Customer Ratings & Reviews

A comedy centered around a foul-mouthed, junior high teacher who, after being dumped by her sugar daddy, begins to woo a colleague -- a move that pits her against a well-loved teacher.

She’s a teacher and she’s bad? Genius! How’d you come up with that? Give that man, or rather those men, gold stars. Yes, it took two men to write this script. And the result? I almost feel stupid typing it. Cameron Diaz is Elizabeth Halsey. An aspiring trophy wife whose hopes are dashed when her spineless fiancée calls off their wedding at the urging of his mother and financial advisors. So she returns tail between her legs, to teaching middle school. A job she took because she believed it required little effort and offered a summer vacation. And, almost immediately, she discovers a teacher from a wealthy family trying to find his classroom. She makes her intentions very clear, though Scott, the teacher (played by Justin Timberlake) doesn’t catch on. And soon her efforts appear in vain when Scott (Timberlake) encounters the ridiculously named Amy Squirrel (played by Lucy Punch) whose hokey goodhearted nature ranges from annoying to nauseating. In addition, Diaz’s character maintains a friendship with the gym teacher (Jason Segel) based in shared apathy and sarcasm. Is it funny? It has its moments, but overall the comparisons made between this and Bad Santa are accurate. Bad Santa being the role Billy Bob Thornton liked so much that he played it several times in “different” movies as characters with different names. This facsimile, on the other hand, is tame by comparison in addition to being largely dependant on the looks of its 38 year-old star who really should’ve past this sort of thing. Lowest common denominator drivel.

just a great quite edgy & humorous movie that had me cracking up quite a bit & I loved Cameron Diaz's character in it. if you haven't seen this movie you should. It just may prove to be worth your while.

Diaz is believable as a teacher abusing the system but Timberlake just isn't believable as a teacher. Extras are good.

I bought this on a recommendation from a friend. It was pretty messed up.

This was a funny movie. I haven't laughed so hard in a while.

I very much enjoyed this movie, it was fast paced and funny

This movie is definitely not cinematic excellence, but it's cute enough to pass the time.

great funny movie, this was actually very funny and I was suprised how much I liked it

This is a pretty funny comedy. It is worth a watch sometime.

I really thought this movie had lots of potential but fell below expectations for a film that starred Cameron Diaz as a hot teacher.

Bad Teacher had moments of good humor but overall just average