Raising Arizona

"The Coen Brothers have a very particular narrative style, which reached its peak in 'The Big Lebowski': absurd situations that accumulate until reaching an unsustainable point. In the comedy 'Raising Arizona', this narrative basis is given from one of the most curious premises of the two brothers' cinema: a convenience store thief (Nicolas Cage) proposes to a police photographer (Holly Hunter). Everything goes great until they discover that she can't have children and, on top of that, they are rejected by the city's adoption agencies. From there, 'Raising Arizona' shows the challenges of parenthood from a curious perspective: that of this couple who finally decides to kidnap a baby. With a very funny performance by Cage, who manages to pass realism to the absurdity of the situation, the feature film stands as a movie about families and the complexities of forming a traditional family nucleus."