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Raising Arizona

  • Rated PG 13
  • 1hr 34m
  • 69

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Release Date:

Apr 17, 1987

Runtime:

1hr 34m

Synopsis

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.

Cast

  • Nicolas Cage
  • Holly Hunter
  • Trey Wilson
  • John Goodman
  • William Forsythe
  • Sam McMurray
  • Frances McDormand
  • Randall 'Tex' Cobb
  • T.J. Kuhn
  • Lynne Kitei

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Metacritic

69
metacritic
Based on 23 Critics
8.3

USER SCORE (180)

Universal acclaim based on 180 Reviews
25

The big trouble with Raising Arizona is that the Coens overdrew their wild and crazy yarn, and overdo almost every gag and gimmick. [20 Mar 1987]

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Metacritic review by Peter Stack
Peter Stack
San Francisco Chronicle
50

Like Blood Simple, it's full of technical expertise but has no life of its own... The direction is without decisive style. [11 Mar 1987, p.C24]

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Metacritic review by Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
The New York Times
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