Raising Arizona
Cinematography:
Barry SonnenfeldComposer:
Carter BurwellCast:
Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, William Forsythe, Sam McMurray, Frances McDormand, Warren Keith, M. Emmet Walsh, Trey Wilson, Randall 'Tex' Cobb (more)VOD (3)
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Vowing to go straight, a convenience store bandit (Nicolas Cage) proposes marriage to the police departments photographer (Holly Hunter). All is wedded bliss until they discover she's unable to get pregnant and are turned down by every adoption agency in town. It does not take long before they realize the only solution is to kidnap one of the town's celebrated quintuplets and hit the road! (official distributor synopsis)
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It seems that it can be done without dead bodies. The Coens excel again, both in terms of script and direction. Raising Arizona is a typically quirky spectacle by them, full of amazing crazy characters and memorable scenes. Apart from the big diaper robbery, I will particularly remember for a long time John Goodman and his buddy escaping from prison, the hellish biker who probably came from some post-apocalyptic spaghetti western, the fight in the caravan, the wonderful ending... Heck, I'll remember the whole movie!__P.S. I saw the dubbed TV version, but it didn't ruin the experience for me. I'm sure it was also thanks to the fact that Nicolas Cage spoke in Ondřej Vetchý's voice.
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I quite like the Coen brothers, but there are films that don't tell me much and simply don't sit well with me. "Raising Arizona" is one of them. I also like Nicolas Cage, but even he didn't make this film more enjoyable for me. It's entertaining, it's quite crazy, but not in a way that truly amazed me.
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Probably the weakest Coen brothers film I've seen so far. This is despite a pretty good cast led by Nicolas Cage in one of his better roles. I just can't help but like it much better when the masters of absurdist humor strike a darker chord. (65%)
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