Kindergarten Cop (film series)
| Kindergarten Cop | |
|---|---|
| Based on | Original story written by Murray Salem |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date | 1990-2017 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | ~[lower-alpha 1]$33 million (Cumulative of 4 films) |
| Box office | $242,784,327[1][2][3][4][5][6] (Cumulative of 4 films) |
Search Kindergarten Cop (film series) on Amazon.
The Kindergarten Cop film series consists of American family-comedy movies, depicting police officers tasked with cases, where they must go undercover and work with elementary school-age children. The series cumulatively consists of four movies, each standalone in nature, but continuing the concept of the previous film.[7]
The series was developed by Imagine Entertainment, and released by Universal Pictures. Kindergarten Cop (1990) was met with mixed reception, while Cop and a Half (1993) and Kindergarten Cop 2 (2016) received poor reviews. Conversely, Cop and a Half: New Recruit (2017) received the mixed-to-moderate critical reception.
Films[edit]
| Film | U.S. release date | Director | Screenwriter(s) | Story by | Producers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten Cop | December 21, 1990 | Ivan Reitman | Murray Salem, Herschel Weingrod & Timothy Harris | Murray Salem | Ivan Reitman and Brian Grazer |
| Cop and a Half | April 2, 1993 | Henry Winkler | Arne Olsen | Paul Maslansky | |
| Kindergarten Cop 2 | May 17, 2016 | Don Michael Paul | David H. Steinberg | Mike Elliott and Greg Holstein | |
| Cop and a Half: New Recruit | August 10, 2017 | Jonathan A. Rosenbaum | Adriana Vina & Scott Bindley | Arne Olsen | Charles Lyall |
Kindergarten Cop (1990)[edit]
Detective John Kimble, an intense big-city police officer who's been following a powerful drug dealer named Cullen Crisp for years, finds a way to charge the criminal with various felonies. Kimble's ex-wife goes missing, after being the sole contact who may know the location of Crisp's underworld. Kimble goes undercover as a kindergarten school teacher, in order to get close to his ex-wife's son, in hopes of ending the pursuit. Leading a classroom full of children proves to be more difficult than he expected.
Cop and a Half (1993)[edit]
Originally written and conceived as a direct-sequel to Kindergarten Cop, the script was reworked to be a standalone spin-off of the series' concept. Despite this, Imagine Entertainment maintained the stylized logo font from the first film.[8]
A young eight-year-old named Devon Butler, who's greatest wish is to become a Police Officer, witnesses a murder. After consulting the city police, Butler refuses to give them details until he is made an honorary policemen. The young child is assigned to a veteran cop named Nick McKenna, and the team encounters a series of comedic events, while in pursuit of the killer. Officer McKenna finds himself overwhelmed with working with a child.
Kindergarten Cop 2 (2016)[edit]
Agent Zack Reed, an intense and experienced FBI Agent, is tasked with retrieving a sensitive file of electronic data and must go undercover as a kindergarten teacher. Partnered with Agent Sanders, the pair find their positions with a classroom of children to be comically overwhelming. The school's liberal, politically correct environment takes a tole on the agents - all while trying to solve the case of the information thief.
Cop and a Half: New Recruit (2017)[edit]
A tough, experienced police officer named Detective Simmons is forced to join forces with a energetic young girl named Karina Foley in order to solve a case and stop a criminal at-large. During their investigation, Simmons finds the rambunctious child to be overwhelming.
