Elizabeth Halsey a seventh grade teacher, she drinks, smokes pot and swears. She was engaged to a wealthy man but he broke it off. She wants to get out of the classroom for good by marrying a rich substitute teacher. She's not the only one looking at this new teacher prize!! Scott Delacorte is a cute perky fellow teacher and Elizabeth has a huge crush on him. Elizabeth plans to use some of her paycheck for breast implant surgery to up her chances with Scott. When it is announced that the teacher whose class scores highest on the state exam will receives a bonus, she stops showing films and sleeping in class!! There are also competitions for the affections of Scott!! Fellow teacher Amy is a happy person but tightly wound. Amy begins to dig for dirt on Elizabeth to get the bonus for herself.
This is funny but raunchy. Instead of a laugh a minute, you get underwhelming and uninteresting characters. Elizabeth is a terrible teacher, she is jaded, selfish and foul-mouthed. When she finds out about the large check, she goes from a movie every day teaching to all out teaching. Amy is the "best" teacher but she becomes the biggest tattletale. Plenty of swearing, sexual references and innuendoes, dope smoking and drinking. 3* (this movie is OK)
92 min, Comedy directed by Jake Kasdan and wirtten by Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg with Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Jason Segel, Lucy Punch, Molly Shannon, John Michael Higgins, Erick Stonestreet, David Allen, Phyllis Smith, Jillian Armenante, Matthew J. Evans, Kaitlyn Dever, Kathryn Newton, Igal Ben Yair, Aja Bair, Andra Nechita, Noah Munck.
Note: Imdb 5.6 out of 10 with 187,354 views, 44% with 187 critics 36% audience with 84,866 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 2*, Common Sense Media S. Jhoanna Robedo, age 17+, 1* positive 2* violence, 4* sex, 4* language, 2* consumerism, 4* drinking, drugs & Smoking, Metacritic 47 out of 100 with 38 critics (11 positive 18 mixed 9 negative) 5.4 out of 10 with 297 ratings (91 positive 143 mixed 63 negative), Amazon 4.3* out of 5* with 1,203 reviews 2.3* out of 5*.
Special Note: Filmed in Chatsworth, North Spring Street, Plummer St & Oakdale Ave, D.C Stages, Santa Clarita, Los Angeles, California and Lawndale, Illinois. Diaz usually wears Christian Louboutin red-soled shoes because there was a contract between the movie producers and Louoboutin. Diaz and Timberlake were previously in a relationship but they have remained friends after amicably breaking up. Bradley Cooper was considered for the role of Scott Delacorte.
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