Bad Teacher (2011)

Powerful

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Cameron Diaz plays an extremely self-centered individual who is looking for a rich man to marry after her fiancee dumped her because she was a gold digger. (She claims she caught him with the dog and peanut butter.) Teaching junior high gets in her way as she "needs" augmentations to be able to compete with all those Barbie Dolls out there. She uses movies to babysit her class. The gym teacher is interested in Cameron (she don't date gym teachers). Cameron in turn has her eyes on a nerdy substitute teacher (Justin Timberlake) whose family comes from money. He however likes Amy Squirrel.Meanwhile in class there is a student who could be a young self centered Diaz who badgers a boy who shows her interest, sort of a parallel to her "miserable" life. Lucy Punch plays Amy Squirrel (as a red head) an overly perky teacher who becomes Diaz's school nemesis. Diaz helps the junior high car wash using moves she learned watching Paris Hilton commercials, pocketing some of the money for her "t#t jar."The movie changes gears when Cameron finds out the teacher whose class gets the best test scores gets a bonus. The outrageous practices of Diaz both as an apathetic and serious teacher is the core of the movie.F-bomb, nudity(not Diaz or Punch), crude sexual humor, Timberlake dry humping Diaz, bad music, worse poetry, and Lincoln rolling over in his grave.

Jake Kasdan's "Bad Teacher" is an unabashedly silly movie. Given Cameron Diaz's characters antics, Jack Black or Melissa McCarthy could've just as easily played the role. There's also the occasional bodily function humor.Obviously the movie's nothing to take seriously. Just a big excuse to be ridiculous. Probably the sort of movie that they had fun making. It was a surprise to see that one of the screenwriters shares a name with me (he also wrote for the US version of "The Office").Basically, it's the sort of movie that you watch if you want nothing except to get entertained. Watch for Paul Feig (the director of 2016's "Ghostbusters") in an appearance as a dad at the car wash.

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!