Bad Teacher

What to do on a Saturday night as you wait for the snow to start flying and ruin your Halloween decorations. Netflix is cancelled so you have not ordered a movie and cannot stream one. You go to the RedBox ( which now lets you reserve a movie ) and rent Bad Teacher for a dollar.

I am not a Cameron Diaz fan. I think her movie roles have gotten crasser and crasser and after having seen her on a few talk shows I am not sure she is a person that comes across as particularly likeable. That said with Jason Segal and others the movie had potential.

Quickly however the movie becomes a one joke, and not a good joke, pony. Diaz is a bad teacher. She does not try. She drinks, smokes, and curses......at school. Trying to seduce the new teacher ( Justin Timberlake) who she presumes to be wealthy she loses him to a rival teacher. A teacher that loves teaching and is just a little too peppy.


The car wash scene is gratioutus and over time even Miss Halsey ( Diaz ) comes to realize just how superficial she has become. By the end of the movie she has had a revalation and decided that everyman gym teacher is a better choice. Jason Segal is very likable in this role.

Not a great movie though. Not one I can reccomend. In fact two of the movies I have panned lately have been Justin Timberlake movies. He needs to make better choices.