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Kindergarten Cop (1990)

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.

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Storyline

John Kimble is a tough city cop who's been on the trail of drug dealer Cullen Crisp for years. He finally tracks Crisp down but it seems the only person that can testify against him is his ex-wife. The problem is she's disappeared and all Kimble knows is the name of the school in Oregon where her son attends. When things don't quite go to plan, Kimble finds he has to go undercover on his toughest assignment yet - Kindergarten teacher! Written by Col Needham <[email protected]>

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Go ahead, you tell him you didn't do your homework. See more »

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21 December 1990 (USA)  »

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Un detective en el kinder  »

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Budget:

$26,000,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$91,457,688

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$201,957,688
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1.85 : 1
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Trivia

Most of the kids in the classroom were non-actors that grew up in Southern California. See more »

Goofs

John and Phoebe travel on an MD-80 aircraft. There are five seats per row in these planes, but the set was constructed with six. See more »

Quotes

[Kimble is searching the evacuated school for Crisp. Hearing something, he bursts in a door, pointing his gun]
Detective John Kimble: Freeze!
Kissing Boy: AAH!
[It turns out to be a teenage kid making out with his girlfriend - making it the second time Kimble's burst in on such a situation with his gun]
Detective John Kimble: [extremely annoyed] Don't you know the building is on fire?
Kissing Boy: We-we thought it was just another drill.
Detective John Kimble: Well, get out!
Kissing Boy: Yes, sir!
[they run]
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Soundtracks

The Party Starts Now!
Music by Andy Shernoff
Performed by Manitoba's Wild Kingdom
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Funny, Heartwarming, and a Bit of Action
21 September 2005 | by – See all my reviews

Before I comment, I would just like to say this is my first time on IMDb reviewing a film. I am a big Arnold Schwarzenegger fan and I thought this was one of his finest. I am such a big fan, I can spell his last name without thinking about it and I have a bobble head of Terminator 3 on my computer. Anyways, this movie was great. It was funny in a heartwarming children's comedy sort of way for most of it. It has some of the best Arnold Schwarznegger quotes ever such as, "DOMINIC!" "STOP WHINING!" and "IT'S NOT A TUMOR!" There are also some pretty quotable quotes by other actors. There was decent action scenes for a comedy. The supporting actors did a swell job especially the antagonist and Kimble's partner. I enjoyed the film and would think it should be in the top 250 films list, but everyone has their own opinion and I respect that... sort of. Overall swell movie. I would watch it with your family, but be warned that there are some sexual references and profane or lewd speech so don't watch it with little kids. I would stick with 10 and up.


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