Not the funniest movie, but funny enough

Rating: Null/10 (11 July 2011)

Bad teacher gave the audience exactly what encased in the title of the movie, a bad teacher and nothing more. This movie wasn't bad in the means of comedy or acting, but what kills this movies attempt in becoming a great comedy is the terrible screen writers that could have done a better job with the story. For me not being a fan of Cameron Diaz acting I have to say she has done a great job at the role presented towards her and makes this movie worth watching. Her acting has never been something that has been identified as great, but in this film her acting shines brightly and enjoyable to watch. She displayed the worst kind of teacher I have ever viewed on screen and in real life and did it so well and was very convincing that she was that uncontrollable. I was shocked in the first few minutes of the film witnessing her character because having seen many of her movies over the years I have never seen her act this way. It put me in the state of mind of when she played her role in The Sweetest Thing. It was great to watch her curse at kids, stab teachers in the back and becoming real sexual in a way towards the male cast. She nails the character to the T, but not even her great acting in this movie could save it from still being fairly bad. Other then her and some of the cast having funny moments the script and plot turns dry. The movie starts off going one direction, turns towards another route and takes a u turn towards a critic and audience disliking. This movie is not a terrible film to watch, but is one of the worst movies in Diaz film career. This movie lacks in the many categories that it presents through out the running time. The comedy is the only thing that makes this movie bearable to watch. The director did a good job of making the audience sort of believe what was talking place during the film. The actors did the best they could do with the script that they were given and were fun to watch. As I said before Diaz was great at her role and Lucy Punch, Justin Timberlake, and Jason Segel were enjoyable to watch and gave this movie have some depth in viewing teachers in a different light. With all their effort that they put in the movie still doesn't pass the test. This movie shows the audience that a poor story can ruin a film no matter on whats taking place during the movie. Bad Teacher is funny at times, but I give this movie an A for effort and a C- for execution.