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Raising Arizona

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7.1/10 • 2.2K

1987-03-131h 34m

ComedyCrime

Their lawless years are behind them. Their child-rearing years lay ahead...

When a childless couple--an ex-con and an ex-cop--decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated.

Directors
Joel Coen
Editors
Michael R. Miller

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  1. Nicolas Cage

    Nicolas Cage

    H.I.

  2. Holly Hunter

    Holly Hunter

    Ed

  3. Trey Wilson

    Trey Wilson

    Nathan Arizona, Sr.

  4. John Goodman

    John Goodman

    Gale

  5. William Forsythe

    William Forsythe

    Evelle

  6. Sam McMurray

    Sam McMurray

    Glen

  7. Frances McDormand

    Frances McDormand

    Dot

  8. Randall "Tex" Cobb

    Randall "Tex" Cobb

    Leonard Smalls

  9. T.J. Kuhn

    T.J. Kuhn

    Nathan Junior

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CinemaSerf

Apr 18, 2022

7/10

"H.I" (Nicolas Cage) is an habitual petty criminal who gradually falls in love with the police officer "Ed" (Holly Hunter) who has to take his mug shots every time he is apprehended. Finally determined to go straight, they marry and he takes a mundane job in a metal works. It's all going swimmingly, but try as they might they cannot conceive. This affects "Ed" badly, she loses her job and her motivation and they are soon in a rut. Serendipity takes a hand though, one night, when news of the local furniture kingpin "Nathan Arizona" and his wife having quintuplets after IVF is announced. They think that's a bit greedy, and alight on a plan to pinch one of the babies and... Keeping that a secret proves difficult as firstly his boss "Glen" (Sam McMurray) and then two of his erstwhile jailbirds who have escaped from prison - "Gale" (John Goodman) and his brother "Evelle" (William Forsythe) all come to visit and conclude that this miraculous conception and the news headlines are linked! Add to the mix, the motor cycle riding, grenade carrying "Hell Rider" bounty hunter "Smalls" (Randall Cobb) who wants to track down the bairn for the $25,000 reward and we have a perilous mix of comedy and menace that works well for the first hour or so. Cage is on good form for the most part as is Hunter for maybe the first 45 minutes, thereafter though the joke really does begin to wear a bit thin and the comedy a little too puerile. The fun car chases (don't forget the nappies) are entertaining and the script is quickly paced and entertaining, but that too turns to much farce as we head to an ending that I found really quite underwhelming. There's a fun scene with Frances McDormand and the deliberations of the parole board made me smile, and all in all it is still worth a watch.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$6,000,000.00
Revenue
$29,180,280.00
Keywords
babyrobberysupermarketpregnancyarizonasatirefamily relationshipsabsurdamusedmelodramatic