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Jun 29, 2011
- by djevoke
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I'm glad that I didn't fully listen to all the naysayers here and checked this out for an afternoon matinee today. That's not to say they're wrong because this is no Hangover or even a Get Him to the Greek but, I found it a perfect brain candy movie that gave me a few laughs.
I thought JT was HILARIOUS- his Simpatico song was great and Diaz did a good job as did the other cast mates. I had never heard of Lucy Punch and thought she did an amazing job as the passive aggressive goody two shoes. I bet if I was a teacher, I would've LOVED this movie as I'm sure that Elizabeth is exactly who they'd like to be at times. Yes, in all her hung over, pot smoking, cursing, movie showing selfish glory.
My favorite part? When she was grading the papers and wrote "Stupid....Stupider...Are you FUCKING kidding me? (then scratched out fucking) Jesus Christ....etc" on some practice tests she was grading. So, yeah, it isn't an Oscar winner but, it acted as the perfect brain candy for a rainy afternoon. As long as you don't expect too much, I think you'll enjoy it.
I thought JT was HILARIOUS- his Simpatico song was great and Diaz did a good job as did the other cast mates. I had never heard of Lucy Punch and thought she did an amazing job as the passive aggressive goody two shoes. I bet if I was a teacher, I would've LOVED this movie as I'm sure that Elizabeth is exactly who they'd like to be at times. Yes, in all her hung over, pot smoking, cursing, movie showing selfish glory.
My favorite part? When she was grading the papers and wrote "Stupid....Stupider...Are you FUCKING kidding me? (then scratched out fucking) Jesus Christ....etc" on some practice tests she was grading. So, yeah, it isn't an Oscar winner but, it acted as the perfect brain candy for a rainy afternoon. As long as you don't expect too much, I think you'll enjoy it.
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I’ll not be the first to say it but Bad Teacher is bad and not in a good way. This movie suffers from the ultimate fault of bad writing. I wouldn’t be surprised if even on paper this movie remains a shallowed hollowed out shell of a dark comedy. Unlike good dark comedies that use the word Bad in the title, first of which I mention Bad Santa, Bad Teacher’s lead character Elizabeth Halsey (played by Cameron Diaz) is not as bad as she is boring … more
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Growing up I don't know if I ever had a teacher who didn't care one bit. All of my teachers, at the very least, could put on a show so I was none the wiser. It was tough to tell what to expect from the movie, most of the trailers just featured the same one liners that weren't all that funny to begin with. The premise was good and had the potential to be hilarious if it was written from the perspective of a disgruntled teacher, it wasn't. While expectations were low the movie still … more
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Star Rating: Bad Teacher is about a woman whose badness far exceeds her teaching. She’s rude, dishonest, manipulative, superficial, unsympathetic, and cruel. The movie should have been called Bad Person. Her name is Elizabeth Halsey (Cameron Diaz), a Chicago gold digger. The film begins with her leaving her junior high teaching position after only one year; she chose the job because of the easy opportunities to do the bare minimum, but her real dream is … more
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Cast:
Justin Timberlake,
Cameron Diaz,
Jason Segel,
John Michael Higgins,
Dave Allen,
Lucy Punch,
Phyllis Smith,
Jillian Armenante,
Matthew J. Evans,
Kaitlyn Dever
Director:
Jake Kasdan
Genre:
Comedy
Release Date:
24 June 2011 (USA)
MPAA Rating:
R
Screen Writer:
Gene Stupnitsky,
Lee Eisenberg
Runtime:
92 min
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