Nursery University - DVD Review
By Cheryl Cheng -- Video Business, 6/22/2009
DOCURAMA/NEW VIDEOStreet: July 7
Prebook: now
> Fascinating film about NYC’s competitive nursery schools.
This fascinating documentary looks at the cutthroat world of New York City nursery schools. Yes, that’s right, nursery schools. The film follows several parents through the numerous steps of securing an application, being interviewed and finding out which schools have accepted their beloved toddlers—all of which is seen to be an unbelievably harrowing and obsessive process.
Shelf Talk: Those who enjoyed such ambitious parental documentaries as Spellbound will likewise enjoy Nursery University. It plays like a Christopher Guest mockumentary, but this time, it’s all real.
Documentary, color, NR (nothing offensive), 90 min., DVD $26.95Extras: commentary, Q&A, tips, deleted scenes, bios
Directors: Marc H. Simon, Matthew Makar
First Run: L, April 2009, <$1 mil.
