REVIEW: BAD TEACHER
30 November 2011
Music & Movies
5 stars
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Jason Segel
Remember Bad Santa with a boozy Billy Bob Thornton sitting uncomfortable kids on his knee? This is kind of like that except Billy Bob is Cameron Diaz and she’s the crappest teacher anyone’s ever seen. Or the best. She passes out in class, grades papers with “Dickhead” instead of “F,” and just wants to root her attractive co-workers. If we had a blackboard mistress like that in high school we’d all probably have awesome jobs at a men’s mag. As it stands, we just have mediocre jobs at a men’s mag.

The P.E. teacher’s into it, but Cam shoots him down at every opp. Then the tables do a flip, Justin Timberlake rocks up as a substitute teacher, and Cam’s burning for some of that rich-arse sexy back. Taking note that his ex rocked a pair of DD norgolas, she embarks on a quest to save big for some even bigger fun-bags. That means actually teaching, ‘cos if she can get her class up to Big Brain standard, she’ll score a fat cash bonus. Unfortunately she doesn’t know how to do anything but not work, and while we can all relate pretty strongly to that, it doesn’t help our girl get the chest-girth to get the guy. Cue a sexy carwash.

We admit it: It’s good to see a girl struggling to get her some action rather than the pissy real-life dance that is the reverse. Worth it for Cam’s leggy carwash scene alone, too.