Kindergarten Cop

1990 111 min ★ 6.1 Comedy

Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous moppets whose antics try his patience and test his mettle, Kimble may have met his match … in more ways than one.

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Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger

John Kimble

Penelope Ann Miller

Joyce Palmieri

Pamela Reed

Det. Phoebe O'Hara

Linda Hunt

Miss Schlowski

Richard Tyson

Cullen Crisp

Carroll Baker

Eleanor Crisp

Joseph Cousins

Dominic Palmieri

Christian Cousins

Dominic Palmieri

Cathy Moriarty

Sylvester's Mother

Park Overall

Samantha's Mother

Details

Director

Ivan Reitman

Screenplay

Murray Salem

Tagline

"Go ahead, YOU tell him you didn't do your homework."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$15,000,000

Revenue

$201,957,688

Production

Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment

Reviews

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bensonmum2

December 16, 2017

★ 7/10

John Kimble (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a cop assigned to put a killer named Crisp behind bars for good. To do so, Kimble needs to find Crisp's son and ex-wife. All he knows for certain is the name of the small Oregon town where the live and that the boy is kindergarten age. Kimble goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to try to find the boy. Even though he's a tough cop on a mission, Kimble re...

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tmdb44006625

March 10, 2019

★ 7/10

Between Kindergarten Cop and Predator, you will learn about half of Arnold's famous one liners. That doesn't mean Kindergarten Cop is laughable trash. In fact, it's a wonderfully heartwarming story about broken families and how we learn to communicate with children. Also, it's just hilarious watching Arnold interact with kids. This is one of those personal favourites of mine that I watch at lea...

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John Chard

February 17, 2020

★ 6/10

It's his toughest assignment so far! Kindergarten Cop is directed by Ivan Reitman and it stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as John Kimble, a tough police detective who goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to catch drug dealing baddie Cullen Crisp (Richard Tyson) before Crisp can get to his ex-wife and son. However, having no teaching experience previouslly, Kimble finds the children a right han...

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tmdb76622195

June 9, 2023

★ 4/10

Shockingly dated. Sure, Arnold is kind of funny and the kids are very cute, but the constant violence, language, junkies, and aiming guns at small children in this day and age (or any day and age). I definitely do not recommend this for any children.