To me, this movie is perfection.

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Los Angeles police officer John Kimble has been after drug lord Cullen Crisp for years and finally arrests him after he murders a man who told Crisp that he's seen his estranged wife. Apparently when she left she took their soon and three million dollars and now she is living in Astoria, Oregon. Kimble heads north with partner Phoebe O'Hara; it is planned that she, as a former teacher, will go undercover at the local school to identify Crisp's son and thus his ex-wife who they hope will testify... they have no idea of the boy's current name and there are no decent pictures of him or his mother. Unfortunately Phoebe gets ill so Kimble must play teacher... how hard can it be? He soon finds out that six year olds are much harder to deal with than criminals! He must figure out how to deal with the children while trying to identify Crisp's family. Inevitable before long Crisp is bailed and heads to Astoria looking for his son.One might think that because this is a comedy set in a kindergarten class it will be a family film suitable for all ages... it isn't. There are scenes of violence at the start and end as well as scenes of sustained threat to a child that are too intense for children. The sight of Arnie struggling with a class full of six-year olds is pretty funny; he does a fine job in the role. Pamela Reed also really impresses as his partner Phoebe. There are also notable performances from Linda Hunt as the school principal and Penelope Ann Miller as a fellow teacher who has a son at the school and provides a possible love interest for Kimble. The children of the class feel natural and provide many of the film's laughs. The identity of Crisp's wife and family aren't too obvious as there are a number of possibilities... that said when we do learn who they are it isn't a huge surprise. The early parts of the film, and its ending are the best; it did drag a little in the middle as Kimble gets control of her class. Overall I'd recommend this to Arnie's other films; just don't expect the action to be as full on as his earlier '80s films.

John Kimble (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a cop assigned to put a killer named Crisp behind bars for good. To do so, Kimble needs to find Crisp's son and ex-wife. All he knows for certain is the name of the small Oregon town where the live and that the boy is kindergarten age. Kimble goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to try to find the boy. Even though he's a tough cop on a mission, Kimble realizes, to his amazement, that he enjoys teaching the kids. He also finds a love interest in one of the other teachers, Joyce (Penelope Ann Miller) - a single mother whose son is in Kimble's class. And, as luck would have it, Kimble discovers that Joyce is Crisp's ex-wife. How convenient! Kimble will have to act fact, though, because Crisp is on his way to collect his son.For the most part, Kindergarten Cop is an enjoyable movie. Schwarzenegger seems naturally unnatural around the kids, but that works in the film's favor. Kimble should be awkward around his class. There are a number of humorous interactions between the un-humorous Kimble and the kids - my favorite being his reaction to the kid obsessed with death. Good stuff. As awkward as Schwarzenegger is around the children, it's the exact opposite when it comes to his co-star, Miller. There's a nice chemistry between the two that really shows on-screen. I would have loved to see the pair make more movies together. Another plus for kindergarten cop is Pamela Reed playing Kimble's partner. Reed is always good and gives a solid performance here. Throw in some nice action toward the film's conclusion and Kindergarten Cop ends up being a nice experience. I do, however, have two complaints. First, the film is too long. I really think that if just 10 to 15 minutes were cut from the runtime, it would be a better, tighter movie. Cut the scenes with Cathy Moriarty, for example. They add zilch to the final product. Second, baddie Crisp and his mother aren't threatening enough. They're jokes. Had the pair been played with a more menacing tone, the final showdown would have been even better. Still, it's a solid film as is.

It's a comedy, it's police, it has action ... It's great. It is an entertaining film where several types of genre are mixed very intelligently achieving a fantastic result. In it we see an Arnold again to the rescue, in a dangerous mission, with a "perfect" companion, and a "target" that must protect very hidden. Arnold laughs at himself, from his previous papers, worse so naturally that it is even more fun. I remember reading that years later Stallone compared this movie with his "Stop or my mother shoots" and he did not understand why "Cop" had reaped so much success and his did not ... I did not comment. While the protagonist's performance is very good we must not forget the rest of his co-stars, funny and natural kids that raise a smile when you least expect it. They are irreverent, funny and tender, and you end up feeling as much affection for some of them as he does.

Kindergarten Cop has always been a movie best left on TV. It is not good enough to spend money on, but I'm not going to tell you to skip it. But it is definitely worth watching. This is one of the binds that the movie finds itself in.In one of Arnie's best roles he plays his usual macho self with a hard edge who is any criminal's worst nightmare. The best part about him playing these roles is that he knows exactly how to play them so that the audience can have fun but still take him seriously. His name is detective John Kimble and he is pretty similar to Stallone in Cobra. But Kimble and Kindergarten Cop are both better. (In my opinion at least)Kimble has been hot on the trail of drug dealer Cullen Crisp and Kimble's greatness as a cop is finally bringing that case into a close. Crisp is a typical 90's bad who has long hair, wears a suit, looks innocent, and is always strapped. The only bit that could put Crisp away for good is the testimony of his ex-wife Rachel who lives in Astoria and has a young son. She either embezzled $3 million or witnessed him taking all that, or whatever, it is pretty complex. She fled and now assumed a new identity as a teacher in Oregon. Kimble's partner for the case is former teacher Phoebe O'Hara (Pamela Reed) who will go undercover as a kindergarten teacher to find her son, while John works on the case from the outside. Before she can go in, she gets hit with brutal food poisoning, leaving Kimble to take her place. Can he handle it?So far the movie is like a regular Arnold action film from this period. It is gritty and brutal like his others. Problem is, the movie doesn't quite juggle the realistic grittiness with the charm of the youngsters.Kimble's time teaching is hilarious. He can't handle the mischief of the students which gets the audience roaring. I just wished that there were more actually belly-laughs like it could have had. Instead, we mostly get charmed with smile on our faces. There is even a romance worked into it that has him falling for a fellow teacher (Penelope Ann Miller) whose son Dominic is in Kimble's class. I always liked it. Not much of a problem is set up with this serious subplot, it is the unnecessary other serious subplots added too. Kimble thinks that the kid with the answers is an abused boy named Zack. It is very heartbreaking. When Crisp returns, he turns the entire school into a war zone, which is pretty intense for kids. Don't get me wrong, it was fun. But the movie didn't seem where it wanted to go in terms of style.Kindergarten Cop does feature some hilarious bits. But it does not live up to its full potential as a comedy. Snotty-nosed children with a hard-nosed cop sounds like a recipe for laughter. But the movie wants to capture the realistic grittiness of fighting off psychotic drug lords. Why not just do what any other movie would have done and water down the serious aspect? That would have made more room for the laughter and the entire movie experience that much more pleasant. Could the movie have worked better with another director? Perhaps. Instead we a get a fun movie that doesn't seem to know if it wants to be a serious action piece or a cute family film. We all want the latter.