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Raising Arizona (1987) Rank 4 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Raising Arizona (1987) a score of 2.9572 out of 4

based on (29) reviews

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filmcritic.com (Eric Meyerson)

It's said that two-thirds of Americans don't even bother to get a passport. While foreigners and Ivy Leaguers snicker over this as evidence of Americans' incuriosity about the world, I've always suspected that something else is at work. Even in an age ...read the complete Raising Arizona movie review at filmcritic.com (Eric Meyerson)

JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")

A perfect film which improves with age, this movie takes all the various elements needed to create an ideal motion picture and nails them right on the head! Let's start from the top. Delivering a story like nobody's business. This is a wonderfully rich ...read the complete Raising Arizona movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")

eFilmCritic.com (Carina Hoskisson)

One of the funniest movies ever. Do not attempt to argue with me. ...read the complete Raising Arizona movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Carina Hoskisson)

EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)

In a shrewdly calculated move to show their versatility, the Coens made this madcap comedy right after Blood Simple. If their debut was slow and spare, this one has breathneck pacing and hopping banter by terrific Holly Hunter and Nicolas Cage. ...read the complete Raising Arizona movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

H.I. (Cage) is an habitual, incompetent criminal, specializing in convenience store robberies, where he gets caught but receives light sentences because his gun is never loaded. Ed (Holly) is the prison officer who takes his picture every time he enters ...read the complete Raising Arizona movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

Kevin Patterson

More grins ensue, mostly deriving from the banter between Cage and Hunter and from the performances of John Goodman and William Forsythe as two hilariously inept escaped criminals. And the Coens' talent for visual comedy makes for some of the movie's ...read the complete Raising Arizona movie review at Kevin Patterson

Ted Prigge

"Raising Arizona" deals with a group of hick arizonians (duh): H.I. (Nicolas Cage), pronounced "Hi;" and Edwina (Holly Hunter), who goes by "Ed." Both are pretty much either side of a pole he a smalltime and incompetent crook, she an officer of the law ...read the complete Raising Arizona movie review at Ted Prigge

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

A very funny spoof about a colorful couple who must have a child and will try to get one by any means possible. ...read the complete Raising Arizona movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

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