Back in their salad days, The Coen brothers made a movie called “Raising Arizona” that became an instant classic. It also became the film to which I would compare every movie the brothers made from then on — and there were some excellent movies to follow — such as “Fargo,” “Oh Brother, Where Art Thou” and even “Burn After Reading.”
This is possibly Nicholas Cage’s best movie as he takes on the role of a golden-hearted petty criminal who wants to do right. Holly Hunter portrays his ex-cop wife who is willing to cross the line of right and wrong to complete the family. John Goodman is the career criminal who is willing to put his career before everything else.
Oddly enough, with a plot that includes kidnappers you care for, “the lone biker of the apocalypse” and a very noisy prison break, the willing suspension of disbelief comes naturally, unlike just about every movie Cage has starred in during the last few years. Watch it! (94 min.)

Rated PG-13 - 1987

Director:
Joel Coen

Starring:
Nicholas Cage
Holly Hunter
Trey Wilson
John Goodman
William Forsythe
Frances McDormand
Sam McMurray
Randall ‘Tex’ Cobb
T.J. Kuhn Jr.

Writers:
Ethan Coen
Joel Coen