day 3.192

movie review: bad teacher

mix a little bad santa with some school of rock, add a little the sweetest thing, and you've got bad teacher. cameron diaz headlines this raunchy comedy as elizabeth halsey, a gold digger forced to return to her day job- as, what else? a middle school teacher- after her fiance dumps her for being too superficial. immediately elizabeth sets her sights on finding another well-to-do guy willing to let her ride his coattails. luck would have it that the new substitute (played by diaz's real life ex justin timberlake) happens to be an heir to a jewelry function. too bad another teacher, ms. squirrel, sets her sights on mr. substitute. in order to win the love battle against ms. squirrel, elizabeth decides her trump card will be a new pair of fake tits, but she doesn't have the money, leading to a bizarre mix of money-making schemes- all while trying to ward off the affections of the school's gym teacher (jason segel) and ms. squirrel's plan to bring her down. bad teacher struggles to find its comedic stride, mixing good dialogue with poorly executed sight gags and misplaced moments. but, at just an hour and a half it does hold your attention. diaz, timberlake and segel all deliver hilarious performances and i wouldn't be surprised to see all three back at the (spoiler alert) sequel hinted to at the end of the flick.