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.
There are plenty of quality gags seeping through from the margins.
– Scott Tobias,
NPR,
24 Jun 2011
rotten:
If you're looking for a funny comedy about a cynical, hard-partying school teacher transformed by his students into a paragon of pedagogical awesomeness, skip Bad Teacher and go rent School of Rock instead.
– Dana Stevens,
Slate,
24 Jun 2011
fresh:
Hard to root for such a selfish lead, but "Bad Teacher" has just enough politically incorrect humor to warrant a grade of B.
– Richard Roeper,
Richard Roeper.com,
24 Jun 2011
rotten:
A frustrating mix of smart flash and smirking impudence.
– Betsy Sharkey,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jun 2011
rotten:
If you can see past the dismal sexual politics of "Bad Teacher," which I couldn't, you might applaud the gall of a film that expends so little effort in forcing us to like its central character.