Bad Teacher

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Bad Teacher

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Released Jun 24, 2011

1h 32m

Romance

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For most, teaching is an honorable profession -- except for Elizabeth (Cameron Diaz). The foul-mouthed, boozy woman can't wait to marry a rich man and quit her job, but she has to rethink her plans when her sugar daddy dumps her. Then Scott Delacorte (Justin Timberlake), a substitute teacher who's cute and rich, arrives. Elizabeth can't wait to sink her teeth into a new meal ticket, but she faces stiff competition from Amy (Lucy Punch), a popular and perky colleague.

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Critics Consensus

In spite of a promising concept and a charmingly brazen performance from Cameron Diaz, Bad Teacher is never as funny as it should be.

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Sara Reihani

Bitch Media

Just a banal, boring kind of awful.

Jan 7, 2021

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Anna Smith

metro.co.uk

Much like one of Elizabeth's classes, there are no lessons to be learned, but this mischievous, borderline amoral little number passes the time in a surprisingly amusing fashion.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 24, 2018

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

While a few of Diaz's scenes with Timberlake and his gift for the deadpan seem as if they're going to amount to something, the script's dialogue fails them.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jul 19, 2011

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Sarah Vincent

Sarah G Vincent Views

Comedy lovers will appreciate Bad Teacher as one of the early pioneering movies that let women be as imperfect, shiftless and messy as the guys in a Judd Apatow movie.

Jan 4, 2025

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Any attempt to be like other teacher movies and make memorable students roles to go with the lead teacher takes a backseat to focusing on an evil Cameron Diaz and her rocking bod.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 16, 2024

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

The filmmakers play it safe, which is exactly what anyone seeing this movie doesn’t want.

Rated: 2/4

Mar 11, 2023

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Juan S

What a boring movie.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/30/25

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tim s

As far as comedies go, Bad Teacher is a laugh riot. The blend of raunchy and slapstick humor delivers laughs in spades. Cameron Diaz's against-type performance nicely encapsulates her "I don't have time for this" attitude. Perfectly rounding out the supporting cast are Jason Segel and Justin Timberlake - two other teachers who insert themselves into the antics of middle school teaching.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/23/25

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kate r

a genuinely funny movie if you are into the raunchy comedy style

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/16/25

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Leaburn O

A decent comedy. Funny to think Justin was acting with his ex. Diaz is very good in this. Plays a mean girl well. Some funny moments in here. Watched on DVD.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/25

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Blu B

It's Bad (every Pun Intended) It's not well made on a fundamental level and it commits the biggest sin a comedy can....It's not funny. There is so many subplots that go nowhere. The J.T. love story, the kids are really an after thought, the love story with the gym teacher is so rushed at the end because it just meanders and suff just happens that isn't funny. It actually is kind of funny the first 5 minutes but it uses up all it's ammo right there. 90% of the time the jokes fall flat or it's just boring. It's all surface level stuff that isn't clever. Cameron Diaz is alright but she isn't given much to work with. The "villian" isn' that good either. Skip This.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/09/24

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Linaneor A

i rarely laugh watching this type of movies but this one made me laugh every 5 minutes. the score should be much higher

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/19/24

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Jake Kasdan

Director

Cameron Diaz

Elizabeth Halsey

Justin Timberlake

Scott Delacorte

Jason Segel

Russell Gettis

Lucy Punch

Amy Squirrel

John Michael Higgins

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Synopsis

For most, teaching is an honorable profession -- except for Elizabeth (Cameron Diaz). The foul-mouthed, boozy woman can't wait to marry a rich man and quit her job, but she has to rethink her plans when her sugar daddy dumps her. Then Scott Delacorte (Justin Timberlake), a substitute teacher who's cute and rich, arrives. Elizabeth can't wait to sink her teeth into a new meal ticket, but she faces stiff competition from Amy (Lucy Punch), a popular and perky colleague.

Director: Jake Kasdan
Producer: Jimmy Miller, David B. Householter
Screenwriter: Gene Stupnitsky, Lee Eisenberg
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Production Co: Columbia Pictures, Mosaic
Rating: R (Nudity|Language|Sexual Content|Some Drug Use)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 24, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 7, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $100.3M
Runtime: 1h 32m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS

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