

Kindergarten Cop
Go ahead, YOU tell him you didn't do your homework.
Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous moppets whose antics try his patience and test his mettle, Kimble may have met his match … in more ways than one.
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6.1/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $15M
- Box office
- $202M
- Language
- English
- drug dealer
- dying and death
- police
- crime fighter
- kiss
- kindergarten
- education
- teacher
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United States of America
Where to watch
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- Theatrical6 Nov 1991
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG-1321 Dec 1990
- PhysicalPG-13VHS1 Jan 1991
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical151 Feb 1991
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM3 Jan 1991
CanadaCA
- Theatrical21 Dec 1990
- PhysicalBlu-ray1 Jul 2014
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical3 Jan 1991
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1025 Jan 1991
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical158 Feb 1991
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-128 Feb 1991
FranceFR
- TheatricalU13 Feb 1991
- PhysicalDVD10 Nov 1999
- Digital / OTTVOD26 Jul 2017
- PhysicalBlu-ray5 May 2021
- TVRLT93 Jan 2026
- TVTPRTL928 Apr 2026
GermanyDE
- Theatrical126 Feb 1991
GreeceGR
- PhysicalDVD8 Jan 2006
Frequently asked questions
Kindergarten Cop was released on 21 December 1990.
Audience reviews
5- B7/10
bensonmum2
12/16/2017
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 amaze…
- T7/10
tmdb44006625
3/10/2019
Between Kindergarten Cop and Predator, you will learn about half of Arnold's famous one liners. That doesn't mean Kindergarten Cop is laughable trash. In fact, it's a wonderfully heartwarming story about broken families and how we learn to communicate with children. Also, it's just hilarious watching Arnold interact with kids. This is one of those personal favourites of mine that I watch at least once every couple…
- J6/10
John Chard
2/17/2020
It's his toughest assignment so far! Kindergarten Cop is directed by Ivan Reitman and it stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as John Kimble, a tough police detective who goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to catch drug dealing baddie Cullen Crisp (Richard Tyson) before Crisp can get to his ex-wife and son. However, having no teaching experience previouslly, Kimble finds the children a right handful. Not only that …
- T4/10
tmdb76622195
6/9/2023
Shockingly dated. Sure, Arnold is kind of funny and the kids are very cute, but the constant violence, language, junkies, and aiming guns at small children in this day and age (or any day and age). I definitely do not recommend this for any children.
- K8/10
kevin2019
7/16/2026
"Kindergarten Cop" comes close to confusing itself - and the audience along with it - about what sort of film it is actually striving to be. It is no different from watching a regular Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie in the beginning with the expected flourishes of appropriately dramatic music and even someone getting murdered during the opening couple of minutes and then Schwarzenegger's stereotypical character Jo…
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