Bad Teacher
2011
*½
Director: Jake Kasdan
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Lucy Punch, Jason Segel, Phyllis Smith, John Michael Higgins, Molly Shannon, Eric Stonestreet, Thomas Lennon
An unpleasant comedy about Elizabeth Halsey, a blonde bombshell who became a middle school teacher because of the short working days and long holidays. How this shallow bimbo managed to get the qualifications for the job, is left unanswered. Nevertheless, the job is just a stopgap solution until she can find herself a rich husband. Cameron Diaz is a good fit for the lead, but her character is selfish and unscrupled, and the script around her is nasty, tasteless and somewhat racist. All of the above could be swept under the carpet if the film was funny at all.
