Bad Teacher

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Bad Teacher

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2011

1h 32m

Romance

Comedy

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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

Jan 7, 2021

Just a banal, boring kind of awful.

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Anna Smith

metro.co.uk

Aug 24, 2018

3/5

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.

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

Jul 19, 2011

2.5/5

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.

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Sarah Vincent

Sarah G Vincent Views

Jan 4, 2025

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.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Feb 16, 2024

4/5

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.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Mar 11, 2023

2/4

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

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Robert P

@Superbad 4 days ago

Bad Teacher = a *2* star Movie!

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bruce C

@bruce999 Aug 3, 2026

hmmm, yeh she's bad... steeling , getting money, talking of sex, all to get a breast job. but wait...its kind of amusing... and well acted so, yeh, it's not that much of a sexual movie... maybe give it a try, for a laugh.

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Melissa M

@Lisey Jul 25, 2026

This is a badass comedy With a kickin soundtrack. One of the funniest movies of all time. Justin Timberlake plays Scott a nerdy but secretly naughty teacher. Lucy Punch plays Amy who is like a neurotic Mr Rogers. Cameron Diaz plays Elizabeth a smooth talking character who wants the bigger better deal & bigger well you know. To get them she reluctantly teaches that John Adams Middle School. She organizes a car wash but it's the school that gets soaked. She talks parents into buying their own school supplies. When she finds out the teacher whose students has the highest scholastic scores gets a bonus. She teaches a state professor a lesson in adult education. But he is the one that gets schooled. She wins the bonus & admiration of the school. Except for Amy squirrel. She squirrely tries to undermine Liz at every turn. She's soon learns the tables are turned on her especially when Elizabeth switches their teachers tables. By the end of the movie it's Liz that's learned a valuable lesson.

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Kirstie W

@KLoves Jul 11, 2026

I found it very funny and a good watch.

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Ed R

@JustcallmeER Jun 16, 2026

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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Charmaine M

@RT47959506 May 24, 2026

It is possible that American humour does not always cross the pond. Despite Diaz giving it her all, almost literally, this movie not only failed to be funny it was also needlessly crude and at times cringe worthy. I suspect that it may appeal to teenage boys and the teenager lurking in some men but that's about it.

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Jake Kasdan

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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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