Whitman (of TV’s “Parenthood”) as Bianca, the high school girl who discovers that she has been labeled as a DUFF, the acronym for Designated Ugly Fat Friend. She is told this by Wes (Robbie Amell), her next-door neighbor who happens to be the hottie, though on the surface not-too-bright football star.

Bianca unfriends her two popular friends (lots of teenage electronic device action in this one). She makes a deal with Wes. She’ll help him pass science so he can remain on the football team if he will help her be cool and shed the DUFF label.

You can see where this one is going, as Bianca and Wes discover that they have a lot more in common than is seen on the surface. Good lessons about being true to yourself and the harm of cyber-bullying.

Rated PG-13, with some profanity and sexual references, but it also sends positive lessons to teenagers.

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