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Lesley Messer, People: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Diaz is profanely funny, but the movie often drags." (Read the full review...) 117 words, 06/23/11 Mary Pols, Time: FAIR "It's not that the movie isn't at least a little funny; it is, intermittently.... Diaz wants to be the 'Bad Santa' of education. And she's halfway there, pursuing shock value like a shark." (Read the full review...) 755 words, 06/24/11 Christy Lemire, Associated Press: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...exactly the one-joke movie that you probably expect it to be, but there are enough variations and shadings of that one joke to sustain its brief running time -- just barely." (Read the full review...) 628 words, 06/23/11 Thelma Adams, Us Weekly: VERY GOOD (cg) "Timberlake clearly relishes acting against type as a tweedy people-pleaser who famously can't carry a tune.... give Diaz extra credit for mining her bad self and letting down her guard to prove again that broad comedy is what she does best." (Read the full review...) 148 words, 06/23/11 Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: MODERATE (cg) "...there's so little bounce -- or real shock -- to the film's overly controlled 'look how rude we're being!' black comedy that the audience is left stranded." (Read the full review...) 398 words, 06/23/11 Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: MODERATE (cg) "The students in the movie barely register, except as punching bags. And the editing has the subtle edge of a buzzsaw. How did Elizabeth even become a teacher? The movie doesn't know or care. So why should we?" (Read the full review...) 310 words, 06/23/11 Claudia Puig, USA Today: WEAK (cg) "The film's rhythms are disjointed, and there are tedious patches and gaping holes in the story. No one bothered to create anything beyond a vague outline of a superficial character." (Read the full review...) 469 words, 06/24/11 Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: MODERATE (cg) "...immediately brings 'Bad Santa' to mind and suffers by the comparison. Its bad person is neither bad enough or likable enough." (Read the full review...) 596 words, 06/22/11 Glenn Kenny, MSN Movies: EXCELLENT (cg) "A refreshingly raucous comedy.... Its depiction of a variety of vicious fish trying to crowd one another out of a small pond is sharp enough to elevate it a bit from your average cavalcade of comic raunchfests..." (Read the full review...) 847 words, 06/22/11 James Berardinelli, Reel Views: MODERATE (cg) "The concept titillates - an oversexed, drug-abusing, foul-mouthed, doesn't-give-a-shit woman put in charge of a classroom - but the result is drab, obvious, and disappointing." (Read the full review...) 691 words, 06/23/11
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...a breezily crude comedy about unladylike pleasures... Cameron Diaz taps into her inner thug. It's a beautiful thing." (Read the full review...) 849 words, 06/24/11 Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: WEAK (cg) "Unfortunately, the filmmakers never give us a single reason to root for such a miserable character, whose comic appeal rarely reaches further than dirty words and bad behavior." (Read the full review...) 324 words, 06/24/11 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "...definitely has its moments, but when the final grades are in, it is a frustrating mix of smart flash and smirking impudence.... feels more like a string of comic vignettes than an actual story unfolding..." (Read the full review...) 808 words, 06/24/11 Lou Lumenick, New York Post: MODERATE (cg) "...a fitfully amusing comedy that promises far more outrageousness than it actually delivers." (Read the full review...) 508 words, 06/24/11 Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...moderately funny... shows some nerve. It's raunchy without constantly resorting to a game of 'Can You Top This?' And it's Diaz's show, for better or worse, yet the strongest laughs are earned by Jason Segel..." (Read the full review...) 489 words, 06/24/11 Rafer Guzman, New York Newsday: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Some funny moments sandwiched in a sloppy, cynical script." (Read the full review...) 315 words, 06/24/11 David Edelstein, New York Magazine: GOOD "...a good, raunchy, gonzo comedy in the spirit of Bill Murray pictures like 'Meatballs' and 'Stripes,' but with a woman (quite a woman) talking dirty and drinking too much and smoking dope and..." (Read the full review...) 