Raising Arizona
Their lawless years are behind them. Their child-rearing years lay ahead...
Their lawless years are behind them. Their child-rearing years lay ah...
Comedy, Crime
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1987
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When a childless couple—an ex-con and an ex-cop—take one of a wealthy family’s quintuplets to raise as their own, their lives grow more complicated than anticipated.
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Details
Runtime:
94 min
Release date:
13 Mar 1987
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$6,000,000
Revenue:
$29,180,280
Awards:
4 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Raising Arizona is no big deal, but it has a rambunctious charm.
– Pauline Kael,
New Yorker,
14 Jan 2013
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:
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
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:
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