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Bad Teacher

2011 Directed by Jake Kasdan

She doesn't give an F.

A lazy, incompetent middle school teacher who hates her job and her students is forced to return to her job to make enough money for a boob job after her rich fiancé dumps her.

Cameron Diaz Jason Segel Justin Timberlake Lucy Punch Phyllis Smith John Michael Higgins Jillian Armenante Dave Allen Matthew J. Evans Kaitlyn Dever Igal Ben Yair Aja Bair Andra Nechita Noah Munck Molly Shannon Kathryn Newton Thomas Lennon Finneas O'Connell Daniel Castro Adrian Kali Turner Eric Stonestreet Paul Bates Jeff Judah Nat Faxon Stephanie Faracy David Paymer Alanna Ubach Christine Smith Paul Feig Show All…

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Review by Kat Moir ½

Half a star for Justin Timberlake's glasses.
Review by Cindy T ★★½ 2

Now I know where Ridley Scott got the idea for Cameron Diaz to have sex with a car.
Review by William ★★ 1

Do you ever have that BAD teacher that you really can't stand and you wanted the whole school year to be over because of that one specific person? I have, but I wanted to give you guys my backstories of why school is important to me.

Back when I was in high school, I was a super popular A student and almost every single teacher loved me to death pretty much because of my ability to handle many responsibilities, have humor, courage, and respect that has defined me for a very long time. It's one of those memories that will always stick with me for years to come because education has played a HUGE part of my life. I love…
Review by Taylor W ★★★

A-List Cast, moderate movie.

The cast did ok with the roles they were given - but the movie was just ok.

Standard romantic comedy elements and tropes with nothing special.

This kicked off the "how nasty can we make it and still have an R Rated comedy" genre so I'll give it points for that.

If you like the cast give it a whirl on Netflix or streaming but I don't know if I would but this one.
Review by Esteban Gonzalez ★ 1

¨She doesn`t give an ´F`¨

I don`t know what is worse: Cameron Diaz`s character as a teacher, or the movie itself. This is really a very bad movie, terrible. It`s supposed to be a comedy, but it really doesn't have many funny moments. Yes there is a couple here and there, but in a 95 minute long movie you expect much more laughs. This raunchy comedy had a whole lot of raunchy, but no comedy whatsoever. I really hated this film, and expected a lot more from Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, and Jason Segel who have done much better movies in the past. I can`t blame it on them because the script they were given was really poor, but then…
Review by OpticPotato ★

Part of Scavenger Hunt 17 - August 2016
Film #1 - Task #2: A film featuring a car wash or someone washing a car!
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I didn't expect anything from this movie and it was worse than I expected. Bad Teacher is a great example for modern comedies and how many of them don't seem to care about characters, plot, or any kind of humor above the "12-year old has a boner" mark. Yeah, that's apparently funny now. Cameron Diaz is washing a car and a kid gets a boner. That's the whole reason why the car washing was in it, for that joke and for Cameron Diaz to look hot. The whole movie is pretty stupid to begin with…

Recent reviews

Review by JosephLoftgren ★★★

It gets some good laughs out of Justin Timberlake's character, but it is largely unfunny and portrays Diaz' character as one-dimensional and with no redeeming factors.
Review by floralopes ★★½

After seeing this, i suddenly want to be a English teacher and go high with some hot Philosophy teacher. I didn't love this, but well, how can we say no to Segel's movies?
Review by Aislinn ★★

the dry humping justin timberlake scene is oscar worthy
Review by StefanieLavigne ★★★★

This movie is my fave lol hahaha
Review by Taylor W ★★★

A-List Cast, moderate movie.

The cast did ok with the roles they were given - but the movie was just ok.

Standard romantic comedy elements and tropes with nothing special.

This kicked off the "how nasty can we make it and still have an R Rated comedy" genre so I'll give it points for that.

If you like the cast give it a whirl on Netflix or streaming but I don't know if I would but this one.
Review by Dana ★★★★★

Funny as rocks
Review by vicebreaker ★★★★

I have watched this film several times, as it always makes me laugh and it's easy to watch/digest. One of my favorite go-to comedies.
Review by Mikey Tonkin ★★★

Such a classic comedy movie! Love Princess Fiona and the awful step sister from Ella Enchanted! Not to mention Will from Glee's brother, and a cameo of Sadness from Inside Out. A great dynamic cast that just make you roll your eyes with sarcastic love.
Review by Braedan Bourke ★★★

The main and significant issue I took
With this movie was the lack of development and direction for the main character. That said, the performances were decent and there were a few good laughs to be had. Worth a rewatch? Not really, but it's a fun enough film to warrant at least that first viewing.