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Bad Teacher
She doesn't give an "F."
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.
- Original title
- Bad Teacher
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $20,000,000
- Revenue
- $216,197,492
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Sep 15, 2020 · via TMDB
Cameron Diaz has made a lot of crappy movies in her career, to the point that I would not consider myself a fan at all (sit through "The Other Woman" sometime, and then argue its merits- there aren't any). Here, Diaz finds a meaty, funny role and gives it her all. Elizabeth Halsey (Cameron Diaz) is a gold-digging teacher leaving her middle school after a year to marry Mark (Nat Faxon). She is dumped, and realizes the only way to score a rich guy is through ginormous breasts. She returns to teach at the middle school, determined to score the ten grand needed to get her boob job, and another rich guy in the form of long-term substitute teacher Scott (Justin Timberlake), who is eyeing goody-goody teaching vet Amy (a hysterical Lucy Punch). Elizabeth is also deflecting the passes of the nice guy gym teacher Russell (Jason Segel), and begins a campaign of dishonesty in order to reach her goals. While the script does go off the rails once in a while, Elizabeth thankfully doesn't lose her crudeness due to any life lessons learned throughout the story. She's not a lot of fun to be around, treating her coworkers and students with equal disdain, but the viewer somehow finds themselves riding this out just to see what she is going to do next. Diaz wouldn't have been my first choice for this (Melissa McCarthy would have nailed this), but she surprised me with how funny she was in an unglamourous role. The supporting cast are hot and cold, I didn't get a lot of chemistry with Diaz from either Segel or Timberlake, but the most fun was watching Elizabeth square off against Amy. Lucy Punch never takes a false step in her performance, and watching Elizabeth blithely deal with her is fantastic. The supporting student actors are also good, Elizabeth's withering honesty about their lives is almost refreshing in this day and age. Jake Kasdan directs with his usual confidence, getting laughs in almost every scene. The screenplay spins its wheels in the midsection. Once we set up that Elizabeth is a bad teacher, we sit through a lot of unnecessary scenes that feel the need to drive the point home again and again (the Christmas dinner at one student's home). All in all, "Bad Teacher" is a pleasant surprise, and it's too bad Diaz couldn't give us more Elizabeth Halsey thanks to a closing scene that could have generated a funny sequel. A brief television series emerged from this but way too much was changed to make it successful. A definite (* * * 1/2) out of five stars. The Unrated version contains some physical violence, strong profanity, sexual content, some female nudity, brief male nudity, adult situations, alcohol and tobacco use, drug abuse
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Cameron Diaz
Elizabeth Halsey
Justin Timberlake
Scott Delacorte
Jason Segel
Russell Gettis
Lucy Punch
Amy Squirrel
Phyllis Smith
Lynn Davies
Kaitlyn Dever
Sasha Abernathy
John Michael Higgins
Principal Wally Snur
Thomas Lennon
Carl Halabi
Kathryn Newton
Chase Rubin-Rosse
Molly Shannon
Melody (Garrett's Mom)
Eric Stonestreet
Kirk
Matthew J. Evans
Garrett Tiara
Dave Allen
Sandy Pinkus
Jillian Armenante
Ms. Pavicic
Aja Bair
Devon (Chase's Friend)
Andra Nechita
Gaby
Noah Munck
Tristan
FINNEAS
Spencer
Deirdre Lovejoy
Sasha's Mother
Adrian Kali Turner
Shawn
Paul Bates
School Superintendent
Jeff Judah
Janitor
Nat Faxon
Mark
Stephanie Faracy
Mrs. Pubich
David Paymer
Doctor Vogel
Alanna Ubach
Angela
Christine Smith
Danni
Paul Feig
Dad at Carwash
Melvin Mar
Male Teacher (Bathroom)
Rose Abdoo
School Secretary
Jerry Lambert
Morgan's Dad
Jennifer Irwin
Chase's Mom
David Doty
Armando the Homeless Guy
Rick Overton
Philip
Matt Besser
Abraham Lincoln (Tour Guide)
Lee Eisenberg
Blacksmith (Re-Enactor)
Bruno Gunn
Police Officer
Jennifer Holloway
Sheila (uncredited)
Christina Gabrielle
8th Grade Student (uncredited)
Kyle Cooper
Title Designer
Alar Kivilo
Director of Photography
Debra McGuire
Costume Design
Peter Robb-King
Makeup Department Head
Malosi Leonard
Stunt Coordinator
Kimberly Shannon Murphy
Stunt Double
Jessie Graff
Stunts
Joe Bucaro III
Stunts
Kimberly Shannon Murphy
Stunts
Matt Leonard
Stunts
Terry Leonard
Stunts
Jake Kasdan
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Bill Purple
Second Assistant Director
Melvin Mar
Associate Producer
Gene Stupnitsky
Executive Producer
Georgia Kacandes
Executive Producer
Jake Kasdan
Executive Producer
Lee Eisenberg
Executive Producer
David B. Householter
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Nathan Kelly
Producer's Assistant
Georgia Kacandes
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Shaughnessy Hare
Foley Editor
Ranjani Brow
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Michael Andrews
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John Pritchett
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Michelle Eisenreich
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Gene Stupnitsky
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Lee Eisenberg
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