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55 out of 100

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8.4 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 28 Ratings

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  • Starring: Holly Hunter, Nicolas Cage
  • Summary: 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 steal 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. (20th Century Fox)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 13
  3. Negative: 3 out of 13
  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Rita Kempley
    100
    It is a wacky, happy, daring, darkly comic tale of parenting outside the law. It celebrates the middle-of-the-road dreams of decidedly off-center folks. It's a bundle of joy.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    60
    Cage creates a homey and thoroughly likable character who earns the respect of the audience, but Hunter is the real surprise. Appearing in her first starring role, the stage veteran displays so much energy that she forces the audience to pay attention.
  3. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    38
    What Raising Arizona needs more than anything else is more velocity. Here's a movie that stretches out every moment for more than it's worth, until even the moments of inspiration seem forced.

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  1. Positive: 13 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. JustinT
    10
    A strange funny film. Without a doubt my favorite non "Goof-Ball" comedy out there.
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  2. AnneB.
    10
    Brilliant, even after about 100 viewings. Since seeing this all-time family favorite, I never miss a Coen brothers movie.
    • 0 of 1 users said yes
  3. AaronS.
    10
    One of the five funniest movies of all time. That loud sound is the movie's brilliance zooming over the long-forgotten L.A. Times critic's head. But apparently she wasn't alone. Inexplicable.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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