An ex-con and an ex-cop meet, marry and long for a child of their own. When it is discovered that Hi is unable to have children they decide to snatch a baby. They try to keep their crime a secret, while friends, co-workers and a bounty hunter look to use the child for their own purposes.
90%
A terrifically original, eccentric screwball comedy, Raising Arizona may not be the Coens' most disciplined movie, but it's one of their most purely entertaining.
ROTTEN TOMATOES
"To their old fascination with Sunbelt pathology, to
their side-winding Steadicam and pristine command of screen space, the Coens
have added a robust humor, a plot that keeps outwitting expectations and
a...dollop of sympathy for their forlorn kidnapers."
TIME Magazine
"Starting from a point of delirious excess, the film
leaps into dark and virtually uncharted territory to soar like a comet."
Time Out
"The laughs keep coming courtesy of the many
slapstick highlights that litter this fast and furious action comedy."
BBC
"A wacky, happy, daring, darkly comic tale of
parenting outside the law."
Washington Post
