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Rating: 3/10 (28 October 2011)

I love dark comedies, it seems like sometimes to be an audience pleaser we are given more light hearted comedies that never push the edge. Bad Teacher looked like it was going to give that proper push that you could just let go for an hour and a half and have a good time. We had a movie a few years ago called Bad Santa, that had virtually the same premise where Santa is supposed to be good and jolly but instead we have a slob scum bag who later realizes there is more to being a good guy. The comedy worked very well and had actors who fit the roles perfectly. Bad Teacher is about a woman who is a gold digger and is embezzling money from her school charities to enhance her breast size to get a wealthy teacher, great idea, bad actors. Something about this film just didn't work and it's between the cop out with the story or the actors, tough call.
Elizabeth is a gold digging school teacher who curses at her students, drinks heavily, smokes marijuana, and only shows movies while she sleeps through class. She plans to quit teaching and marry her wealthy fiancé, but when he dumps her, she must resume her job as a teacher. She tries to win over substitute teacher Scott, who is also wealthy. Elizabeth plans to get surgery to get breast implants, believing that she needs them since Scott's ex girlfriends have larger breasts. However, she cannot afford the $10,000 procedure. Amy, her teaching nemeses sees all that Elizabeth is doing and plans to catch her to expose her to the principal and get her fired.
Cameron Diaz, I'm still confused on why she is such a hot commodity in Hollywood. Don't get me wrong, I do like the girl, but not enough to see her carry a film. Her comedy seems a little forced at times with the lead character, you can always tell that she's acting. I don't think the role fit her too well. Justin Timberlake, when will the boy release another album? Probably when he stops choosing crap roles. I actually do like him as an actor, he's one of the rare artists who can pull off both talents. But this was the one time where he was pretty much a fail because his character is so bland. Jason Segal, again a likable actor who has great comedic timing, but for some reason to me he seemed disinterested in the movie and I think it's because he knew it was a silly script. There's a scene where he's arguing with a student over Michael Jordon still being the best basketball player and the kid questions his response and he screams "That's the only argument I need Shawn!", so shouting this at a 12 year old is funny? I found it more pathetic.
I'm not trying to sound like a whiner with this movie, because there are a few chuckles here and there. I thought the idea for the story is actually hilarious and should be given another chance. I think they just tried to make this too audience friendly because having the main character as the ultimate jerk through the whole movie and then to have her randomly pull the lamest sympathy vote at the end not even explaining why she is the way she is not clever and was a cop out in my opinion. Most of the laughs are cheap and I didn't like the ending. It's a lousy movie that had so much more potential. I watched this with my boyfriend on pay per view, he had to leave the last few minutes of the film, when he came back I told him we had it all day if he wanted to finish and he said that he wasn't getting into it and THAT'S THE ONLY ARGUMENT I NEED TO SAY THIS IS AN AWFUL MOVIE.
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