Crude... but I like it

Rating: 7/10 (3 February 2012)

'Bad Teacher' sets the bar low and clears it with ease.
The film's unalloyed tastelessness is its best quality. Diaz bludgeons the viewer with vulgarity and coarseness, and I admired the way she tears into her role. She has no redeeming qualities, yet I rooted for her. If you can surrender and allow yourself to be dragged into the muck, it's an enjoyable ride.
The jokes come fast. Not all are funny, but enough of them score to keep things moving. The supporting performances are superb. There are many experienced comedic actors here adding funny bits with great timing. Timberlake had the weakest written part, but even he ripped off a few zingers. I probably got the biggest chuckles from the bits in the unrated version that were cut out of the theatrical cut. They were truly crude. I'm not proud of it, but there it is. Such is the charm of this one if you go for that sort of thing.