765 words, 06/24/11 Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: MODERATE (cg) "...immediately brings 'Bad Santa' to mind and suffers by the comparison. Its bad person is neither bad enough or likable enough." (Read the full review...) 596 words, 06/22/11 Karina Longworth, Village Voice/LA Weekly: POOR "...lazy writing, style-free direction and visual design, and a general refusal to aim above the lowest common denominator..." (Read the full review...) 764 words, 06/22/11 Peter Howell, Toronto Star: MODERATE (cg) "...has its amusing moments, but also many where you can't help wondering about the comedic choices." (Read the full review...) 656 words, 06/24/11 Rick Groen, Toronto Globe & Mail: WEAK (cg) "...should be a hoot. But it isn't. Love the theory here, hate the practice." (Read the full review...) 670 words, 06/24/11 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...unapologetically cartoony and weird." (Read the full review...) 374 words, 06/25/11
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: WEAK (cg) "...fitfully funny but mostly dull... defines exactly where the line can be drawn between truly subversive humor and lazy cynicism.... feels strained and mean-spiritedly one-note..." (Read the full review...) 514 words, 06/24/11 Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Breast enhancement gags? Got 'em. Lesbian one-liners? Check. Some graphic descriptions of condom use? Afraid so." (Read the full review...) 490 words, 06/24/11 Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: MODERATE (cg) "The writing seems forced... the film isn't shot or edited in ways that help the comedy deliver surprises or develop momentum. The laughs are kept at arm's length." (Read the full review...) 608 words, 06/24/11 Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: VERY GOOD (cg) "Agreeably off-color and endlessly inappropriate... it drags heroic-educator yarns into the boy's bathroom for a swirlie. This one may not sit at the head of the class, but it earns a smattering of gold stars." (Read the full review...) 410 words, 06/24/11 Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Maybe it's the too-easy ending that feels like a cop-out. Maybe it's the cardboard cut-out nature of the characters." (Read the full review...) 534 words, 06/24/11 Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: POOR (cg) "Diaz purports to wash cars wearing short-shorts and mile-high espadrilles yet only she seems to get wet... you learn more about the moviemakers than anyone in the movie: They have a very sad erotic life." (Read the full review...) 530 words, 06/24/11 Stephen Whitty, New Jersey Star-Ledger: VERY GOOD (cg) "...fast and often funny." (Read the full review...) 550 words, 06/24/11 Amy Biancolli, San Francisco Chronicle: POOR (cg) "The best lines were harvested for the trailer - so if you've seen that, you've seen it all." (Read the full review...) 315 words, 06/24/11 Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: VERY GOOD (cg) "There's a place for rude humor, and that place is wherever we least expect it.... brazenly funny..." (Read the full review...) 254 words, 06/24/11 Steve Persall, St. Petersburg Times: FAIR (cg) "This is a comedy never proceeding beyond its idea pitch and attractive casting." (Read the full review...) 498 words, 06/24/11 Adam Graham, Detroit News: FAIR (cg) "Everyone loves an anti-hero, but usually there's something redeeming about the character that makes you want to root for them in the end. Not so much in 'Bad Teacher.' " (Read the full review...) 425 words, 06/24/11 Connie Ogle, Miami Herald: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...as uneven as that wobbly desk you got stuck with in seventh grade. It's amusing in plenty of spots but wastes too much time focusing on jokes that are repetitive and exaggerated..." (Read the full review...) 578 words, 06/24/11
Karina Longworth, Village Voice/LA Weekly: POOR "...lazy writing, style-free direction and visual design, and a general refusal to aim above the lowest common denominator..." (Read the full review...) 764 words, 06/22/11 Josh Tyler, Cinema Blend: WEAK (cg) "...contains at least a few laughs and you get the sense that somewhere in the script there's a legitimately great comedy waiting to get out. Unfortunately if it's there, I doubt director Jake Kasdan would have any idea how to make it." (Read the full review...) 814 words, 06/24/11 Brett Michel, Boston Phoenix: WEAK (cg) "...will anyone sitting through this slog actually believe the lazy money-grubber will augment her perfectly perky B-cups to attract an overly agreeable imbecile like wealthy new teacher Scott (Justin Timberlake, Diaz's real-life ex)?" (Read the full review...) 