Surprisingly good performance by Diaz saves poor script

Rating: 5/10 (2 August 2011)

This was the opposite to what I expected. I was pleasantly surprised by Diaz's character, 'Elizabeth Halsey' being a money scrounging, pot smoking gold digger who has no regard for anyone but herself and will back-stab anyone to get it using whatever resources available........mainly her body. She was really taken out of her comfort zone with this one (similar to Jennifer Aniston in Horrible Bosses). This is probably the strongest performance I have seen from her to date.
Probably just as well as the majority of the script content was pretty shocking. It really did drag for large parts. Throw Justin Timberlake into the mix and you'd think That would spice things up. However although I love how he plays himself up, large chunks of his input were pretty boring and he does not feature as prodominately as you would expect. Don't get me wrong I actually rate him as an actor but they could have made a lot more from his character.
Jason Segel is very good as Russell the, 'Gym Teacher' who has a subtle but solid input throughout the film. He provides some much needed laughs when things start to dull down.
The fringe characters (rival teacher, friendly teacher and the ridiculous school principle) are all worthy cast members but again suffer from lack of content at times.
Look out for the small but brilliant performance from Thomas Lennon who it seems has a natural knack to deliver comedic lines flawlessly.
In summary, it is worth watching for the laugh out loud moments although they are few and far between. Generally strong performances with the script available but I would have expected better content from,Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg.