A cheerfully outlandish, crude, and vulgar comedy without pretentions to being anything else. It's not sophisticated humour and certainly no satire on education systems, making it all the more surprizing that so many reviewers have taken it somewhat seriously. Though it does fill an amusing ninety minutes or so if you're in the mood, wondering what outrageous things Cameron Diaz's preposterously inappropriate teacher will say or do next. For a few moments toward the end, it looked as if steps were being taken to redeem the character - only a few steps thankfully. Diaz is enjoyable in the part, but I thought Lucy Punch's wonderfully named Amy Squirrel, Elizabeth's nice, annoying, rival the funniest character and that a bit more could have been made of their feud.
Review of Bad Teacher
