Surreal bad cinema

Rating: 2/10 (5 November 2011)

It is said that for humor to work, it must contain an element of truth. I work at a school similar to the one in the film, and it's obvious the writers never spent time in a secondary school as anything other than mediocre students. They know nothing of teacher characters or how they interact with students or each other, unless they think the scandalous headlines of child abuse and drug usage are the norm. Perhpaps that is what the writers were thinking while hoping everyone else was on the same soiled page.
I found myself questioning why I found this film to be so unfunny and offensive while I quite enjoy raunchy comedic exercises like Get Him to the Greek and Celebrity Roasts. First, the latter don't involve children. Second, there is actual truth-wrapped-in-humor, not insulting the intelligence and often catching the viewer by surprise. This film was more than predictable; if you can't write a screenplay without depending so heavily on profanity, sexual situations, and drug use, then you can't write a screenplay.