Kindergarten Cop (1990)

Who payed the critics

Boring

Best movie of this year hands down!

It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

This truly is a lovely Schwarzenegger Classic movie that i watched so many times growing up on video, i remember this movie from very young & always loved Arnold films he was the first actor i knew & liked & here he is a joy to watch & that's also because the great Ivan reitman knows great feelgood comedy!!! Schwarzenegger gives a fun performance as Richard Kimble the under cover cop pretending to be a kindergarten teacher & it's so much fun with cool quotable lines & a beautiful music score & excellently directed by REITMAN make this old school cop comedy Thriller a true classic!!! Won't need to talk about the plot or story as everyone knows it!!!! Just a great fun family film with some comedy,drama & action but mixed together perfectly by director ivan reitman & a great performance by Schwarzenegger, a childhood CLASSIC that I've watched hundreds of times, it's so much fun

Los Angeles police officer John Kimble has been after drug lord Cullen Crisp for years and finally arrests him after he murders a man who told Crisp that he's seen his estranged wife. Apparently when she left she took their soon and three million dollars and now she is living in Astoria, Oregon. Kimble heads north with partner Phoebe O'Hara; it is planned that she, as a former teacher, will go undercover at the local school to identify Crisp's son and thus his ex-wife who they hope will testify... they have no idea of the boy's current name and there are no decent pictures of him or his mother. Unfortunately Phoebe gets ill so Kimble must play teacher... how hard can it be? He soon finds out that six year olds are much harder to deal with than criminals! He must figure out how to deal with the children while trying to identify Crisp's family. Inevitable before long Crisp is bailed and heads to Astoria looking for his son.One might think that because this is a comedy set in a kindergarten class it will be a family film suitable for all ages... it isn't. There are scenes of violence at the start and end as well as scenes of sustained threat to a child that are too intense for children. The sight of Arnie struggling with a class full of six-year olds is pretty funny; he does a fine job in the role. Pamela Reed also really impresses as his partner Phoebe. There are also notable performances from Linda Hunt as the school principal and Penelope Ann Miller as a fellow teacher who has a son at the school and provides a possible love interest for Kimble. The children of the class feel natural and provide many of the film's laughs. The identity of Crisp's wife and family aren't too obvious as there are a number of possibilities... that said when we do learn who they are it isn't a huge surprise. The early parts of the film, and its ending are the best; it did drag a little in the middle as Kimble gets control of her class. Overall I'd recommend this to Arnie's other films; just don't expect the action to be as full on as his earlier '80s films.

It's a fun film. Not a thinking film ... just plain fun. We get to see Ahnuld the action cop and Ahnuld the sentimental sap. He once again gets to interact with little people be they kindergarten kids or the diminutive principal wonderfully played by Helen Hunt. His partner is played by Pamela Reed and she is one of the best characters ever. Funny, tough, flu ridden and hungry! Penelope Ann Miller plays the love interest well.Wasn't too thrilled with some of the lines the little kids said but that may be just me. The holiday presentation was cute.We know the villain is a bad guy just by seeing his long greasy ponytail. His mother is played by Carroll Baker and is a great rival to Angela Lansbury's Manchurian Candidate mother-from-Hades. Have some spare minutes ? They would be well spent checking this one out. It's funny. It's suspenseful. It's not a total waste of time ! What more can you ask of an Ahnuld little movie ?

I was just a kid myself, well, 16, when I first saw this total gem. I thought it was cute, adventurous and hilarious. 25 years later, it still holds up as one of Arnold's best and even as a comedy, it contains some memorable lines. So memorable, in fact, if just merely mentioned in conversation decades later, people would instantly recognize the reference. I love Arnold's action pics from both the 80s and beyond this into the 90s, but, by far, this is one of his best performances to date and best comedy. In truth, this movie shouldn't have worked. It had all the clichés and predictability stacked against it, even in 1990. But, Director Ivan Reitman sure did know how to tie everything in, even for a kids movie really only made for adults. Totally recommended, even if you've seen it before.* * *Final thoughts: I just heard, coincidentally following my much needed and delayed purchase of the BluRay that they decided to remake this. Bah! Really? What needs to be improved on? Do they need to update this and the police's tactic to 2015 or 2016? Nope. But, if they must, and they make the final call, sadly, they MUST include the three most famous and quotable lines:"Boys have a penis, and girls have a vagina.""I'm not a policeman, I'm a princess!""It's not a tumor!"