Raising Arizona
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71% Critic Match

Raising Arizona

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

7.1 / 10 1987 1h 34mPG-13 English
ComedyCrime

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.

Cast & Crew

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage

H.I.

Lead
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

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Joel Coen's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Raising Arizona is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker