Super Loser Double Feature 7/1/11 Episode 1: Bad Teacher
Prior to seeing this movie I had read some reviews and decided to go anyway. It was all they said and more, in a bad way.
Cameron Diaz barely earned a chuckle. She seemed a little too natural being the bitch and I don't think anyone was rooting for her to turn it around and become a better person, I wanted to see her end up in jail.
It was the supporting cast that kept me from using the top from my soda to gouge out my eyes. Phyllis Smith from the Office was hysterical and underutilized here. Lucy Punch created a character that had some shades of Tracy Fleck from Election all grown up. Kevin Stonestreet and Thomas Lennon easily got laughs, especially during their fight scene.
Justin Timberlake and Jason Segel looked like they had fun making it but these roles were no stretch for either of them. Timberlake channels his characters from SNL in more than one scene.
I also had the feeling that the kids were going to play a larger role in the whole film and that this would be something that 20 years from now, like the Outsiders, where you look back and see how a new crop of stars acted as kids.
I get the feeling that they cut this movie to shreds to try and make Cameron more palatable. It didn't work. The story lines go in many directions and few of them are tied up prior to the thankfully quick end.
Maybe this wouldn't have been so bad if I was as high as Cameron Diaz' character.
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