Review of Raising Arizona (1987) by Nolan V — 22 May 2011

Raising Arizona is hilarious, entertaining, original, and has a great performance from Nicolas Cage.

This review of Raising Arizona (1987) was written by Nolan V on 22 May 2011.

Raising Arizona has generally received very positive reviews.

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