Bad Teacher

story
Elizabeth Halsey (Cameron Diaz) is a Chicago area teacher who curses at her students, consumes lots of alcohol and drugs, and only shows movies while she sleeps through class. She plans to quit teaching and marry her wealthy fiancé, but when he dumps her, she must resume her job as a teacher. She tries to win over substitute teacher Scott Delacorte (Justin Timberlake), who is also wealthy. Amy Squirrel (Lucy Punch), a dedicated teacher and colleague of Elizabeth's, also pursues Scott, while the school's gym teacher Russell Gettis (Jason Segel) makes advances on Elizabeth, which she rejects.[3]

Bad Teacher

Elizabeth plans to get plastic surgery to enhance her breasts, but cannot afford the $10,000 procedure. To make matters worse, Scott admits that he has a crush on Amy, only viewing Elizabeth as a friend. Elizabeth attempts to raise money for the surgery by participating in her 7th grade class car wash in provocative clothing and by manipulating parents to give her money for more school supplies and tutoring, but her efforts are not enough.

She later learns that the teacher of the class with the highest test scores on the state test will receive a hefty bonus. With this knowledge, Elizabeth decides to change her style of teaching, forcing the class to study intensely for the upcoming test. However, the change is not enough and the students have low scores on their quizzes, frustrating her even more. Meanwhile, she befriends Russell the gym teacher, and Amy and Scott start dating.


Elizabeth decides to steal the answers for the state test by impersonating a journalist and interviewing Carl Halabi, who is in charge of the exam. Carl explains he cannot give her the exam due to protocol, and Elizabeth resorts to seducing him, drugging him in his office and stealing the test herself. She also takes nude pictures of him as insurance in case she gets caught. A month later, Elizabeth wins the bonus and pays for the appointment to get her breasts enlarged.

Elizabeth learns that Amy and Scott will be chaperoning an upcoming field trip, so she rubs poison ivy on an apple and leaves it on Amy's desk. Amy gets poison ivy all over her face and Elizabeth replaces her as a chaperone. On the field trip, Elizabeth seduces Scott. They have sex with their clothes on, and Amy finds out because Elizabeth "accidentally" calls her phone during the encounter. Elizabeth gives advice to one of her students, Garrett Tiara (Matthew J. Evans),[4] who has an unrequited crush on a superficial girl in class, which causes her to reflect on how she has been superficial as well.

After hearing the message, Amy switches Elizabeth's desk with hers, in search of incriminating evidence against Elizabeth. Amy reports what she finds to the principal, and a meeting is set up with Elizabeth, the principal and the superintendent. Elizabeth gets away with her mischief through blackmail and Amy informs her superiors that some teachers in the school are doing drugs. When the police search the school, they find drugs in the desk (which belongs to Elizabeth) in Amy's classroom. Amy is removed from the school and moved to another school by the superintendent. With Amy gone, Scott asks Elizabeth to start over, but Elizabeth rejects him in favor of a relationship with Russell.

When the new school year starts, Elizabeth is kinder to her co-workers, has started a relationship with Russell, and did not get the breast enlargements because she feels that she looks fine the way she is. Elizabeth also has a new position in the school, as she is now the school guidance counselor.

Cast

Cameron Diaz as Elizabeth Halsey
Justin Timberlake as Scott Delacorte
Jason Segel as Russell Gettis
Lucy Punch as Amy Squirrell
John Michael Higgins as Wally Snur
Molly Shannon as Melody
Eric Stonestreet as Kirk
Phyllis Smith as Lynn Davies
Thomas Lennon as Carl Halabi
Kaitlyn Dever as Sasha Abernathy
Noah Munck as Tristan
Adrian Kali Turner as Shawn

info
Directed by Jake Kasdan
Produced by Jimmy Miller
David Householter
Written by Lee Eisenberg
Gene Stupnitsky
Starring Cameron Diaz
Justin Timberlake
Jason Segel
Music by Michael Andrews
Cinematography Alar Kivilo
Editing by Tara Timpone
Studio Mosaic
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) June 17, 2011 (United Kingdom)
June 24, 2011 (United States)
Running time 92 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $19-20 million
Gross revenue $148,805,134

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