Things I expected to happen:
1) Already decent-looking main girl is treated like she’s hideous, gets a makeover, and once she’s “beautiful” she ends up with her crush ala “She’s All That”. So I almost didn’t go see the movie.
Things that did happen:
1) It was hilarious; I plan to get it on DVD and watch it many more times
2) The main girl was a sass master of epic proportions and I loved her; I lost count of how many times she dumped a drink on a guy or punched someone in the face
3) The movie did not treat the main girl like she was actually fat or ugly, in fact when she is offended by the acronym her friend explains it’s just a turn of phrase and that “the duff” doesn’t necessarily have to be those things, they just have to be the least attractive of their friend group. Main girl’s friends were REALLY hot and she was just cute. Nobody ever treated her like she was a hideous troll.
4) There WAS an attempt at a makeover, but it was just a hilarious montage, it didn’t work out, and throughout the movie she hardly changed (if at all), and her love interest fell for her without her having to change
5) The moral of the whole thing is that we shouldn’t let other peoples’ negative comments about us get us down because there is ALWAYS going to be someone prettier or smarter or funnier or richer etc, therefore we are all somebody’s DUFF. Main girl spent part of the movie upset that she was considered the least attractive of her friend group and in the end she got over it because fuck that noise, she can’t always be the most attractive and as long as she’s confident with herself who gives a fuck
What WILL happen because Tumblr is a shithole:
“Omg the DUFF is so offensive she’s not even fat!!!!ONE!! Let’s boycott!”
I…might actually go see this.