A poorly written farce

Rating: 3/10 (22 May 2013)

I couldn't for the life of me figure out why Cameron Diaz's makeup was so overdone; pancake, pancake and more pancake. (I thought possibly that they were trying to make her look younger since she seems to be too old for the part, by covering over facial lines.) More important for my low rating is that 'Bad Teacher' is a poorly written farce and at times, is excruciating to watch when it subjects some of the supporting characters to humiliation to get a laugh. More lines now to meet the ridiculous 10 line minimum: There is a scene in the gym where the plain looking, highly overweight teacher 'friend' of Elizabeth (Diaz) shows up. She's coaxed and bullied into taking her first toke of pot and then, nothing is made of it and the scene ends!