Review of Kindergarten Cop (1990) by Steve A — 01 Aug 2012
Detective John Kimble: I have a headache.
Lowell: It might be a tumor.
Detective John Kimble: It's not a tumah!
It's 90s cheese at it's most representative. This is essentially a type of movie that you can nitpick at and take apart piece by piece, but if I take it for what it is I can find a fair amount of satisfaction.
Kindergarten Cop is about John Kimble, a slick cop who doesn't play by the rules when arresting his criminals on dangerous streets. He now must go undercover as a Kindergarten teacher for some reason that I can't remember for my life.
Detective John Kimble: Oh, excuse me. I forgot to introduce myself. My name is John Kimble...
[racks shotgun].
Detective John Kimble: And I love my car!
What I do remember is the way our "fearless and tough" protagonist deals with these kids. This was Arnie's first movie that involved kids. That element was bad for his career but good for this movie. It is hilarious to see this badass not get along with these kindergarteners. (weather one agrees with that fact or not).
Detective John Kimble: SHUUUUUUUUUUT UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!
Another thing I remember is how serious the movie starts to feel halfway through. It was tense enough and I sure am glad the movie went in that direction instead of some god awful comedy ending which I think we would all be expecting by looking at the poster!
Joyce: You know, kindergarten is like the ocean. You don't want to turn your back on it.
This review of Kindergarten Cop (1990) was written by Steve A on 01 Aug 2012.
Kindergarten Cop has generally received positive reviews.
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