Not much of a comedy

Rating: 3/10 (18 December 2012)

Bad Teacher is one of those comedies that terribly misjudges the reverse appeal of its central character. Cameron Diaz plays Elizabeth, a middle-school teacher who's only serving time until marriage releases her from the necessity of doing anything but pamper herself. Then her fiancé breaks up with her and she has to begin her seduction scheme all over again, getting a fake-boob job and making contact with colleague (Justin Timberlake). Lucy Punch plays a bright-spark teacher who becomes her rival. What the film fails to see is that Elizabeth's not "bad" in a funny way – she's venal, grasping, rude, lazy and ignorant. Loathsome, in fact, and not funny. Jake Kasdan, once a promising director, doesn't have a clue how to make it work. The trailers have made the film seem it was more comedy oriented. ==================================================================== ==================================================================== ======
As a rewatch (09/14/17') opinions remain same for film. Cameron Diaz does carry the film but overall not much humor is in the film as it isn't as funny, more so mean spirited and predictable. Although some entertaining scenes.