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  • 2011
  • R
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2011
  • R
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 32 m

Summary Some teachers just don't give an F. For example, there's Elizabeth. She's foul-mouthed, ruthless, and inappropriate. She drinks, she gets high, and she can't wait to marry her meal ticket and get out of her bogus day job. When she's dumped by her fiancé, she sets her plan in motion to win over a rich, handsome substitute – competing for ...

Directed By: Jake Kasdan

Written By: Gene Stupnitsky, Lee Eisenberg

  • 2011
  • R
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2011
  • R
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 32 m

Bad Teacher

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 38 Critic Reviews
47
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 314 User Ratings
5.3
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Summary Some teachers just don't give an F. For example, there's Elizabeth. She's foul-mouthed, ruthless, and inappropriate. She drinks, she gets high, and she can't wait to marry her meal ticket and get out of her bogus day job. When she's dumped by her fiancé, she sets her plan in motion to win over a rich, handsome substitute – competing for ...

Directed By: Jake Kasdan

Written By: Gene Stupnitsky, Lee Eisenberg

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 38 Critic Reviews
47
29% Positive
11 Reviews
47% Mixed
18 Reviews
24% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 38 Critic Reviews
47
29% Positive
11 Reviews
47% Mixed
18 Reviews
24% Negative
9 Reviews

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85
Jun 23, 2011
Bad Teacher is hardly a perfect picture, but in the context of every other comedy on the summer movie landscape - from the faux empowerment of "Bridesmaids" to the neurotic frat-guy heteromania of "The Hangover Part II" - it feels revolutionary.
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67
Jun 24, 2011
Has its lewd funniness, though not often enough to make it worthy of not only "Bad Santa" but, more to the point, "School of Rock."
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW

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5.3
30% Positive
94 Ratings
48% Mixed
151 Ratings
22% Negative
69 Ratings

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User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 314 User Ratings
5.3
30% Positive
94 Ratings
48% Mixed
151 Ratings
22% Negative
69 Ratings

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10
Clubsocial
May 4, 2015
ore. You can tell all of her songs came from the heart. The only thing that I have to say is that I don't think "Run The World (Girls)" fits into the album AT ALL. Other than that, the album is flawle
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10
nohobobo
Jan 8, 2012
Far funnier than I expected, and way better than the critics' reviews suggest. So many recycled rom-coms out there, nice to see something different. Timberlake makes a great nerd, and it doesn't hurt that Cameron Diaz is still smoking hot.
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60
Jun 22, 2011
Probably it's a combination of those and other elements that leads to Diaz's bad teacher not being as bad as she might have been and Bad Teacher not as good as it could have been.
By Bill Goodykoontz FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 24, 2011
Most of the laughs are collected by Lucy Punch as chirpy, borderline-psychotic teacher named Squirrel.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 18, 2011
What's singularly lacking here is any sense of how to use the underage characters, who, apart from one or two, are a barely distinguishable gaggle.
By Leslie Felperin FULL REVIEW
38
Jun 23, 2011
This fitfully funny but mostly dull misfire defines exactly where the line can be drawn between truly subversive humor and lazy cynicism.
By Ann Hornaday FULL REVIEW
10
Jun 23, 2011
How much do I loathe this film? A lottico is putting it mildico.
By Joe Morgenstern FULL REVIEW
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10
Vic
Dec 5, 2011
Simply awesome movie! Great actors, lifelike screenplay, I love they kept mature language it makes this movie more realistic. Very lifelike comedy, unlike "The Other Guys" which is also an awesome comedy.
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6
Kiva
Jun 25, 2013
i expected less from this movie but it just impressed me when I saw it. It has some great actors, cameron diaz was a great actor to be the bad teacher and the plot is not that bad. I laughed at some moments and that's all. just another american comedy. only that this one was a bit of funny
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6
movierater
Oct 29, 2011
Bad Teacher is a crude disrespectful movie that should not be viewed by children because of nudity, foul language, crude humor, and sexual content. But overall if youâ
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3
beingryanjude
Sep 1, 2014
Cameron Diaz in another easy, typical Cameron Diaz role. Sure, I laughed, I smiled. But I wasn't left with very much more. With a premise such as this, the director and actors truly need to push the wallet--and Bad Teacher didn't.
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tropicAces
Oct 18, 2012
It's just a stupid movie. Every single laugh is in the red band trailer. The rest of the hour and a half is filled with **** jokes and attempting to have the audience like an awful human being. I'm not kidding when I say "Jack and Jill" was funnier. And I HATED that movie.
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Production Company Columbia Pictures, Mosaic
Release Date Jun 24, 2011
Duration 1 h 32 m
Rating R
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Tagline She doesn't give an "F."
Website https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/ochen-plokhaya-uchilka-2011-465673/
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Awards

Teen Choice Awards
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Young Artist Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
BMI Film & TV Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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