Dir: Jake Kasdan
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Jason Segel.
Bad Teacher follows Elizabeth Halsey (Diaz) as she does everything she can to get money, bat off advances from gym teacher Russel (Segel) and win the heart of the new substitute teacher Scott Delacorte (Timberlake) with everything from a steamy car wash to stealing.
I found it really pleasant to see a good anti-hero film, which doesn't have a blatant moral thrust into Halsey's face making her stop her misdeeds, but a more subtle message which she bends to fit her own outlook on life.
This is a comedy which rises above the slapstick humour of The Hangover or indeed Bridesmaids. Whilst a lot of the jokes stem from sex and drug use, their tone, and indeed the overall tone of the film, is less crude than that of the afore mentioned films.
So far, Bad Teacher is one of the better comedy films this year, and currently sitting comofrtably at number 4 with £5,659,577 in the UK box office after 3 weeks (sourced from http://www.imdb.com/), this is going to continue being a great summer smash.
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