Bad Teacher

Starring: Cameron Diaz, Jason Segal, Justin Timberlake, Lucy Punch

Rating: R for sexual content, nudity, language, drug use

Score: 2.75/4

This is probably how some teachers wish they could act with their students, Cameron Diaz may get away with it but I doubt someone in the real world could.

We first meet Elizabeth Halsey (Diaz) as she prepares to quit teaching forever because she's going to marry her wealthy fiancè. Unfortunately, the fiancè's mother sees Elizabeth for what she is: a gold digger.

So, Elizabeth is forced back into teaching but soon concocts a new plan. The new substitute teacher, Scott Delacorte (Timberlake) happens to be filthy rich and cute. Elizabeth sets her sights on him hoping to buy her ticket out of teaching, her goal is to earn enough money for breast implants; she is convinced that is the only way to snag Scott. Unfortunately, Elizabeth has a rival. Amy Squirrel (Punch) is the overeager teacher across the hall from Elizabeth, she has her sighs set on Scott as well.  Russell Gettis (Segal) is the goofy gym teacher with a big crush on Elizabeth, unfortunately she only has eyes for Scott.

By far my favorite characters were Lynn Davies (Phyllis Smith), an awkward teacher, and Kirk (Eric Stonestreet), Elizabeth's oddball roommate. They both added the comedic one liners that really made the movie cute. Timberlake's dreamy Scott was also funny; at times goofy and at others distant you can't take him too seriously and neither are you meant to.

There are of course the raunchy jokes and sexual innuendos, along with a strange and fully clothed sex scene, expected in this kind of movie but I found myself laughing. All in all I enjoyed this a lot more than Bridesmaids.