Kindergarten Cop

***Kindergarten Cop*** is a 1990 American action comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and distributed by Universal Pictures. Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as John Kimble, a tough police detective working undercover as a kindergarten teacher to apprehend drug dealer Cullen Crisp (Richard Tyson) before he can get to his ex-wife and son. While undercover, Kimble discovers a passion for teaching he never knew he had, and considers changing his profession to become an educator. Pamela Reed plays his partner, Phoebe O'Hara, and Penelope Ann Miller plays Joyce, the teacher who becomes his love interest. The original music score was composed by Randy Edelman. The film was released in the United States on December 21, 1990. It is the first installment in the *Kindergarten Cop* film series.

## Plot

After years of pursuing Cullen Crisp, an infamous drug dealer, LAPD detective John Kimble arrests him for murder; a witness saw him murder an informant after getting information regarding the whereabouts of his ex-wife, Rachel, who allegedly stole millions of dollars from him before fleeing with his son. Partnered with former teacher-turned-detective Phoebe, Kimble goes undercover in Astoria, Oregon to find Rachel and offer her immunity in exchange for testifying against Crisp in court. Phoebe must act as a substitute teacher in Cullen Jr's kindergarten class at Astoria Elementary School. Phoebe gets a terrible case of stomach flu, falling ill at the last moment, so Kimble takes her place.

## Why It Rocks

1. It had many funny and memorable moments and scenes in this film like the famous Shut Up scene that became a internet meme.
2. Great acting for excellent actors like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Penelope Ann Miller.
3. Excellent and decent music scores by Randy Edelman
4. It was one of the best films with Arnold Schwarzenegger along with other films like *The Terminator and Killing Gunther*
5. Memorable and Funny Quotes like **"What Did It Feel Like To Hit That Son Of A Bitch"**, **"I'm Not A Policeman, I'm A Princess!" and "SHUT UP!!!!!"**

## Bad Qualities

1. Many years later, It had a terrible sequel in 2016 that killed off the franchise.
2. Although it had good moments, it did have some bad moments as well.

## Reception

### Box office

*Kindergarten Cop* grossed $91.4 million in North America, $110.5 in other territories, and $202 million worldwide. It was released in the United Kingdom on February 1, 1991, and topped the country's box office that weekend.

### Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 51% based on 37 reviews. The site's consensus states:

> Arnold Schwarzenegger substitutes his action brio with some refreshingly adept comedic timing, but *Kindergarten Cop* is too grim for children and too cloying for adults.
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On Metacritic, it has a score of 61 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews." Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave it an average grade of "A-" on an A+ to F scale. Reviewer Caryn James of *The New York Times* said, "Like *Twins*, which was also directed by Ivan Reitman, nothing in the film is as funny as the idea of it."

In Kim Newman's review for *Empire*, he wrote, "with a heart of purest mush, the film still manages to be generally entertaining" and gave it 3 stars out of 5. An EW.com review at the time of release notes that: "the movie never quite gels and it is not going to generate quite the mega hit business their producers are counting on," giving it a 'C' grade.

Roger Ebert said the film: "is made up of two parts that shouldn't fit, but somehow they do, making a slick entertainment out of the improbable, the impossible and Arnold Schwarzenegger" and awarded it three stars.

On April Fool's Day 2012, as a prank, it was announced that the film was selected for a release on DVD and Blu-ray Disc as part of the Criterion Collection, a video distribution company dedicated to the release of "important classic and contemporary films". It was said to be selected as important in part because of its genre revisionist use of both the policier and family comedy genres in the same film. It was officially released on Blu-ray, though not by Criterion, on July 1, 2014.

### Legacy

For the video game *Silent Hill*, parts of Astoria Elementary School from the film were used as reference for the location Midwich Elementary School. Several of Schwarzenegger's memorable lines from the film were used in sound boards for prank phone calls that became popular in the early 2000s.

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