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Raising Arizona · LeviOsa

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1987·PG-13

Their lawless years are behind them. Their child-rearing years lay ahead...

ComedyCrime1h 34m

🍅91%

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91%

Tomatometer

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85%

Popcornmeter

7.1

TMDB

Storyline

When a childless couple—an ex-con and an ex-cop—take one of a wealthy family’s quintuplets to raise as their own, their lives grow more complicated than anticipated.

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Simon Pegg on Raising Arizona: "It's a living, breathing Looney Tunes cartoon"

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Details

DirectorJoel Coen

ReleasedMar 13, 1987

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

$6M

Revenue

$29.2M

Parental guidePG-13US

Studio

Circle Films

Cast

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage

H.I.

Holly Hunter

Holly Hunter

Ed

Trey Wilson

Trey Wilson

Nathan Arizona, Sr.

John Goodman

John Goodman

Gale

William Forsythe

William Forsythe

Evelle

Sam McMurray

Sam McMurray

Glen

Frances McDormand

Frances McDormand

Dot

Randall 'Tex' Cobb

Randall 'Tex' Cobb

Leonard Smalls

T.J. Kuhn

Nathan Junior

Lynne Kitei

Lynne Kitei

Florence Arizona

Peter Benedek

Peter Benedek

Prison Counselor

Charles 'Lew' Smith

Nice Old Grocery Man

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Reviews

10 reviews · 7 critics · 2 fans

8 fresh · 1 rotten

Critics consensus

“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.”

91% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

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Dennis Hunt

RTLos Angeles TimesApr 30, 2026

It's another artistic triumph for The Coen brothers.

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Peter Keough

RTChicago ReaderMay 9, 2022

Coens have not achieved the maturity needed to appreciate the vision of a Capra or Sturges, and their gifts are too rich and deep for the likes of Heckle and Jeckle.

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Pauline Kael

RTThe New YorkerJan 14, 2013

Raising Arizona is no big deal, but it has a rambunctious charm.

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Richard Freedman

RTNewark Star-LedgerDec 30, 2025

This wonderful film gives the comic-strip treatment it deserves to the wacky violence that seems to have taken over in American life.

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Information

Title

Raising Arizona

Released

Mar 13, 1987

Rated

PG-13

Region of Origin

United States of America

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h 34m

Status

Released

Studio

Circle Films

Maggie Moore(s)