Kindergarten Cop
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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.
What critics thought
Critics at the time were genuinely split: some found the mashup of action thriller and kids comedy surprisingly workable, while others felt the film was too dark for its young audience and too saccharine for grown-ups. Schwarzenegger's comedic instincts earned more credit than the script did, and audiences ended up considerably warmer on it than reviewers were.
“Like Twins, which was also directed by Ivan Reitman, nothing in the film is as funny as the idea of it.”
Caryn James·The New York Times
“With a heart of purest mush, the film still manages to be generally entertaining”
Kim Newman·Empire
“the movie never quite gels and it is not going to generate quite the mega hit business their producers are counting on”
Entertainment Weekly
Parents guide
- Violence
- moderate
- Sex
- mild
- Profanity
- moderate
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Comedy
Cast & Crew
Ivan ReitmanDirector
Arnold SchwarzeneggerKimble
Penelope Ann MillerJoyce
Pamela ReedPhoebe
Linda HuntMiss Schlowski
Richard TysonCrisp
Carroll BakerEleanor Crisp
Cathy MoriartySylvester's Mother
Park OverallSamantha's Mother
Jayne BrookZach's Mother
Richard PortnowCaptain Salazar
Randy EdelmanComposer
Michael ChapmanCinematographyKindergarten Cop
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.
What critics thought
Critics at the time were genuinely split: some found the mashup of action thriller and kids comedy surprisingly workable, while others felt the film was too dark for its young audience and too saccharine for grown-ups. Schwarzenegger's comedic instincts earned more credit than the script did, and audiences ended up considerably warmer on it than reviewers were.
“Like Twins, which was also directed by Ivan Reitman, nothing in the film is as funny as the idea of it.”
Caryn James·The New York Times
“With a heart of purest mush, the film still manages to be generally entertaining”
Kim Newman·Empire
“the movie never quite gels and it is not going to generate quite the mega hit business their producers are counting on”
Entertainment Weekly
Parents guide
- Violence
- moderate
- Sex
- mild
- Profanity
- moderate
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Comedy
Cast & Crew
Ivan ReitmanDirectorArnold SchwarzeneggerKimblePenelope Ann MillerJoycePamela ReedPhoebeLinda HuntMiss SchlowskiRichard TysonCrispCarroll BakerEleanor CrispCathy MoriartySylvester's MotherPark OverallSamantha's MotherJayne BrookZach's MotherRichard PortnowCaptain SalazarRandy EdelmanComposerMichael ChapmanCinematographyStream
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