Bad Teacher (2011)

Why so much hype?

Admirable film.

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

If I could give this movie 0 stars, I would. I rented this in hopes that all the reviews I've heard and read were true. Unfortunately, I didn't find this movie the least bit funny. In fact, the outtakes and gag reel were the funniest thing about this movie. During those, I actually laughed. I'm not a fan of Cameron Diaz, but this was, by far, one of her worst movies. The acting was subpar and the storyline was just atrocious.

Cameron Diaz SUCKS! I would have been more entertained shooting at GI Joe dolls with a pellet gun! It's a BAD movie, featuring an unloved actress nobody cares about, it made way too much money and produced NO laughter for the viewer whatsoever. Aren't bad teachers supposed to take their kid's virginity? How about she organize an orgy with them and make videos on the side? OR Steven Seagall shows up and kicks her ass? This chick is so obsessed with gold digging, she makes some of my escort "pals" I've dated look like angels by comparison! The whole teacher rivalry subplot was childish and lame. The scene of her smoking pot in the car.... YEAH, SO? We have GAY MARRIAGE now and MEDICINAL MARIJUANA, how is it these twits in Hollywood are still demonizing pot? What happens when you allow chimpanzees to write your stories for you? Bad Teacher!

This movie is now several years old, bad reviews and word of mouth have put me off watching it, despite being a fan of Jason Segel. However it was on TV tonight, and in the absence of anything else to watch, I decided to give it a go. Plot In A Paragraph: Elizabeth Halsey (Cameron Diaz) is a gold-digging teacher in Chicago, who swears at her students, drinks heavily, smokes marijuana, and shows movies while she sleeps through class. She plans to quit teaching and marry her rich fiancé, but when he dumps her after realizing she is only after his money, she must resume her job. She tries to win over substitute teacher Scott Delacorte (Justin Timberlake), who is also rich. Amy Squirrel (Lucy Punch), an overly enthusiastic teacher and colleague of Elizabeth, also wants Scott while the school's gym teacher, Russell Gettis (Jason Segel), makes it clear that he is interested in Elizabeth. Despite It's great premise, it was not as funny as it should have been. It had its moments and I did laugh a few times. Diaz gives a good performance and Timberlake sends himself up brilliantly, John Michael Higgins is a lot of fun as Wally Snur, the dolphin obsessed principal. However Jason Segel is not given as much to do as one would hope, likewise the brilliant Eric Stonestreet as Diaz's roommate.

Frankly I thought the argument of the film is quite poor, despite being a comedy is something tedious and boring, the scenes have a banal character, where humor is weak, has an unexpected ending, but poor, Cameron Diaz fits well on paper, which has nothing innovative ... the idea of a teacher be worse than the students themselves is basic ... won the Teen Choice Awards (2011) for Best Film - Comedy and Best Actor - Comedy however I'm still looking for my laughter that was lost in the film ... tried to save a bad movie with beautiful actors and that the public appreciates ...Bland, banal and disappointing Joe.L