Movie: Bad Teacher
Year: 2011
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jake Kasdan
Stars: Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel and Justin Timberlake

Snapshot of Story:
Bad Teacher is a comedy movie that stars Cameron Diaz who’s sole life is to squander other people’s monies in order to live a lavish lifestyle. When newly married husband opens up to this fact, he divorces Elizabeth (Cameron Diaz) very quickly and Elizabeth now has to find a job to survive. She goes back to teaching school kids and finding a man to date that can put her back on her path.

Verdict:
The story has an interesting plot where the director Jake Kasdon could have done more to lift this movie. Cameron Diaz who plays Elizabeth keeps the audience engaged but the whole story is let down by a weak plot. Although the movie is funny at times, it does become a bit tiring in a few of the scenes where the scenes don’t follow from one to the next and one can be left a bit bemused.

Once Elizabeth ends up at the school she has no intention of teaching and get’s by in the worst way possible. She let’s the kids watch tv, while she snoozes from the previous night’s drinking binge or catches up on sleep.

In one interesting scene, Elizabeth hunts down the examiner residing in another state in order to find the answers to an exam paper that would allow her pupils to pass without much effort. Like in other cases Elizabeth uses her charm and good looks to bag the paper from the examiner.

Justin Timberlake’s appearance gives it a fresh look to this movie and he comes across the morally scrupled teacher very well. When Elizabeth finds out how wealthy he is, she sets about to acquire his attention and many mishaps and comical scenes follow as a result.

Towards the end of the movie Elizabeth wakes up to some of her faults and also manages to find genuine love.

Conclusion:
The movie does have some underlying messages to it’s story and shows that teachers can be very neglectful of their teaching and more interested in getting by. Also, the bureaucracy of the teaching system can be clearly seen which show how stifling this can be on the school educational system.

Rating:
6/10