Rotten
A mish-mash of violence, psycho-drama and lukewarm kiddie comedy.
Variety Staff, Variety
Kindergarten Cop
Go ahead, YOU tell him you didn't do your homework.
1990 · 1h 51m · PG-13
Comedy
Directed by
Ivan Reitman
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Ivan Reitman Director
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as Detective John Kimble
- Penelope Ann Miller as Joyce Palmieri / Rachel Crisp
- Pamela Reed as Phoebe O'Hara
- Linda Hunt as Miss Schlowski
- Richard Tyson as Cullen Crisp
- Carroll Baker Cast
- Joseph Cousins Cast
- Christian Cousins Cast
- Cathy Moriarty Cast
- Park Overall Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
54%
Tomatometer
Rotten
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.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Rotten
In Kindergarten Cop, he plays off the Schwarzenegger image more gleefully and successfully than ever before.
Caryn James, New York Times
Fresh
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.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Fresh
[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.
Joe Brown, Washington Post
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