The DUFF

The DUFF (teen slang for "Designated Ugly Fat Friend") is a 2015 American high school teen comedy film directed by Ari Sandel. The screenplay by Josh Cagan was based on the 2010 novel of the same name by Kody Keplinger. The film stars Mae Whitman, Robbie Amell, Bella Thorne, Nick Eversman, Skyler Samuels, Bianca Santos, Allison Janney, and Ken Jeong. The DUFF was distributed by CBS Films via Lionsgate. CBS also produced the film with Vast Entertainment and Wonderland Sound and Vision. It was released on February 20, 2015, and was the first film for which Lionsgate took over CBS Films' distribution functions. It received positive reviews from critics, with praise for Whitman's performance. Comparisons were frequently drawn to the cult teen films Mean Girls (2004) and Easy A (2010). Against a budget of $8.5 million, the film grossed $43 million at the box office.

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Uh, we thought we would make it about how the prices of ice cream have gone up 15 cents in the cafeteria and... That's a bit vanilla. Pardon the pun. But you're missing the meat of the story. Our school serves pizza five days a week, paid by taxpayer money that is used to cover us against pizza-induced diabetes. Now, that's a school-lunch story. Boom. Copy that, circle it, write it. Huh? Nailed it. I'm so proud of me. We came up with that idea together, but mostly me. Okay, next up, final assignment, all right? It's a doozy, but it's a real feather in the cap for any reporter worth their salt that wants to comment on the social life of this school. Anyone?

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Not all at once.

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No one?

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No one at all? Any takers?

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Bianca. Just the gal I was hoping for. Hello. Okay. I want you to step out of your comfort zone and bring your special brand of journalistic gravitas to an article about homecoming.

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Specifically, what homecoming means to me. I mean, not to me. I never went to a dance when I was a kid. - Kind of a nerd. - Sorry to interrupt, Mr. Arthur, heh, but, um, with all due respect, I'm... You're honored and thrilled to lend that Bianca Piper magic? You wanna do your thing and put some stuff in the words and make it pop? That's so nice of you. You don't have to do that. "No, you didn't. I didn't say..." Yes, you did. And thank... "No, I didn't, I didn't." Yes, you did. And I thank you.

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You did. And I thank you. Yeah, that's not where I was going with that.

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I'm sorry, "What Homecoming Means to Me"? What are we, 5 years old? - What is this? - Look, I'm sorry, B. I know it sucks, but maybe it's the universe telling you, you need to be there. Please don't start with the universe with me this early in the morning, okay? Everything and everyone can suck it. Okay, it's not the end of the world. Ho, ho. Well, that's easy for you to say. - I don't have a date. - I can fix that.

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- Um... Jack Rebis. - Mm. Tiny hands. - Mark Warshaw? - Smells like trash.

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Charlie Piper. My cousin Charlie Piper?

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Well, people don't know that. Okay, I will keep looking.

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We'll find someone. Although Jess' menu of dudes was never-ending, there was only one guy I wanted to be my date.

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And that's him, Toby Tucker.

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I couldn't work up the courage to say three words to Toby. No, literally, three words.

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Okay, bye.

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Ugh.

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Whoo! We're gonna kick some ass! - Jeez. - I'll see you later, bro. You know those people you grow up with, maybe you took baths with them when you were little, but now they just annoy the shit out of you? I give you Wesley Rush.

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- Hey, neighbor. - Wesley. Saw you watching some weird Japanese horror movie last night.

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Were you spying on me? A, don't leave your curtains open, and two, it's kind of hard to miss a bunch of Japanese people running and screaming for their lives. Looked horrible, by the way, all that reading.

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Those would be subtitles. Super. Where are your girls at?

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