When a childless couple of 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.
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,
24 Jun 2006
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,
6 Nov 2007
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,
6 Nov 2007
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,
13 Mar 2009
fresh:
Raising Arizona is no big deal, but it has a rambunctious charm.