Product Details

• Actors: Jason Segel, Cameron Diaz, Kathryn Newton
• Directors: Jake Kasdan
• Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Dubbed: French, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Columbia Pictures
• DVD Release Date: October 18, 2011
• Run Time: 92 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (305 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0041KKYGU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,754 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "Bad Teacher (Unrated Edition)" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

As any kid who's ever forcibly shot milk through their nasal passages can testify, the key to a great gross joke isn't so much the content as it is the delivery. The proudly crass Bad Teacher certainly has great big gobs of greasy, grimy potential, chief among them its central performance by an exceedingly game Cameron Diaz, but it occasionally fails to nail the dismount. This film from director Jake Kasdan (Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story) is exactly what the title says: after getting dumped by her rich boyfriend, a lying, cheating, and perpetually boozing middle-school teacher (Diaz) hatches a scheme to con her school out of enough money to pay for cosmetic surgery, while squaring off against the aggressively cheerful teacher across the hall (a very funny Lucy Punch). Lessons are not learned, thankfully. Although the title and attitude recall the effortlessly filthy Bad Santa, Bad Teacher feels more like a spiritual sequel to Diaz's earlier Sweetest Thing, a women-can-be-gross-too comedy that spent more time congratulating itself on how far it was willing to go instead of actually going there. While Bad Teacher certainly has its number of belly laughs and worthy outrages (particularly during a hilariously awkward love scene between Diaz and a nerded-up Justin Timberlake), it's hard not to end up with a general feeling of missed opportunities. Too often, it toes the bad-taste line, when it should be jumping over it with a rocket cycle. --Andrew Wright

Product Description

Elizabeth Halsey (Cameron Diaz) is a foulmouthed, ruthless, and inappropriate teacher. She drinks, gets high, and can’t wait to marry a meal ticket to get out of her bogus day job. When she’s dumped by her fiancé, she sets her sights on a rich, handsome substitute (Justin Timberlake) while shrugging off the advances of the school gym teacher (Jason Segel). The consequences of her wild and outrageous schemes give her students, coworkers, and even herself an education like no other!

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

53 of 67 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars A pleasant surprise. June 26, 2011

By Robert G. Splaine Jr.

Format:DVD

A reluctant teacher loses her wealthy fiancé' and thus has to return to the job she hates. Desiring breast implants, she pursues the bonus awarded to the teacher whose class has the highest test scores. Along the way she is pursed by a gym teacher, tries to connect with a rich substitute, and finds a rival in a fellow teacher, the funniest and most well-developed character in the film. This is a movie that I found funny and refreshing, in that it is not laced with vulgarities and profanity throughout. This is a movie that provides laughs while not seeking the lowest common denominator. A pleasant surprise.

38 of 48 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad Teacher lives up to its name October 7, 2011

By Andrea Polk TOP 100 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:Amazon Instant Video

I really, really wanted to like this film - even a little bit - as I paid top dollar to see it in the theater, but it was so 'bad' that I felt compelled to warn off others. "Bad Teacher" is simply one of those films that could have been better, but because it was so bad, it would be tough to know where to start fixing it.

Cameron Diaz plays a character with no depth (not surprising or even a negative for this genre of films...), no like-ability and yes, she's a bad teacher too - thus the name of the film. Supporting cast including Justin Timberlake as a cute, rich, but nerdy co-teacher, are good enough, but you keep hoping for better and never get it. The story too is so simple, it really doesn't allow any of the characters to be built into much more than sketches of ideas versus characters you want to either loathe or cheer for in the end.

One scene where Diaz's character redeems herself is cute, but the film neither offered up enough of those moments or really funny ones to make this viewer even slightly happy. I stuck it out and watched the whole thing, but while a fan of stupid comedies and the actors in the film, if this was the only choice I had for something to watch - I'd read a book.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Bad Teacher = Bad Movie October 22, 2011

By anonymous

Format:DVD

First off, a teacher smoking pot is not funny. And secondly, I love raunchy movies as much as the next guy. Knocked Up and The Hangover are two of my favs. But this movie is far from that, it's just mean spirited. Cameron Diaz plays plays a very unlikable lead. In short, she is a home wrecker, a liar, and a blackmailer.

Her pessimism towards a little boy is particularly unsettling. She shatters the hopes and dreams of one of her 6th grade students by telling him that he will never be able to get a girl to like him, because he isn't good enough. And she also ruins the life and career of another, very likeable teacher.

The overall "moral" of the movie is that it does not matter matter if you have big boobs or not. You can get everything you want by being a nasty, manipulating, gold-digging whore.

There is no way possible way to spoil anything because the movie spoils itself within the first ten minutes. It is saturated with negativity, and tasteless humor.

I'm giving it two stars because there are some lol moments in the film, but it gives off an overall bad vibe, and sends a horrible message. If you are looking for a just desserts film where the underdog triumphs, and the bad teacher learns from her mistakes, you wont find it here. This is not a movie I want to see again.