Bad Teacher [Unrated]

Director: Jake Kasdan Jake Kasdan

Overview

A booze-swilling, pot-smoking, hard-swearing seventh-grade teacher rallies to get out of the classroom for good by wrangling a rich substitute teacher into marriage in this comedy from director Jake Kasdan (Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story). Cynical teacher Elizabeth (Cameron Diaz) hates her job. She can't wait for the day she finds a man who makes enough cash to let her walk away from her life of middle-school misery, and when her fianc? cancels their wedding plans, her frantic search intensifies. Just when it starts to look like Elizabeth will have to muscle her way through another semester of skull-crushing hangovers, however, handsome substitute Scott Delacorte (Justin Timberlake) shows up at school sporting a fancy wristwatch and the promise of a care-free future. But in order to earn her meal ticket, Elizabeth will have to out-cute perky fellow teacher Amy (Lucy Punch). And it won't be easy, because Scott is crushing on Amy hard. Now, if Elizabeth can just motivate her students to study so that she can win a state contest to earn enough cash for some new breast implants, perhaps she can finally find a means of diverting Scott's gaze. Meanwhile, much to Elizabeth's chagrin, wisecracking, self-effacing gym teacher Russell (Jason Segel) refuses to admit defeat despite being turned down for a date by his gold-digging colleague time and again.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/18/2011
UPC:	0043396385771
Original Release:	2011
Source:	SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMT
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	3:09:00
Sales rank:	20,016

Special Features

Deleted scenes; Outtakes; Way behind the scenes with Jason and Justin; Raising more than funds; ; Unrated edition includes: both unrated and theatrical film versions with extra raunchy footage not seen in theaters!

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Cameron Diaz	Elizabeth Halsey
Justin Timberlake	Scott Delacorte
Jason Segel	Russell Gettis
Lucy Punch	Amy Squirrel
John Michael Higgins	Principal Wally Snur
Molly Shannon	Melody (Garrett's Mom)
David "Gruber" Allen	Actor
Eric Stonestreet	Kirk
Phyllis Smith	Lynn Davies,Danni
Jillian Armenante	Ms. Pavicic
Matthew J. Evans	Garrett Tiara
Kaitlyn Dever	Sasha Abernathy
Kathryn Newton	Chase Rubin-Rossi
Igal Ben Yair	Arkady
Andra Nechita	Gaby
Noah Munck	Tristan
Daniel Castro	Rodrigo (Acne Kid)
Adrian Kali Turner	Shawn
Thomas Lennon	Carl Halabi
Paul Bates	School Superintendent
Jeff Judah	Janitor
Nat Faxon	Mark
Stephanie Faracy	Mrs. Pubich
David Paymer	Doctor Vogel
Alanna Ubach	Angela
Paul Feig	Dad at Carwash
Deirdre Lovejoy	Sasha's Mother
Melvin Mar	Male Teacher (Bathroom)
Rose Abdoo	School Secretary
Jerry Lambert	Morgan's Dad
Jennifer Irwin	Chase's Mom
Christopher Rockwell	Chase's Dad
David Doty	Armando the Homeless Guy
Rick Overton	Philip
Danny Trap	Cowboy at Palace
Matt Besser	Abraham Lincoln (Tour Guide)
Lee Eisenberg	Blacksmith (Re-Enactor)
Bruno Gioiello	Police Officer
Jordan Van Vranken	Crying Girl
Aja Bair	Devon (Chase's Friend)
Michael Andrews	Composer
Finneas	Spencer
Gary Oldman	Actor
Winona Ryder	Actor
Keanu Reeves	Actor
Richard E. Grant	Actor
Sadie Frost	Actor
Cary Elwes	Actor
I.M. Hobson	Actor
Tom Waits	Actor
Michaela Bercu	Actor
Florina Kendrick	Actor