141 words, 06/30/11 Nathan Rabin, AV Club: VERY GOOD (cg) "Director Jake Kasdan hasn't had much luck commercially with three fine comedies ('Zero Effect,' 'The TV Set,' 'Walk Hard')... so perhaps it isn't surprising that 'Bad Teacher's' tone is broad, crowd-pleasing, and unapologetically commercial." (Read the full review...) 380 words, 06/23/11 Stephanie Zacharek, Movieline: EXCELLENT (cg) "For the most part, the movie's writers, Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg, have hit the groove just right.... the actors warm to the material's outright insolence." (Read the full review...) 1,268 words, 06/23/11 Nick Schager, Slant: WEAK (cg) "...vainly strives for outrageousness via dry-humping, nude-pic blackmail scams, and desperate cracks about blacks, Jews, and 'Orientals.' " (Read the full review...) 441 words, 06/22/11 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...unapologetically cartoony and weird." (Read the full review...) 374 words, 06/25/11 MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher: EXCELLENT (cg) "...a refreshing breath of just-so-wrongness in today's movie milieu.... an unexpectedly smart pleasure." (Read the full review...) 782 words, 06/20/11
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: POOR "Have talented actors ever struggled so much to so little avail? Ms. Diaz sells her lines like a street vendor peddling fake Timexes.... How did 'Bad Teacher,' which was directed by Jake Kasdan, come into being?" (Read the full review...) 264 words, 06/24/11 Manohla Dargis, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...a breezily crude comedy about unladylike pleasures... Cameron Diaz taps into her inner thug. It's a beautiful thing." (Read the full review...) 849 words, 06/24/11 Anthony Lane, New Yorker: POOR "...a threadbare tale of romantic rivalry... [Elizabeth Halsey as played by Cameron Diaz is] a drag, who slows down rather than quickens the movie..." (Read the full review...) 679 words, 06/27/11 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "...definitely has its moments, but when the final grades are in, it is a frustrating mix of smart flash and smirking impudence.... feels more like a string of comic vignettes than an actual story unfolding..." (Read the full review...) 808 words, 06/24/11 Dana Stevens, Slate: WEAK "Cameron Diaz is enjoyably horrid. But we never detect the human being behind her exterior of awfulness." (Read the full review...) 710 words, 06/24/11 Andrew O'Hehir, Salon: POOR "It's all just an embarrassment, the kind of pointless slog you'll encounter on Netflix in two years and wonder, How the hell did that get made?" (Read the full review...) 912 words, 06/22/11
Leslie Felperin, Daily Variety: WEAK "...sloppy continuity and unfilled story blanks suggest ample post-production surgery on a pic that commenced shooting more than a year ago." (Read the full review...) 795 words, 06/17/11 John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter: MODERATE "Passably funny vision of classroom apathy won't win fans within teachers' unions but isn't as outrageous as it could have been.... Having decided not to risk offending us, it could at least work a little harder to earn our affection." (Read the full review...) 609 words, 06/17/11 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "...definitely has its moments, but when the final grades are in, it is a frustrating mix of smart flash and smirking impudence.... feels more like a string of comic vignettes than an actual story unfolding..." (Read the full review...) 808 words, 06/24/11 Emanuel Levy, Cinema 24/7: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...sharply uneven... ultimately more crude than rude, more irritating than funny, more middle-of-the ground than truly offensive or outrageous." (Read the full review...) 568 words, 06/20/11 Manohla Dargis, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...a breezily crude comedy about unladylike pleasures... Cameron Diaz taps into her inner thug. It's a beautiful thing." (Read the full review...) 849 words, 06/24/11 Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: POOR "Have talented actors ever struggled so much to so little avail? Ms. Diaz sells her lines like a street vendor peddling fake Timexes.... How did 'Bad Teacher,' which was directed by Jake Kasdan, come into being?" (Read the full review...) 264 words, 06/24/11
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