Bad Teacher
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+A lazy, incompetent middle school teacher who hates her job and her students is forced to return to her job to make enough money for a boob job after her rich fiancé dumps her.
What critics thought
Cameron Diaz's gleefully shameless performance is the one thing critics consistently found worth watching, but the film around her drew mostly mixed-to-negative notices. The core complaint was structural — critics felt the premise never cohered into an actual story, and the comedy rarely landed hard enough to compensate for a protagonist the audience isn't given much reason to root for.
“there is no chemistry, or indeed even much mutual awareness between Diaz and Timberlake”
Roger Ebert·rogerebert.com
“more like a string of comic vignettes than an actual story unfolding”
Betsy Sharkey·Los Angeles Times
Genres
Comedy
Cast & Crew
Jake KasdanDirector
Cameron DiazElizabeth Halsey
Justin TimberlakeScott Delacorte
Jason SegelRussell Gettis
Lucy PunchAmy Squirrel
Phyllis SmithLynn Davies
Kaitlyn DeverSasha Abernathy
John Michael HigginsPrincipal Wally Snur
Thomas LennonCarl Halabi
Kathryn NewtonChase Rubin-Rosse
Molly ShannonMelody (Garrett's Mom)
Eric StonestreetKirk
Matthew J. EvansGarrett Tiara
Michael AndrewsComposer
Lee EisenbergWriter
Gene StupnitskyWriter
Alar KiviloCinematographyBad Teacher
A lazy, incompetent middle school teacher who hates her job and her students is forced to return to her job to make enough money for a boob job after her rich fiancé dumps her.
What critics thought
Cameron Diaz's gleefully shameless performance is the one thing critics consistently found worth watching, but the film around her drew mostly mixed-to-negative notices. The core complaint was structural — critics felt the premise never cohered into an actual story, and the comedy rarely landed hard enough to compensate for a protagonist the audience isn't given much reason to root for.
“there is no chemistry, or indeed even much mutual awareness between Diaz and Timberlake”
Roger Ebert·rogerebert.com
“more like a string of comic vignettes than an actual story unfolding”
Betsy Sharkey·Los Angeles Times
Genres
Comedy
Cast & Crew
Jake KasdanDirectorCameron DiazElizabeth HalseyJustin TimberlakeScott DelacorteJason SegelRussell GettisLucy PunchAmy SquirrelPhyllis SmithLynn DaviesKaitlyn DeverSasha AbernathyJohn Michael HigginsPrincipal Wally SnurThomas LennonCarl HalabiKathryn NewtonChase Rubin-RosseMolly ShannonMelody (Garrett's Mom)Eric StonestreetKirkMatthew J. EvansGarrett TiaraMichael AndrewsComposerLee EisenbergWriterGene StupnitskyWriterAlar KiviloCinematographyRent & Buy
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