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Raising Arizona

6.6

20,047

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Original title

Raising Arizona

Year

1987

Running time

93 min.

Country

United States

Director

Joel Coen

Screenwriter

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Cast

Music

Carter Burwell

Cinematography

Barry Sonnenfeld

Producer

20th Century Fox

Genre

Comedy | Black Comedy. Road Movie. Adoption. Kidnapping Film / Disappearance

Synopsis

H.I. (Nicolas Cage) and Edwina (Holly Hunter) met and fell in love when she took his mug shots, every time he was arrested for a convenience store robbery. That kind of life is all behind H.I. now, since he married Edwina and they want to raise a family. But when they find they can't have kids, Edwina convinces H.I. to kidnap one of a set of quintuplets -- his real mother will never miss him, she figures, and five babies are just too much for one person to handle.

Awards: 1987: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): 2 nominations

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Critics' reviews

"A wacky, happy, daring, darkly comic tale of parenting outside the law. It celebrates the middle-of-the-road dreams of decidedly off-center folks"

Rita Kempley: The Washington Post
"Raising Arizona is no big deal, but it has a rambunctious charm"

Pauline Kael: The New Yorker
"As leisurely and disconnected as "Blood Simple" was taut and economical. While film is filled with many splendid touches and plenty of yocks, it often doesn't hold together as a coherent story"

Variety
"What Raising Arizona needs more than anything else is more velocity. Here's a movie that stretches out every moment for more than it's worth, until even the moments of inspiration seem forced (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com

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Raising Arizona

1987

Joel Coen

6.6

(20,047)