Bad Teacher

Cameron Diaz combined with Justin Timberlake and Jason Segel just makes it enticing... but no one warns you beforehand that Timberlake is playing a complete idiot, Jason Segel doesn't get much of a chance to show what he can do, and it's as good as ever with Cameron. Some of the black-humor jokes were pretty good, but I was insanely bored for a while. Cam looked like a posh twenty-something one day and the next day I couldn't count the wrinkles on her face. In short, I found her role, character, and appearance terribly disjointed. The script is also bland, so I definitely won't get above 3 stars. (09/08/2011)

Diaz and the cringeworthy Timberlake, plus Marshal from How I Met Your Mother but embarrassingly rotten. Just sex, boobs and profanity; a waste of time. I can’t understand how anyone would watch or make this… y’all should all think about your lives. (03/09/2011)

Negatives: 1) I’m not very fond of Cameron Diaz. 2) Jason Segel's acting seems like a bad joke to me. 3) The authors could have gotten more out of Elizabeth. 4) Predictable plot. Positives: 1) Cameron Diaz wasn’t all that annoying in this film. 2) Justin Timberlake played exactly the kind of homo I consider him to be. 3) the character of Lynn Davis - confident and determined under all circumstances. 4) criticism of small-town hypocrisy. (27/07/2019)

I don't know if it was intentional - but probably yes - to create a character that is as pleasant as hemorrhoids. Cameron Diaz is past her prime, and nobody can tell me otherwise. To me, she's as sexy as a death woman who puts on a mask. But I don't blame her, she looks good, it's just a question of how natural it is. What's positive about the movie are the male characters. Jason Segel is personally one of the best comedians of recent years. He's incredibly versatile, both as an actor and as a screenwriter. "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" is one of the best romantic comedies of recent times, he even managed to revive "The Muppets", not to mention his musical talent. He proves that in the series "How I Met Your Mother", but also in "The Muppets". In "Bad Teacher", he has very little space, but he used it perfectly and almost stole the film for himself. The casting of Justin Timberlake's role was also great, personally, he shows once again that his acting career was not a mistake. He can make a fool out of himself, and I definitely appreciate that. However, the movie itself is shallow, stupid, and unfunny, every moment Cameron Diaz appeared was torture for me. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2012/06/karate-kid-parchanti-hromy-blesky-uca.html (20/02/2013)

A surprisingly good comedy that I didn't want to see because of Cameron Diaz. I don't need the smiling, stupid dolls she's built her career on. But there's no "sex bomb" here = Yay! She's a brash, vulgar, drinking bitch who cares about money first and herself second, and who hasn't been seen without circles under her eyes for a long time. In short, an ideal, unusual character - and brilliantly acted. The couple, who left the movie theatre in disgust after half an hour, probably didn't expect this. Yes, most of the humor comes from the heroine's conflict with the "normal" rest of the world, but if you join in on the game you'll be entertained. There is also a good scene when the teacher explains to one of her students why his dream girl is not interested in him, and she tells him without embellishment, harshly but truthfully. However, I was disappointed that the film, which had been ignoring clichés all along, ended with the most predictable ending possible. And points off for the unnecessary and awkward bed scene. That gives Bad Teacher a weaker four stars, which is actually something like a B. And I've always happy to get one of those. (21/08/2011)