Fresh
Raising Arizona is no big deal, but it has a rambunctious charm.
Pauline Kael, New Yorker
Raising Arizona
Their lawless years are behind them. Their child-rearing years lay ahead...
1987 · 1h 34m · PG-13
Comedy, Crime
Directed by
Joel Coen
,
Ethan Coen
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Joel Coen Director
- Ethan Coen Director
- Nicolas Cage as H.I. McDunnough
- Holly Hunter as Edwina 'Ed' McDunnough
- Trey Wilson as Nathan Arizona Huffhines, Sr.
- John Goodman as Gale Snoats
- William Forsythe as Evelle Snoats
- Sam McMurray Cast
- Frances McDormand Cast
- Randall "Tex" Cobb Cast
- T.J. Kuhn Cast
- Lynne Kitei Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
91%
Tomatometer
Fresh
To their old fascination with Sunbelt pathology, to their side-winding Steadicam and pristine command of screen space, the Coens have added a robust humor, a plot that keeps outwitting expectations and a...dollop of sympathy for their forlorn kidnapers.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Fresh
The cartoon vision of southwestern tackiness doesn't cut very deep, but the mise-en-scene is packed with clever clutter.
Pat Graham, Chicago Reader
Rotten
While film is filled with many splendid touches and plenty of yocks, it often doesn't hold together as a coherent story.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Starting from a point of delirious excess, the film leaps into dark and virtually uncharted territory to soar like a comet.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
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