Principal cast and characters[edit]
| Character | Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten Cop | Cop and a Half | Kindergarten Cop 2 | Cop and a Half: New Recruit | |
| Det. John Kimble | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Mentioned | ||
| Joseph | Miko Hughes | |||
| Larry | Adam Wylie | |||
| Dominic Palmieri | Christian and Joseph Cousins | |||
| Emma | Sarah Rose Karr | |||
| Cindy | Alix Koromzay | |||
| Tina | Tiffany Mataras | |||
| Rina | Krystle Mataras | |||
| Danny | Tom Kurlander | |||
| Harvey | Ross Malinger | |||
| Sylvester | Benjamin Diskin | |||
| Rosa | Odette Yustman | |||
| Det. Nick McKenna | Burt Reynolds | |||
| Devon Butler | Norman D. Golden II | |||
| Agent Zack Reed | Dolph Lundgren | |||
| Agent Sanders | Bill Bellamy | |||
| Cowboy | Raphael Alejandro | |||
| Jett | Dean Petriw | |||
| Molly | Abbie Magnuson | |||
| Hannah | Tyreah Herbert | |||
| Simon | Oscar Hartley | |||
| Patience | Valencia Budijanto | |||
| Tripp | William Budijanto | |||
| Det. Simmons | Lou Diamond Phillips | |||
| Karina Foley | Lulu Wilson | |||
Additional crew & production details[edit]
| Film | Crew/Detail | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Composer | Cinematographer | Editor(s) | Production companies |
Distributing company |
Running time | ||
| Kindergarten Cop | Randy Edelman | Michal Chapman | Wendy Greene Bricmont & Sheldon Kahn | Imagine Entertainment Universal Pictures |
Universal Pictures | 1hr 51min | |
| Cop and a Half | Alan Silvestri | Bill Butler | Daniel Hanley, C. Timothy O'Meara & Roger Tweten | Imagine Entertainment St. Petersburg Clearwater Film Commission Universal Pictures |
1hr 33min | ||
| Kindergarten Cop 2 | Jake Monaco | Kamal Derkaoui | Vanick Moradian | Imagine Entertainment Capital Arts Entertainment Universal 1440 Entertainment Universal Family Entertainment Where's Arnold Productions |
Universal Studios, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment |
1hr 40min | |
| Cop and a Half: New Recruit | Ryan Shore | Toby Gorman | Lisa Robinson | Imagine Entertainment Universal 1440 Entertainment 50 Degrees North Productions EveryWhere Studios |
1hr 37min | ||
Reception[edit]
Box office & financial performance[edit]
| Film | Box office gross | Box office ranking | Video sales gross |
Worldwide Total income |
Budget | Ref(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America | Other territories | Worldwide | All time North America |
All time worldwide |
North America | ||||
| Kindergarten Cop | $91,457,688 | $110,542,312 | $202,000,000 | #802 | #811 | not disclosed | $202,000,000 | $26,000,000 | [9] |
| Cop and a Half | $31,889,691 | $8,800,000 | $40,689,691 | #2,571 | N/A | N/A | $40,689,691 | $4,000,000 | [10][11] |
| Kindergarten Cop 2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | $94,636 | $94,636 | not disclosed | [12] |
| Cop and a Half: New Recruit | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | not available | not available | >$4,000,000 | [13] |
| Totals | $123,347,379 | $119,342,312 | $242,689,691 | $94,636 | $242,784,327 | ~$34,000,000 | |||
Critical and public response[edit]
| Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore | IMDb user rating | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomatometer | Audience Score | Metascore | User Score | |||
| Kindergarten Cop | 51% (35 critic reviews)[14] |
51% (328,607 user ratings) |
61/100 (15 critic reviews)[15] |
8.6/10 (143 user ratings)[16] |
A-[17] | 6.1/10 stars (125,616 reviews)[18] |
| Cop and a Half | 14% (14 critic reviews)[19] |
35% (24,679 user ratings) |
N/A | N/A | B+[20] | 4/10 stars (7,857 reviews)[21] |
| Kindergarten Cop 2 | N/A | 25% (390 user ratings)[22] |
N/A | N/A | N/A | 4.5/10 stars (2,856 reviews)[23] |
| Cop and a Half: New Recruit | N/A | 45% (39 user ratings)[24] |
N/A | N/A | N/A | 5.5/10 stars (557 reviews)[25] |
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Given the lack of available information regarding the straigh-to-video sequels, this is by definition a weak approximation.
References[edit]
- ↑ https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Kindergarten-Cop#tab=summary
- ↑ "Escape Plan Franchise Box Office History - The Numbers". The-numbers.com. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ↑ https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Kindergarten-Cop#tab=summary
- ↑ http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1992-03-17-9201280903-story.html
- ↑ https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Kindergarten-Cop-2#tab=summary
- ↑ https://www.revolvy.com/page/Cop-and-a-Half?cr=1
- ↑ https://variety.com/1993/film/news/art-imitating-art-in-one-sheets-106502/
- ↑ https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Trivia/CopAndAHalf
- ↑ https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Kindergarten-Cop#tab=summary
- ↑ https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Kindergarten-Cop#tab=summary
- ↑ http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1992-03-17-9201280903-story.html
- ↑ https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Kindergarten-Cop-2#tab=summary
- ↑ https://www.revolvy.com/page/Cop-and-a-Half?cr=1
- ↑ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kindergarten_cop
- ↑ https://www.metacritic.com/movie/kindergarten-cop/critic-reviews
- ↑ https://www.metacritic.com/movie/kindergarten-cop/user-reviews
- ↑ "Cinemascore :: Movie Title Search". Cinemascore.com. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099938/ratings?ref_=tt_ov_rt
- ↑ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cop_and_12
- ↑ https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/a2luZGVyZ2FydGVuIGNvcA==
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106613/ratings?ref_=tt_ov_rt
- ↑ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kindergarten_cop_2
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4763168/ratings?ref_=tt_ov_rt
- ↑ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cop_and_a_half_new_recruit
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6212210/ratings?ref_=tt_ov_rt
This article "Kindergarten Cop (film series)" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Kindergarten Cop (film series). Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