Technical Credits

Gene Stupnitsky

Lee Eisenberg

James V. Hart

Jake Kasdan	Director,Executive Producer
Gene Stupnitsky	Screenwriter,Executive Producer
Lee Eisenberg	Screenwriter,Executive Producer
Jimmy Miller	Producer
Georgia Kacandes	Executive Producer,Producer
Amy McIntyre Britt	Casting
Anya Colloff	Casting
Malosi Leonard	Stunts
Jillian Giacomini	Script Supervisor
Michael Kenner	Key Grip
John Pritchett	Sound Mixer
Paul Berolzheimer	Sound Effects
Keith Bilderbeck	Sound Effects
Robert Grieve	Sound Effects
Greg Cosh	Sound Effects
Melvin Mar	Producer
Matt Riley	Producer
Timothy Graham	Special Effects
Carey Dietrich	Producer
David Householter	Producer
Francis Ford Coppola	Director
James V. Hart	Screenwriter
Michael Apted	Producer

Editorial Reviews

If nothing else, Bad Teacher will no doubt go down in history as the first movie to exploit the full comic thrust of dry humping. Yet for all the deviance, rebellion, and devil-may-care attitude on display in this foul-mouthed comedy, screenwriters Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg's refusal to break from convention ultimately prevents the film from transcending the boundaries of traditional comedy. And though their predictable screenplay may not break any new ground cinematically, the talented ensemble cast still elevates the material enough to earn Bad Teacher a passing grade. Cynical teacher Elizabeth (Cameron Diaz) hates her job. She can't wait for the day that she finds a man who makes enough cash to let her walk away from her life of middle-school misery, and when her fiancé cancels their wedding plans, her frantic search only intensifies. Just when it starts to look like Elizabeth will have to muscle her way through another semester of skull-crushing hangovers, however, handsome substitute Scott Delacorte (Justin Timberlake) shows up at school sporting a fancy wristwatch and the promise of a care-free future. But in order to earn her meal ticket, Elizabeth will have to out-cute perky fellow teacher Amy Squirrel (Lucy Punch). And it won't be easy, because Scott is crushing on Amy hard. Now, if Elizabeth can just motivate her students to study so that she can win a state contest to earn enough cash for some new breast implants, perhaps she can finally find a means of diverting Scott's gaze. Meanwhile, much to Elizabeth's chagrin, wisecracking, self-effacing gym teacher Russell Gettis (Jason Segel) refuses to admit defeat despite being turned down for a date by his gold-digging colleague time and again. No, Bad Teacher isn't a belated sequel to Terry Zwigoff's profane 2003 comedy Bad Santa, though in many respects it feels as if the screenplay may have been directly modeled on its gleefully rude predecessor. Ostensibly a one-note gag stretched out to feature length, Jake Kasdan's feature follow-up to Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story supplements the obvious centerpiece schtick (a dysfunctional adult leading a classroom full of innocent students) with enough running jokes, sight gags, and vulgar wordplay to smooth over some of the screenplay's rough edges. A veteran of the tragically short-lived comedy-drama sitcom Freaks and Geeks (which also featured Bad Teacher star Segel in a major role), Kasdan has a genuine talent for milking the comic potential from the mundane realities of day-to-day school life. And while Stupnitsky and Eisenberg can be hit (The Office) or miss (Year One) as a writing duo, here they manage to score laughs more often than not thanks to their strong penchant for playing on workplace stereotypes. The Office co-star Phyllis Smith scores big laughs as Elizabeth's insecure, easily influenced fellow teacher Lynn (who is sorely missed when the plot takes a detour for a school field trip); John Michael Higgins embodies the typical middle-school principal, oddball quirks and all; and even Freaks and Geeks veteran Dave Allen gets a few memorable beats as the mellow teacher with an endearingly lame sense of humor. The majority of a comedy's success always falls on the main players, though, and thankfully Diaz, Timberlake, Segel, and Punch are all up to the task. With memorable roles in Hot Fuzz and Dinner for Schmucks, Punch, in particular, has been on something of a winning streak that she maintains here by playing up Miss Squirrel's twitchy insecurity to maximum comic effect. Timberlake, meanwhile, delivers a few of Bad Teacher's most riotously funny moments as he sings an original love song to Miss Squirrel and proves you can still get the most out of sex without removing a stitch of clothing. It could almost stand as a metaphor for the film itself: though Kasdan and company seem reluctant to go all the way, they still go far enough that at least half of us are likely to walk away satisfied.