There is a world out there where everyone is equally stupid, weird and funny. And they don't even know it. That world can be found in "Raising Arizona", an inspired comedy with a feel that has never been successfully imitated. Although the Coen brothers did come close with "The Big Lebowski".
Nicholas Cage and Holly Hunter are a husband and wife, ex-con and ex-cop team that have one thing missing from their lives: she cannot have children. With Cage's criminal record, adoption is impossible. Reading about a furniture magnate's wife delivering quintuplets, the young couple kidnaps one of the kids.
The plot becomes ever more complex and crazy. Poor Nicholas Cage gets into ever deeper trouble. John Goodman and William Forsythe show up as stupid prison escapees who learn the secret behind the baby's sudden arrival.
Much of the humor comes from Cage's deadpan expressions. Hunter is adorable as Cage's excitable wife, while Goodman gets more good lines than he did on the final two seasons of "Roseanne".
Bratty kids alert! Cage's boss pays him a visit, bringing his pre-adolescent kids. They are among the biggest brats in celluloid history. It doesn't help that their father actually encourages them. Are they too young for military school?
You know that "Raising Arizona" must be a great comedy if it can find a good role for Randall 'Tex' Cobb. Formerly best known as a punching bag for Larry Holmes, Cobb was born to play the Lone Motorcyclist of the Apocalypse. He wears a tattoo that reads "Mama Didn't Love Me".
Web surfing reveals that Roger Ebert only gave this film one-and-a-half stars. Well, I'm sure that some people laugh at my grades too! (84/100)
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