Film Review – Preschool

As an actor, Josh Duhamel typical gravitates toward more serious roles, often portraying characters struggling with life or troubled people stuck in bad situations. When he directs, Duhamel only makes comedies, and broad ones at that, highlighting his love for slapstick and crudeness in two installments of the “Buddy Games” franchise (yes, two). He’s back with silliness for “Preschool,” joining screenwriter Richard D’Ovidio (“Thirteen Ghosts,” “The Call”) for an examination of two dads engaged in a destructive battle to join an elite school for their young children. It’s not the most inspired story, and the writing doesn’t go out of its way to deliver laughs. Duhamel plays it safe with the picture instead, providing a tired sense of mischief with a movie you’ve seen before. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com