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Kindergarten Cop

  • 1990
  • PG-13
  • 1h 51m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
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Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert Cave, Christian Cousins, Joseph Cousins, Ben Diskin, Miko Hughes, Sarah Rose Karr, Tom Kurlander, Ross Malinger, Marissa Rosen, and Tameka Runnels in Kindergarten Cop (1990)
Cop DramaHigh-Concept ComedyActionComedyCrime

A tough cop must pose as a kindergarten teacher in order to locate a dangerous criminal's ex-wife, who may hold the key to putting him behind bars.A tough cop must pose as a kindergarten teacher in order to locate a dangerous criminal's ex-wife, who may hold the key to putting him behind bars.A tough cop must pose as a kindergarten teacher in order to locate a dangerous criminal's ex-wife, who may hold the key to putting him behind bars.

  • Director
    • Ivan Reitman
  • Writers
    • Murray Salem
    • Herschel Weingrod
    • Timothy Harris
  • Stars
    • Arnold Schwarzenegger
    • Penelope Ann Miller
    • Pamela Reed
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    168K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,511
    779
    • Director
      • Ivan Reitman
    • Writers
      • Murray Salem
      • Herschel Weingrod
      • Timothy Harris
    • Stars
      • Arnold Schwarzenegger
      • Penelope Ann Miller
      • Pamela Reed
    • 196User reviews
    • 53Critic reviews
    • 61Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 1 nomination total

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    • Det. John Kimble
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    • Joyce
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    • Crisp
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    • Eleanor Crisp
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    • Director
      • Ivan Reitman
    • Writers
      • Murray Salem
      • Herschel Weingrod
      • Timothy Harris
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    • Trivia
      Arnold Schwarzenegger has said this is his favorite role of all his movies. It was a departure from his typical action heroes, and he loved working with the children.
    • Goofs
      As often happens in Hollywood productions, when one fire sprinkler was set off, the others were also. This is not how most fire sprinkler systems work.

      To minimize water damage to property, individual fire sprinkler heads are set off by extreme heat or flame, extinguishing the fire on scene.

      Running sprinklers in unaffected rooms and halls, would cause excessive damage and reduce water pressure for the important areas, and for any firefighters.
    • Quotes

      Detective John Kimble: I have a headache.

      Lowell: It might be a tumor.

      Detective John Kimble: It's not a tumor! It's not a tumor. At all!

    • Crazy credits
      At the beginning of the film, the opening credits are used with written straight-line colors
    • Alternate versions
      The UK cinema version was cut by 19 secs by the BBFC for a 12 certificate with edits to footage of: a woman being slapped in the face, a head-butt, a man's head being hit against a car door, a baseball attack on a woman being reduced to one hit and the subsequent sight of the bat aimed at her midriff, and a reduction in gunshots (from 5 to 2). The cuts were fully restored in the 15 rated video release.
    • Connections
      Edited into 5 Second Movies: Kindergarten Cop (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      The Party Starts Now!
      Music by Andy Shernoff
      Performed by Manitoba's Wild Kingdom

    User reviews196

    Featured review
    7/10

    A Film That Ages Well

    A tough cop (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is given his most difficult assignment ever: to masquerade as a kindergarten teacher in order to find a drug dealer.

    When this film first came out, it was panned by just about everyone besides Roger Ebert. Looking back 25 years later, Ebert was probably the only one who got it right. While not the greatest comedy, and certainly not a great action film, this movie has a certain charm that resonates beyond the typical demographic for Arnold's films.

    The only thing that really ages poorly is the bad guy's hair. But, to be fair, his hair was probably considered atrocious in 1990, too.
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    • Jan 17, 2015
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    • Release date
      • December 21, 1990 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
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    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Un detective en el kinder
    • Filming locations
      • Astoria, Oregon, USA
    • Production companies
      • Imagine Entertainment
      • Northern Lights Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $15,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $91,457,688
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $7,918,560
      • Dec 23, 1990
    • Gross worldwide
      • $201,957,688
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 51 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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