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Raising Arizona

Comedy 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.  [+]
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post
"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"  POS
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The New Yorker
The New Yorker
"Raising Arizona is no big deal, but it has a rambunctious charm" NEU
United StatesUnited States Variety "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" NEU
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rogerebert.com
rogerebert.com
"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)"  NEG
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