"I tried to stand up and fly straight, but it wasn't easy with that sumbitch Reagan in the White House. I dunno. They say he's a decent man, so maybe his advisors are confused."
Raising Arizona is now considered a classic gem from currently-renowned filmmaking duo Joel and Ethan Coen. Now that the pair have achieved such success with their crowning jewels such as No Country for Old ... read more
Description:RAISING ARIZONA is a surreal, hyperactive farce in which a bumbling petty thief and the lady cop who keeps arresting him fall in love and decide to start a family. When they discover they can't have babies, they ... Full Descriptionsteal one from a furniture mogul who has just sired a set of quintuplets. The joys of parenthood are RAISING ARIZONA is a surreal, hyperactive farce in which a bumbling petty thief and the lady cop who keeps arresting him fall in love and decide to start a family. When they discover they can't have babies, they ... Full Descriptionsteal one from a furniture mogul who has just sired a set of quintuplets. The joys of parenthood are soon marred, however, by the difficulties of raising an infant on the run. The none-too-bright couple must flee across the southwestern desert in order to elude the villainous biker that has been hired to retrieve the tyke.
A childless couple unable to adopt decide that a couple who just had quintuplets won't mind if they steal one of the babies. Thus begins the Coen brothers' madcap romp RAISING ARIZONA. Holly Hunter stars as Ed, a cop who is devastated when she learns that she cannot get pregnant. Nicolas Cage is her husband, H.I., an ex-con who wants nothing more than to make his wife the happiest woman in the world. So if she wants a baby, she's going to have a baby, one way or another. Heading up the supporting cast of bizarre characters are John Goodman and William Forsythe as crazy cousins who have just busted out of prison, Sam McMurray and Frances McDormand as Ed and H.I.'s swinging friends, and Randall "Tex" Cobb as a motorcycle madman hired to rescue the baby. RAISING ARIZONA is the Coen brothers' most consistently funny film. Carter Burwell's score, replete with infectious yodeling, is relentless, Barry Sonnenfeld's cinematography is beautifully wacky, and the manic dialogue is the brothers' most quotable. The film is a treat for the ears and the eyes, a one-of-a-kind sensation from a marvelous pair of filmmakers.
"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
What we have here is a film shot down by its own forced and mannered style.
- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Like Blood Simple, it's full of technical expertise but has no life of its own.
- Vincent Canby, New York Times"
raisleygordon added this to a list 2 months, 2 weeks ago
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February 10th: Instant watch, computer
Overall opinion: Good
I mean, it's Nic Cage in a sorta southern accent and he steals a baby, if that sounds funny you might just like it. Not a knee slapper but it had me laughing in a few places (stealing Huggies from the convenience store), it was all very goofy. Everyone was a huge ham and it was entertaining at least when it wasn't funny. I'd watch it again, for sure."
Aldenvdk added this to a list 4 months, 1 week ago
" Watched January 16th - Netflix Streaming -
1st Viewing
"Now y'all without sin can cast the first stone, but we thought it was unfair that some should have so many while others should have so few - with the benefit of hindsight, maybe it wasn't such a hot idea, but at the time Ed's little plan seemed like the solution to all our problems and the answer to all our prayers." - H.I. McDunnough
For some reason I thought Raising Arizona was a 90's movie but it definitely has the look and feel of "
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