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Home Alone meets Law & Order in the most chaotic babysitter cop movie ever.
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Kid Cop (1996)

90s direct-to-video energykid detective chaossmall-town mayhem

Overview

ComedyFamilyActionCrime

Eleven year old Peter Hansen is determined to follow his Dad's career example by becoming a one-boy neighborhood police force. When a local burglary is committed, Peter follows clues overlooked by the police and ends up in getting into bigger trouble than he ever imagined.

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Content warning
childhood ambitionproving yourselffather-son legacyauthority questioned

Standout Aspects

Acting

Edward Albert doing serious dramatic work opposite a bicycle helmet.

Production

Genuinely impressive that no child actors were visibly injured.

Best for:Family: Parents nostalgic for 90s kids-in-danger cinema.·Background: Perfect folding laundry energy, occasionally glance up.·Rewatch: Did this actually happen or was it a fever dream?
R

Director

Robert Malenfant

ReleasedDec 20, 1996
Runtime1h 33m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensitymedium
Tonelight
Feellight
World International Network (WIN)
Brainstorm Media

Top Cast

Edward Albert

Edward Albert

Frank Rebbins

Tim Thomerson

Tim Thomerson

Arnold Downey

Lewis Arquette

Lewis Arquette

Mayor Cosgrove

Alexandra Paul

Alexandra Paul

Sarah Hansen

Sondra Currie

Sondra Currie

Edna Jacobs

Cindy Pickett

Cindy Pickett

Beverly Dwerkin

Jer Adrianne Lelliott

Jer Adrianne Lelliott

Peter Hansen

Michael Fairman

Michael Fairman

Charlie Rebbins

John Rubinstein

John Rubinstein

Stan Dwerkin

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Director Robert Malenfant made seven films in the 90s, all with titles that sound like algorithm-generated streaming content.

Cultural

This film exists in the direct-to-video boom where every kid wanted to be Macaulay Culkin and every producer wanted to spend $500,000 making that happen.

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