For a film about education, this is really the dumbest thing you'll ever see

Rating: 2/10 (17 April 2012)

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Cameron Diaz stars as Liz Halsey, the worst teacher in the world, who sets the worst example to her students you can imagine. When she's dumped by her sugar daddy, she finds her self forced to return to her job, where she casts eyes on hot new teacher Scott Delacorte (Justin Timberlake) but faces competition from butter-wouldn't-melt fellow teacher Lucy (Amy Squirrel.) After learning the teachers will receive performance related bonuses, she smartens her act up a bit and starts to become a more approachable human being, while never losing her balsy attitude.
After a barrage of bad reviews at the cinema, I finally caught Bad Teacher on it's DVD release and was pretty unsurprised at it's negative feedback. While the 'bad' idea worked well in recent efforts (Bad Santa) the concept here just fails to materialize and is just dumb. And, most killingly of all, not funny. It's unbelievable someone as stupid and irresponsible as Halsey would even be a teacher in the first place, and from this small acorn the whole forest crumbles. By the end, this flimsy concept has been stretched to breaking point and, after just a few minor laughs, it's shattered you to pieces. *