At one point, he deals with a case of child abuse by assaulting, threatening and pressing charges against the father of an abused student, winning Miss Schlowski's favor since she long suspected this was going on. Kimble begins to enjoy his undercover role. With the use of his pet ferret as a class mascot, positive reinforcement, his police training as a model for structure in class, and his experience as a father, he becomes a much admired and cherished figure to the students. Though initially overwhelmed, he adapts to his new status quickly, despite not having any formal teaching experience. The suspicious school principal, Miss Schlowski, is convinced Kimble will not last long before quitting. However, she is incapacitated by a severe stomach flu, so Kimble takes her place. O'Hara is tasked with finding Rachel through her son by acting as a substitute teacher in a kindergarten class at Astoria Elementary School. Partnered with former teacher-turned-detective Phoebe O'Hara, Kimble goes undercover in Astoria, Oregon, to find Rachel and offer her immunity in exchange for testifying against Crisp in court. Critical reception was mixed, though Schwarzenegger earned high marks for expanding into comedy films after his early work in action-adventure productions.Īfter years of pursuing Cullen Crisp, an infamous drug dealer, LAPD detective John Kimble arrests him for murder when a girl named Cindy witnessed Crisp murder an informant after getting information regarding the whereabouts of his former wife, Rachel, who he claims stole millions of dollars from him before fleeing with his son, Cullen, Jr. The film was released in the United States on December 21, 1990, and grossed $202 million worldwide. A direct-to-video sequel, Kindergarten Cop 2, was released in 2016. The original music score was composed by Randy Edelman. Pamela Reed, Penelope Ann Miller and Linda Hunt co-star. Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as John Kimble, a tough police detective working undercover as a kindergarten teacher to locate the wife and child of drug dealer Cullen Crisp ( Richard Tyson), who are living under assumed identities. I give it a C.Kindergarten Cop is a 1990 American action comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and distributed by Universal Pictures. Another sequel that leaves you asking why this was made. Overall, watchable and entertaining but is nowhere close to being as good as the original. The movie is watchable and entertaining enough but does nothing to add to the original and is a straight to video movie that should have been second guessed. The comic relief is left to Bill Bellamy and the supporting cast. This is really Lundgren's first real acting role, and he comes off as stiff and forced. It was strange at first to see Schwarzenegger in a comedic role but his timing was great and it really worked. The original is a borderline classic and is still funny and enjoyable to watch today. With no other option Agent Reed goes under cover as a teacher in the school in hopes to find the list before more people wind up dead. When the owner winds up dead they only have one lead, he was a teacher. I can handle this." Agents Reed (Lundgren) and Sanders (Bellamy) are trying to find a stolen list of names.
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