bensonmum2
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 realizes, to his amazement, that he enjoys teaching the kids. He also finds a love interest in one of the other teachers, Joyce (Penelope Ann Miller) - a single mother whose son is in Kimble's class. And, as luck would have it, Kimble discovers that Joyce is Crisp's ex-wife. How convenient! Kimble will have to act fact, though, because Crisp is on his way to collect his son.For the most part, Kindergarten Cop is an enjoyable movie. Schwarzenegger seems naturally unnatural around the kids, but that works in the film's favor. Kimble should be awkward around his class. There are a number of humorous interactions between the un-humorous Kimble and the kids - my favorite being his reaction to the kid obsessed with death. Good stuff. As awkward as Schwarzenegger is around the children, it's the exact opposite when it comes to his co-star, Miller. There's a nice chemistry between the two that really shows on-screen. I would have loved to see the pair make more movies together. Another plus for kindergarten cop is Pamela Reed playing Kimble's partner. Reed is always good and gives a solid performance here. Throw in some nice action toward the film's conclusion and Kindergarten Cop ends up being a nice experience. I do, however, have two complaints. First, the film is too long. I really think that if just 10 to 15 minutes were cut from the runtime, it would be a better, tighter movie. Cut the scenes with Cathy Moriarty, for example. They add zilch to the final product. Second, baddie Crisp and his mother aren't threatening enough. They're jokes. Had the pair been played with a more menacing tone, the final showdown would have been even better. Still, it's a solid film as is.
slightlymad22
Continuing My plan to watch every movie in Arnie's filmography in order, I come to Kindergarten Cop. Plot In A a paragraph: Detective John Kimble (Arnie) is a tough cop given his most difficult assignment, to go under cover as a kindergarten teacher in order to find a drug dealer.Even bearing in mind this is a kids movie, Cullen Crisp is simply the worst bad guy to ever grace an Arnie movie. Even his over bearing mother is painful. But that's OK, because John Kimble is a cool character in the opening scene's and then the real fun in this movie is Arnie with the kids. I used to have a crush on Penelope Anne Miller in this, and she is still cute!! None of my teachers ever looked like her. Lol In his autobiography Total Recall, Arnie tells how he waited for a year to make this with Ivan Reitman (who was busy with Ghostbusters 2) and how he insisted that the script be rewrote to include broken homes, child abuse and he also wanted a physical fitness theme added too, as he was heavily involved in The Presidents Council On Physical Fitness at the time (which also explains his cameo in 1993's Kevin Klein movie Dave)The 10th highest grossing movie of 1990 with a gods of $91 million at the domestic box office. The only time Arnie had 2 movies in the top ten highest grossing movies of the year.
dworldeater
Arnie goes deep, deep, deep undercover in his second comedy collaboration with director Ivan Reitman. Although it does not hold up as well as some of his other work and is not nearly as good or as funny as Twins, Kindergarden Cop is still alright. Only Arnold Schwarzenegger could pull off playing a cop that goes undercover as a kindergarden teacher. Comic genius Ivan Reitman and man of action Arnold Schwarzenegger somehow make this ridiculous premise work, delivering the goods for some very wholesome and very cheesy family entertainment. While this film is not among my favorite titles in Mr. Schwarzenegger's filmography, it is one that I at least find to be watchable. Arnie's buddy Sly saw his success in the comedy realm and followed suite(and failed miserably) with such "great" movies like Oscar and Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot. By comparison Kindergarden Cop is much better and it also managed to make a lot of money and gained a lot of fans.
SnoopyStyle
Police detective John Kimble (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is tracking stone-cold killer Cullen Crisp (Richard Tyson). He arrests him for murder. Detective Phoebe O'Hara (Pamela Reed) is assigned to be his partner. They track Cullen's ex Rachel (Penelope Ann Miller) to an Oregon kindergarten after she supposedly stole Cullen's millions and their son. O'Hara is sick and Kimble is pressed into undercover work as a substitute teacher looking for which mother is the former drug lord wife.The setup is a bit too dangerous. The basic premise is to get Arnold into a kindergarten class. That is actually a very funny premise. He is hilarious with the kids. The problem is that it's also a violent crime drama. There's no way to bridge the two disparate aspects of this movie. It works as a comedy as long as Arnold's with the kids and nobody remembers the cold blooded killers lurking out there. Once the movie touches anything serious, the movie grinds to a halt.
AD
