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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: C Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Variety Staff Variety A mish-mash of violence, psycho-drama and lukewarm kiddie comedy. Sep 26, 2007 Full Review Kim Voynar Empire Magazine With a heart of purest mush, Kindergarten Cop still manages to be generally entertaining. Rated: 3/5 Sep 26, 2007 Full Review Allison Rose FlickDirect Kindergarten Cop was one of Schwarzenegger's more diverse roles to date, showcasing the actor's talent in more than just action sequences. Rated: 4/5 Feb 5, 2024 Full Review Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) The film, rather insubstantial that it almost doesn't exist, distracted me for an hour and a half. [Full review in Spanish] Dec 1, 2022 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...an erratically-paced yet mostly enjoyable comedy... Rated: 3/4 Aug 13, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

Joel H I used to watch Kindergarten Cop all the time when I was younger, so I was excited to show it to my children. It may have been a little intense for my younger kids. I had forgotten how this is only a light-hearted comedy in the middle of the story, but it’s an action film at the beginning at the end. This really is an entertaining movie. Arnold Schwarzenegger fits the role of the uninitiated teacher quite well, but the real selling point is the kid actors. They are adorable and they do such a good job. I also really like Pamela Reed’s performance. I definitely give Kindergarten Cop a passing grade. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/16/24 Full Review Khadija B I found this movie to be fun and exciting. Arnold was in rare form around the children and let's not forget..."boys have a penis, girls have a vagin*."😁 Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/12/24 Full Review Josh G Such a fun film with over the top scenarios, it half action half SNL sketches stringing along silliness and fun, who am I, I'm the party poopper, oh it's fun and silly an enjoyable watch. Arnold is just having fun in this one. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/26/24 Full Review Jeffrey M Kindergarten Cop was an amazing movie. Arnold Swartzenegger is most well known for a little movie called Terminator. Now believe it or not I have never watched Terminator before, but John Kimble would act like Terminator in my mind. I swear this guy has killed at least 20 people before. If I was to ever see Terminator, John Kimble would be him. At the beginning I was surprised he wasn't the bad guy. Anyway, when The Kimble steps into that Kindergarten class he feels much better behaved. He is at least trying to teach the kids and guess what? When they get annoying he doesn't even pull out a gun!! Guess what? He doesn't even threaten them at all!!!! That Kindergarten class really grew on Kimble. At the beginning he was a hot tempered violent stern person. At the end he became a fun, caring, and loyal person. This character development is predictable but it's a lot. This is like Ebenezer Scrooge character development and the Grinch development!!Believe it or not, this is a divorce movie. Wait what?! A movie like Kindergarten Cop is a divorce movie?! Well it is. There's one side to this movie which is light hearted and funny and there's another side which deals with a serious topic like divorce and is a little more deep. This movie is better as a light hearted comedy, but I like how it tried to address more serious topics. This movie has two themes. #1 is that someone even younger than you can enlighten you and change your life. #2 is that even when you parents don't love each other that doesn't mean that they don't love you. Even though this movie has R-rated potty humor ( you know the line ), it still has serious themes. You could say that this movie doesn't deserve its bad rating ( 51%🍀 54%🍿) and that it is underrated, but I like these ratings for this movie. This movie is underrated, but I think the rating fit this movie. These rating really tell you that this movie can be super light hearted and grim at the same time. If this movie had really good ratings people would have high expectations for this movie, making it even more of an outcast then it is now. Then again, some people might get drawn away because of the bad ratings. If there's a movie that has bad ratings on Rotten Tomatoes it doesn't always mean it's bad. Sometimes people compare it to other really good movies and sometimes that movie pales in comparison to the other movie. But that doesn't mean it's bad. People also might think that the movie doesn't have enough depth and is too light hearted. Well some movie are just made like that. When they are, you have to appreciate it. What a good movie. I give this movie a 78%🍅. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/17/24 Full Review Genesis V IT IS A GOOD MOVIE BUT THERE ARE SOME PARTS THAT ARE A LITTLE MORE MATTURE BUT ONCE YPU PASS THOSE PARTS IT CAN BE A RIOT ESPECIALLY IN THE BEGINNING I RECOMEND I LIKE THE MOVIE SO MUCH I BOUGHT THE VHS TAPE NOT TO LONG AGO. PERFECT FOR ARNOLD FANS ONE OF THE FIRST ARNOLD MOVIES I HAD SEEN. :] Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/24 Full Review Forged S This is one of my favorite movies of all time. I can't tell you how many times I've seen it, probably somewhere in the triple digits. Yet, despite it's age, the movie has held up better than most over the years. Directed by Ivan Reitman of Ghostbusters fame, this movie is one of the most infinitly quotable movies ever filmed, even if the source has long since been forgotten. But this isn't JUST a movie about a cop going undercover as a kindergarten teacher. It goes deeper than that. Eagle-eyed viewers will catch the the numerous instances of foreshadowing or the references to Arnold Schwarzenegger's sizable body of work as an action star. Plus, how can we ignore composer Randy Edelman's score? Every time the main theme starts playing I get emotional. Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/24 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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