(DVD REVIEW) BAD TEACHER

Remember that magical time when you were in grade school? That time in your life when your biggest problem was if you got a pimple before picture day or, for guys, got the occasional inconvenient erection in class? Those were the BIG problems! The one thing that I was never blessed with, while in grade school, was an insanely HOT teacher (well, actually I had one in Rosedale Kindergarten, but I will not name names). So, while this movie may not represent exactly what most of us experienced as children....it does represent the type of woman most of the boys dreamed would teach them social studies.

Plot: Elizabeth (Diaz) is at her last day of teaching. She is off to live the dream of every gold digger and marry an extremely wealthy man. The only problem is that the last day of school, right after she quits, her fiances mother drops the bomb that she is not "fit" to marry her son and that the wedding is off....and Elizabeth is cut off. Fast forward to the next school year and Elizabeth is back in class. But when a new wealthy teacher enters the scene (Timberlake) she must battle rival teacher, Amy (Punch), for his affection. All the while, Elizabeth strikes up a great friendship with the gym teacher (Segel). Will she find true love with the rich young teacher or with the working stiff gym teacher?

Thoughts? This movie didn't set the world on fire. Justin Timberlake is funny in it, Segel kills as always, and Diaz was somewhat likable and attractive (in a dirty disgusting sort of way). The jokes land but a lot of it was just giggles, no big laughs. I say check it out if you can download it. Maybe if redbox or Blockbuster Express is low on other movies. Other than that, wait for it to hit TV.