Kindergarten Cop (1990)
Average Rating: 5.1/10
Reviews Counted: 34
Fresh: 17 | Rotten: 17
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Average Rating: 5.1/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 5
No consensus yet.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger sheds his action image in Ivan Reitman's police comedy Kindergarten Cop, where he plays an undercover cop teaching a class of hyperactive six-year-olds. As the film begins, John Kimble (Schwarzenegger) and his partner Phoebe O'Hara (Pamela Reed) are in pursuit of notorious drug dealer Cullen Crisp (Richard Tyson) and his scabrous mother Eleanor (Carroll Baker). John learns Cullen is searching for his ex-wife and his little boy, and Kimble plans to nail them when they find
Dec 21, 1990 Wide
Jan 20, 1998
MCA Universal Home Video
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Cast
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
John Kimble -
Penelope Ann Miller
Joyce Paulmarie -
Pamela Reed
Phoebe O'Hara -
Linda Hunt
Miss Schlowski -
Richard Tyson
Cullen Crisp -
Carroll Baker
Eleanor Crisp -
Joseph Cousins
Dominic Paulmarie -
Christian Cousins
Dominic Paulmarie -
Bethany Jaye Allyn
Catherine -
Angela Bassett
Stewardess -
Ian Baumer
Sam -
Remone Bradley
Erwin -
Jayne Brook
Zach's Mother -
Susan Burns
Waitress -
Robert Cave
John -
James Chance
Matthew -
Molly Cleator
Schlowski's Assistant -
Ed Crick
Security Guard -
Kim Delgado
Security Guard -
Ben Diskin
Sylvester -
Gene Elman
Judge -
Medha Garg
Latiana -
Ray Glanzmann
Security Guard -
Terry Golden
Low Life #3 -
John Christian Graas
Kevin -
John Hammil
Zach's Father -
Tina Hart
Dorothy -
Betty Lou Henson
Keisha's Mother -
Charlie Holliday
Customer - Daryl -
Gary Hollis
Superintendent Rice -
Miko Hughes
Joseph -
Jim Jim Jackson
Sedgewinn -
Sarah Rose Karr (II)
Emma -
Alix Koromzay
Cindy -
Tom Kurlander
Danny -
Leo Lee
Street Tough -
Chi-Muoi Lo
Dope Dealer -
Ross Malinger
Harvey -
Zachary March
Nick -
Krystle Mataras
Rina -
Tiffany Mataras
Tina -
Ben McCreary
Lowell -
Anne Merrem
Nurse -
Cathy Moriarty
Sylvester's Mother -
Nicole Nagorsky
Heather -
Park Overall
Samantha's Mother -
Justin Page
Zach -
Stephen Park
Asst. to Salazar -
Richard Portnow
Capt. Salazar -
Peter Rakow
Joshua -
Amber Reaves
Mary -
Tiffany Reaves
Kissing Girl -
Catherine Reitman
3rd Grade Student -
Jason Reitman
Jason -
Roma
Manicurist -
Stephen Root
Sheriff -
Marissa Rosen
Samantha -
Tameka Runnels
Keisha -
Jason Stuart
Male Hairstylist -
Heidi Swedberg
Joshua's Mother -
Haley Urman
Courtney -
Brian Wagner
William -
Amy Wald
Sarah -
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Adam Wylie
Larry -
Galen Yuen
Low Life -
Odette Annable
Rosa -
Michael Chapman
Firefighter -
Bob Nelson
Henry -
Tom Dugan
Crisp's Lawyer -
Peter Mark Vasquez
Street Tough -
Lee Dupree
Low Life #4 -
Frankie Avina
Low Life #2 -
Rick Jones
Samantha's Father -
Emily Ann Lloyd
Jennifer
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All Critics (34) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (17) | DVD (3)
A mish-mash of violence, psycho-drama and lukewarm kiddie comedy.
If Reitman's film gets closer than most to covering the bases, there remain huge gaps in plausibility and a romantic subplot any ten-year-old could tell you is just plain icky.
In Kindergarten Cop, he plays off the Schwarzenegger image more gleefully and successfully than ever before.
hough Schwarzenegger remains to acting what ham hocks are to a cheese course, he manages against all odds to be appealing as the Austrian au pair. Think of it as To Conan With Love.
[Director Reitman's] got a way with kids, and found a remarkable ensemble of 30 antic urchins to work with, cashing in on kindergarten's comic terrain and the blurted brutal honesty of the kids.
Kindergarten Cop is made up out of parts that shouldn't fit, but somehow they do, making a slick entertainment out of the improbable, the impossible, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The Terminator meets Mother Goose.
Actually fairly entertaining, buoyed by Schwarzenegger's self-deprecating charm and easy chemistry with his capable costar, Pamela Reed, and the hammiest bunch of tykes ever assembled for a movie.
With a heart of purest mush, Kindergarten Cop still manages to be generally entertaining.
Surrounding Arnold with the giddy kiddies is a shameless, gimmicky stunt. But what the heck...Reitman's actioner still works as a zesty vehicle for The Muscled One.
Ahnold's best foray into comedy territory ... for whatever that's worth.
Ah-nold and an adorable ferret... a daffy but dandy duo.
Kid-friendly violence -- what a concept.
Holds up surprisingly well
Audience Reviews for Kindergarten Cop
Super Reviewer
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- John Kimble: Who is your daddy and what does he do?
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- John Kimble: Thanks for the tip.
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- John Kimble: I'm going to ask a bunch of questions and I want to have them answered immediately.
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- Miss Schlowski: Two more days of this, and he'll quit!
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- John Kimble: [sees a fat kid eating everyone's lunches] Are these all your lunches?
- John Kimble: [picks him up] You mean you eat other people's lunches? STOP IT!
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- John Kimble: SHUT UP!
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