I so wish I had a teacher like this one at high school

Rating: 7/10 (24 December 2011)

This is one of those films that when you see the advertisement you think that it really isn't going to be all that much, but when you watch it it turns out to be pretty entertaining. The plot and theme are pretty simple, but I guess the appeal about this movie is the question as to how such a rude, crude, and pretty much uncaring person actually becomes a teacher let alone survives at one.
The movie opens with Miss Halsey (Diaz) finishing up after a year of teaching where she pretty much tried to do as little as possible and interact as little as possible with the people around her. However, when her dream husband, namely a guy with a lot of money that she could sponge off the rest of her life, dumps her just before the wedding, horror upon horror, she suddenly discovers that not only is she single, but she has to work for a living.
Thus when she returns to the school for the next year she decides that he goal in life is to marry a man with lots of money so that she doesn't have to go back to school. Once again, I ask the question how could such a person actually become a teacher, however we must remember that this is Hollywood, and a lot of times Hollywood really does not make much sense. Miss Halsey spends her nights roaming singles bars looking for wealthy men, and then spends the day sleeping in class while showing her class movies.
This of course upsets the teacher that teaches across the hall from her, Miss Squirrel. Miss Squirrel is the do-gooder to starts of attempting to befriend Miss Halsey, however this quickly turns sour when Miss Halsey makes it very clear that she doesn't want friends at the school. Same when the Gym Teacher, Mr Gettis (Seigal), attempts to ask her out on a date. She pretty much tells him to get lost. Then the substitute teacher, Mr Delacourt (Timberlake) turns up. Not only does Miss Halsey find him cute, but also discovers that he is the heir to a family fortune. The catch is that Miss Squirrel is also very interested in him as well.
There are a couple of inconsistencies in this film, and also it pretty much runs like a romantic comedy, however the comedy is a lot more low brow, and in a way, in the gutter, which is probably why I liked this film. I find it also odd that it turns out that at least two of the teachers at the school are smoking marijuana (Miss Halsey, surprise, surprise, is one of them, but then there are all the other drugs that she keeps in her desk as well).
Much of the movie is about how Miss Halsey is attempting to find $10 000 for breast enhancement surgery, and how she believes that by making herself even more beautiful that she will be able to attract the man of her dreams, which happens to be Mr Delacourt. It, in a way, goes to show how shallow and empty people are, though as is expected in a film like this, Miss Halsey ends up getting the guy that she should have got in the beginning. So, yes, this is not so much a movie where the girl chases the guy that she wants, and gets him, but chases the guy that she wants, only to discover that he is not actually the guy that she really wants, but rather turns out to be the other guy, the one that likes her, no matter the size of her breasts.