She brightens when Scott, a new teacher, turns out to be rich, and she stops showing films and sleeping in class when told there's a bonus for the teacher whose class scores highest on the state exam.

Cameron Diaz’s fem spin on Billy Bob Thornton’s Bad ... movie barely register, except as punching bags. And the editing has the subtle edge of a buzzsaw. How did Elizabeth even become a teacher?

"Bad Teacher" movie review: You know those films about inspirational teachers, people who make a difference? Films like "Stand and Deliver"? "Lean on Me"? "Dangerous Minds"? Elizabeth Halsey knows ...

The truth is they were having adult lives — dating, breaking up, sleeping with each ... are a little more exposed. The movie pretty much stopped at the bad teacher concept, but the fun part ...

so she can’t erase the movie’s slow spots (it feels much, much longer than its 92-minute running time, never a good sign for a comedy). “Bad Teacher” is as uneven as that wobbly desk you ...

He's sleeping next to his ... on the folly of copying a bad movie too closely to TV, look no further than CBS's limp take on the Cameron Diaz film Bad Teacher, debuting April 24.

“Bad Teacher” is a classic underachiever ... They don’t make a “yes” easy. The movie starts as Elizabeth is wrapping up what she thinks will be her first and last year at the local ...

By THR Staff Bad Teacher Cameron Diaz ... and inappropriately tight skirts, the movie offers Diaz a pretty bland badness. She plays Elizabeth Halsey, a teacher desperate to land a rich husband ...

In a summer movie season when comedies are hard to come by and films with explosions and very little exposition dominate, it’s comforting in a raunchy way, to fully embrace Bad Teacher.