The most hardnosed critics of Hollywood have actually softened up and liked this movie. Imagine, a movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger playing a cop! Okay, most of you should know why. This is a comedy and most of us can easily be softened up by those cute and adorable kids in the kindergarten.

I will give the same warning those critics gave though; this movie is not for kids. There are explosions, shooting, mentions of private parts and sexual preferences, and subplots involving child abuse. If your kids can take it, and they are in for good time.

One thing I noticed in this movie is Arnold can act. I mentioned this in my commentary on Total Recall. But in that movie, he played the role usually played by Tom Cruise - good guy on the run. In fact, Arnold seem more effective than Cruise. Forgive me, for I am his fan.

In this film, we get to see his gentler side. His character, John Kimble, is a tough mother of a cop who has to go undercover (after his lady partner gets food poisoning) as a Kindergarten teacher. After fighting pimps, pushers and gangsters, he was suddenly facing a group of six-year olds. He tells the partner, after he was advised not to bring his gun to school, ""They're only 6-year-olds. How much trouble can they be?" . "On second thought," she replies, "take the gun." That's it. This bunch of kids are indeed the biggest task Arnold's character has to face in years and what a riot they are.

The kids are cute and adorable, as I said. The best thing is they don't get obnoxious or irritating. They just be themselves, and most of the time, I don't think that they are acting at all. And Arnold works with them beautiful. There is a backstory of him being a divorcee with a son. Suddenly he meets this teacher (Penelope Ann Miller) and her son who is in his class. He falls in love with her and feels the necessary to not to lose his 'family' like he did before. Here, Arnold was in full control of his performance. Other's might have overdone or just dish out lines like they don't mean it. But Arnold did it beautifully. He also used plenty of self-deprecating gestures to full advantage for humour. It worked well, too.

For the first time I am convinced that he can do more than just shoot around and throw deadpan lines. Sure, he has limitations as an actor, especially his facial expressions and accent. So does Sean Connery. Now, there is one role model Arnold should emulate.

The main plot of this movie involves a psychotic drug dealer, so you can expect the usual firepower. Ivan Reitman did a good job of balancing the humour and action, though at the beginning you can almost be fooled that it will be another Arnold shoot-em-up.

As for the comedy, you can expect that during the first forty five minutes, before it getting intense. But I don't mind. I liked the ride and now am safely looking forward for more Arnold comedies.