Kindergarten Cop Movie

Kindergarten Cop
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Run Time: 111 min
MPAA Rating: PG13
Released: 1990
Directors: Ivan Reitman
Genre/Type: Comedy
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Producers: Brian Grazer
Sheldon Kahn
Joe Medjuck
Ivan Reitman
Gordon A. Webb
Michael J. Gross
Plot Synopsis by Paul Brenner
Arnold Schwarzenegger sheds his action image in Ivan Reitman's police comedy Kindergarten Cop, where he plays an undercover cop teaching a class of hyperactive six-year-olds. As the film begins, John Kimble (Schwarzenegger) and his partner Phoebe O'Hara (Pamela Reed) are in pursuit of notorious drug dealer Cullen Crisp (Richard Tyson) and his scabrous mother Eleanor (Carroll Baker). John learns Cullen is searching for his ex-wife and his little boy, and Kimble plans to nail them when they find the former wife, who is believed to have $3 million of Cullen's drug profits. John and Phoebe follow the trail to Astoria, Oregon, where they believe Cullen's son is attending kindergarten. Although the child and his mother have changed names, John hopes they can pick up some clues. By coincidence, Phoebe used to be a schoolteacher and the school board permits her teach the kindergarten class, but Phoebe gets food poisoning and John is forced to teach the six-year-old whippersnappers himself. Along with lighthearted gags with the kids and the pursuit of the drug dealers, John has time for a little romance when he falls in love with one of the teachers (Penelope Ann Miller), who ends up surprising him with more than love.

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Most of the movie was filmed in Astoria, Oregon
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Cast

Actors Character Born
Arnold Schwarzenegger John Kimble Jul 30, 1947 in Graz, Austria
Penelope Ann Miller Joyce Paulmarie Jan 13, 1964 in Los Angeles, CA
Pamela Reed Phoebe O'Hara Apr 2, 1949 in Tacoma, WA
Linda Hunt Miss Schlowski Apr 2, 1945 in Morristown, NJ
Richard Tyson Cullen Crisp
Carroll Baker Eleanor Crisp May 28, 1931 in Johnstown, PA
Joseph Cousins Dominic Paulmarie
Christian Cousins Dominic Paulmarie
Haley Urman Courtney
Amber Reaves Mary
Peter Rakow Joshua
Jason Reitman Jason
Rick Jones Samantha's Father
Emily Ann Lloyd Jennifer Mar 27, 1983
Tina Hart Dorothy
Tiffany Mataras Tina
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Review by Karl Williams
Comic director Ivan Reitman has a field day with this infectious comedy that only goes awry in an alarmingly violent finale that nearly derails all of the fun that's preceded it. Although he has frequently attempted comic roles with limited success, star Arnold Schwarzenegger is a hit here, perhaps because he's lampooning rather than playing against his own muscle-bound, tough guy persona. He's the straight man, allowing the toddlers to take center stage, a generous and unusual creative decision that is mined repeatedly for big laughs. Easily the best scenes in the film feature the star attempting to remain patient with a classroom full of school children, an irresistible idea and the high-concept engine driving the film, which Reitman wisely never forgets. It's only in a climax featuring gunplay and five-year-olds in serious jeopardy that the film strays badly off key, momentarily wrecking the fragile suspension of disbelief that has allowed the Terminator to be seen teaching kids their ABC's. For the majority of its running time, however, Kindergarten Cop (1990) is hilarious and good-natured, an enjoyable frolic that casts an action star with limited artistic range in a creatively different light.
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