Review of Raising Arizona (1987) by Mauro R — 17 Mar 2010

Another film I enjoy by the Coens. It was really interesting to watch, and as usual, I find the characters the Coen brother's create interesting. I especially liked Frances McDormand's character, and although I've never even met someone from Arizona, I just felt that I could really relate to the stereotype of her character. You know, the woman who gets overly joyful just by seeing a recently born baby, and says ridiculous stuff like "Can I sneak a peek-a-loo?" I also thought Nicolas Cage did a good job for this movie, I like to think of Nicolas Cage as a good actor who for some reason goes around acting in crappy character roles in crappy movies (not always but a lot of times.).

Now some bits in the movie I found to be quite dull or even annoying, like the bit where he kidnaps the baby but also has all the others crawling around, making noise, etc. I kept thinking "please don't turn this into some Baby Geniuses kind of crap." And thankfully, they didn't. Anyway, overall the movie didn't make me laugh as much as some of their others, a few good laughs every now and then but nothing hilarious. Although I found some parts annoying, it was all fixed by the rest of the movie which tends to be quite good. Watch it if you get a chance.