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Bad Teacher
A lazy, incompetent middle school teacher who hates her job and her students is forced to return to her job to make enough money for a boob job after her rich fiancé dumps her.
2011 · Directed by Jake Kasdan · 92 min · Comedy · Screenplay in the scene database · 8 frames
Tagline
She doesn't give an "F."
Plot
Elizabeth Halsey is a lazy and immoral teacher at John Adams Middle School in Chicago. She curses at her students, drinks heavily, smokes marijuana, and lets her students watch movies so she can sleep through class. She plans to quit teaching and marry her wealthy fiancé Mark, but he dumps her when his mother shows him that Elizabeth is only after his money, so she resumes her job.
Elizabeth tries to win over wealthy substitute teacher Scott Delacorte, rejecting advances from gym teacher Russell Gettis. Her dedicated and enthusiastic colleague Amy Squirrel also pursues Scott.
Discovering that Scott's ex-girlfriend had large breasts, Elizabeth plans to get breast implants. To afford the $9,300 procedure, she participates in the school's 7th-grade car wash wearing provocative clothing and manipulates parents into giving her money for school supplies and tutoring. Amy informs the principal about Elizabeth's embezzlement, but he dismisses the claims when no evidence is provided.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Gene Stupnitsky, Lee Eisenberg
- Cinematography: Alar Kivilo
- Edited by: Tara Timpone
- Music: Michael Andrews
- Production design: Jefferson Sage
- Produced by: Jimmy Miller, David B. Householter
Cast
- Cameron Diaz as Elizabeth Halsey
- Justin Timberlake as Scott Delacorte
- Jason Segel as Russell Gettis
- Lucy Punch as Amy Squirrel
- Phyllis Smith as Lynn Davies
- Kaitlyn Dever as Sasha Abernathy
- John Michael Higgins as Principal Wally Snur
- Thomas Lennon as Carl Halabi
- Kathryn Newton as Chase Rubin-Rosse
- Molly Shannon as Melody (Garrett's Mom)
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Columbia Pictures, Mosaic Media Group
- Budget: $20,000,000
- Box office: $216,197,492
- Themes: classroom, manipulation, teacher, school, middle school, incompetence, gold digger, workplace comedy, horrible person, selfish woman
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