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Raising Arizona | Year: 1987 Classification: Comedy Directed: - Joel Coen - Ethan Coen Actors/Actresses: - Nicolas Cage - Holly Hunter - John Goodman - William Forsythe Absolutely Hilarious!! For those of you that say DON'T BUY THIS MOVIE, IF YOU HAVE TO SEE IT, RENT IT, please don't let your stupidity ruin the viewing experiance of others. This movie is just hilarious! Of course you do need one thing before you watch this, A SENSE OF HUMOR. If you go into this movie expecting a RoMaNtIc CoMeDy, then you don't know the true art of JOEL AND ETHAN COEN. We are lucky enough to have these two making these great movies that represent the majority of us that look at life with a sort of BLACK COMEDY. Not only is the dialogue hilarious, but the chase scenes, HOLY CRAP! "Don't watch this movie, it's a total waste of my hardearned money." Maybe you should spend some of that "hardearned" money, on a brain with a sense of freakin humor. This is the one movie that I respected Cage as an actor in. "HEY NICHOLAS CAGE CAN ACT." Then he went on to "Bigger fame" with Con Air. I think he needs to talk with JOEL AND ETHAN, and maybe they'll forget about his current "rotten acting credits", and put him in another movie like RASING ARIZONA. For those that liked this movie, which is the majority of the population of the WORLD, then you will also like BARTON FINK, and FARGO! JOEL AND ETHAN COEN are the directors of the century, and I hope they continue to make these types of movies for many years to come. Essential Film, Not To Be Missed, Inexplicably Hilarious! I've seen this movie countless times and it never loses its appeal. A classic of an almost undescribable nature, part comedy, part adventure, all fun. About a couple unable to conceive children who decide to take one of a highly telivised set of quintuplets off its parents hands (they have more than they can handle). A pair of dimwitted but generally kindhearted escaped convicts, a bounty hunter straight out of a Mad Max movie, a chase scene involving cops, a gun toting convenience store clerk, and lots and lots of dogs make for one hell of an entertaining movie. What adds more to the greatness of this film is the truly cerebral dialogue and the essence of morality in almost every character (no matter how shady they seem). A true classic from the 1980's if there ever was one if you haven't seen this movie you are missing a treat, if you have seen it then you know what others are missing! Can't Remember the Last Time I Laughed This Hard For some reason, I had no idea that this was a Coen brothers production until the end of the movie. Then, when it was all over and the credits began to roll, it all finally made sense. In fact, I didn't know why I hadn't guessed it. Because this movie is so... Coen brothers. Nicolas Cage plays Hi, a repeat inhabitant of the Tempe, Arizona prison, where he meets police officer Ed (Holly Hunter) and falls in love with her. After Hi's third parole, he agrees to give up his life of crime for Ed, and the two get married. Before long, they decide that they want nothing more than to start a family. Ed, however, is barren -- and they find that it's not exactly easy for a repeat offender to adopt a child. When Nathan Arizona, owner of the furniture chain, Unpainted Arizona, is blessed with quintuplets, Hi and Ed decide that the Arizonas have more than they can handle -- so they decide to take one of the babies. But before Hi and Ed can settle into their new lives with little Nathan, Jr., Nathan Arizona offers a reward for the baby, and suddenly everyone's after him. I honestly can't remember the last time I laughed so hard while watching a movie. I laughed so hard that I choked. I almost died -- but really, can you think of a better way to die? I can't. Raising Arizona is bizarre and quirky -- and just the expression on Nicolas Cage's face throughout this movie (not to mention his wild hair) will keep you snickering from start to finish. Mix the perfectly ridiculous dialogue and the perfect amount of slapstick, and you've got the perfect addition to any DVD collection. Wear panty hose on your head and steal diapers! Joel and Ethan Coen bring a wonderful comedy into the world with Raising Arizona, probably their funniest film (Fargo is funny, but in a different sense). I loved the dialogue, the insanely mad situations, and the hilarious music. You'll probably be saying, "What the?!?" about a dozen times while watching this movie, and that's what makes this movie wonderful. The whole movie's crazy! My personal favorite scene is Glen's visit to Hi's trailer home. That scene(s) is so overflowing with hilarious dialogue you'll have to rewind the tape to catch it all. The Coens really tried to cram in as many jokes as they could in this movie, and the result is a grand comedy. It looks grainy sometimes, but that's just its style. Also contains a not-often talked about reference to Night of the Hunter, when Hi says, "Sometimes it's a hard world for little things." Did anybody else catch that? Look for the words "POE" and "OPE" in the bathroom, too. That's a tribute to Dr. Strangelove. Buy Raising Arizona at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Raising Arizona Search with the Priority Search Engine on Raising Arizona This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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