Supposedly based on the 2011 comedy, you might be better off renting the movie instead. I didn't watch the entire episode, because it just plain sucks. I didn't hate it, it just isn't very funny. Nobody is even trying here, because even the supporting characters are just as one-dimensional as the teacher. Ari Graynor is no Cameron Diaz, and while the film also strays from reality a bit, I'll tell you it is 20 times funnier than this sorry excuse. It's also a testimony as to why we rarely see TV shows based on movies. One thing filmmakers don't seem to understand: Turning a film into a TV series is like turning an SNL skit into a movie: What works in small doses does not necessarily work in bigger ones.
3 Reviews
1.1 This Bad Teacher Really Flunks Out *
edwagreen24 April 2014
Warning: Spoilers
While I realize that this is supposed to be a comedy, the show itself really gives a bad name to the teaching profession. The principal is made to look like a real idiot. I know that Miss Davis gives up a date with a man of her dreams to work with the social outcast girls in the school, but the whole thing is just ridiculous.
What a reason to teach! Meet a divorced rich guy so that the recently divorced Davis can continue with her current lifestyle.
We have the perfect traditional teacher taking her on, exposing her for her non-experience in the education field and a student- teacher whose grin reminds me of a needy special education student.
This is really one big farce and can only go up as the series continues.
What a reason to teach! Meet a divorced rich guy so that the recently divorced Davis can continue with her current lifestyle.
We have the perfect traditional teacher taking her on, exposing her for her non-experience in the education field and a student- teacher whose grin reminds me of a needy special education student.
This is really one big farce and can only go up as the series continues.
Pilot
bobcobb30129 August 2019
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Ryan Hansen is good in his limited role. There is potential with the David Alan Grier character, but as a whole this show is a mess.
Ari Graynor's acting is odd and all over the place. None of the dialogue seems believable, but more importantly it just isn't funny.
Ari Graynor's acting is odd and all over the place. None of the dialogue seems believable, but more importantly it just isn't funny.
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