Painfully mediocre

Rating: 5/10 (5 August 2011)

In medias res this movie has no atmosphere at all. It could have been a fun mediocre flick, but its really not. Cameron Diaz "plays" an anti hero, but she clearly bad for this kind of role. I mean she isn't even likable, a bit. I felt more sorry for the bad guy. Yeah, I felt more sorry for the comic relief, and also the bad guy Amy Squirrel, for almost the entire movie. Justin Timberlake was surprisingly okay, (but what the hell was that "sex with clothes on" scene? It was beyond weird.) Jason Segel was the major deciding point to watch the movie, but he isn't in it really that much, and his scenes in the trailer, which He calls a student "Twilight", not actually in the movie, it was just shot to drew attention...I hate that. I cant believe that i am saying this but Lucy Punch as Amy Squirrel was the best actor in this movie. Except at the end, she really goes over the top. But she freak outs were funny, and she was smart and edgy. I don't know how could i like Cameron Diaz in this, there is nothing likable in her (except in the very end of the movie). She is a bitch, cares about nothing but its money and her tits transplant (yeah its a major plot point, to get her breasts bigger,brilliant). The kid actors were just terrible, there were a lot of plot holes (like what the hell kind of teacher she is? I don't know what is she teaching, in a brief clip they show us that she is teaching to kill a mockingbird, so i guess she is an English teacher...I guess..., and what change her mind about helping students, and giving up on the rich guy? Nothing.). The editing was horrible, they used a clip like 3-4 times when a kid is surprised that his mouth is open (Its not even a good shot). This movie is not worth watching, maybe once. It got me laugh a few times, and in the end I was invested, but nothing else.