When a childless couple--an ex-con and an ex-cop--decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated.
Nicolas Cage
H.I.
Holly Hunter
Ed
Trey Wilson
Nathan Arizona, Sr.
John Goodman
Gale
William Forsythe
Evelle
Sam McMurray
Glen
Frances McDormand
Dot
Randall "Tex" Cobb
Leonard Smalls
T.J. Kuhn
Nathan Junior
Lynne Kitei
Florence Arizona
Peter Benedek
Prison Counselor
Charles 'Lew' Smith
Nice Old Grocery Man
Warren Keith
Younger FBI Agent
Henry Kendrick
Older FBI Agent
Sidney Dawson
Ear-Bending Cellmate
Richard Blake
Parole Board Chairman
Troy Nabors
Parole Board Member
Mary Seibel
Parole Board Member
John O'Donnal
Hayseed in the Pickup
Keith Jandacek
Whitey
Warren Forsythe
Minister
Ruben Young
'Trapped' Convict
Dennis Sullivan
Policeman in Arizona House
Richard Alexander
Policeman in Arizona House
Rusty Lee
Feisty Hayseed
James Yeater
Fingerprint Technician
Bill Andres
Reporter
Carver Barns
Reporter
Margaret H. McCormack
Unpainted Secretary
Bill Rocz
Newscaster
Mary F. Glenn
Payroll Cashier
Jeremy Babendure
Scamp with Squirt Gun
Bill Dobbins
Adoption Agent
Ralph Norton
Gynecologist
Henry Tank
Mopping Convict
Frank Outlaw
Supermarket Manager
Todd Michael Bodgers
Varsity Nathan, Jr.
M. Emmet Walsh
Machine Shop Ear-Bender
Robert Gray
Glen and Dot's Kid
Katie Thrasher
Glen and Dot's Kid
Derek Russell
Glen and Dot's Kid
Nicole Russell
Glen and Dot's Kid
Zachary Sanders
Glen and Dot's Kid
Noell Sanders
Glen and Dot's Kid
Cody Ranger
Arizona Quint
Jeremy Arendt
Arizona Quint
Ashley Hammon
Arizona Quint
Crystal Hiller
Arizona Quint
Olivia Hughes
Arizona Quint
Emily Malin
Arizona Quint
Melanie Malin
Arizona Quint
Craig McLaughlin
Arizona Quint
Adam Savageau
Arizona Quint
Benjamin Savageau
Arizona Quint
David Schneider
Arizona Quint
Michael Stewart
Arizona Quint
William Preston Robertson
Amazing Voice (voice)
Ron Cobert
Reporter #1 (uncredited)
Director, Screenplay
Joel Coen
Screenplay
Ethan Coen
April 18, 2022
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"H.I" (Nicolas Cage) is an habitual petty criminal who gradually falls in love with the police officer "Ed" (Holly Hunter) who has to take his mug shots every time he is apprehended. Finally determined to go straight, they marry and he takes a mundane job in a metal works. It's all going swimmingly, but try as they might they cannot conceive. This affects "Ed" badly, she loses her job and her motivation and they are soon in a rut. Serendipity takes a hand though, one night, when news of the local furniture kingpin "Nathan Arizona" and his wife having quintuplets after IVF is announced. They think that's a bit greedy, and alight on a plan to pinch one of the babies and... Keeping that a secret proves difficult as firstly his boss "Glen" (Sam McMurray) and then two of his erstwhile jailbirds who have escaped from prison - "Gale" (John Goodman) and his brother "Evelle" (William Forsythe) all come to visit and conclude that this miraculous conception and the news headlines are linked! Add to the mix, the motor cycle riding, grenade carrying "Hell Rider" bounty hunter "Smalls" (Randall Cobb) who wants to track down the bairn for the $25,000 reward and we have a perilous mix of comedy and menace that works well for the first hour or so. Cage is on good form for the most part as is Hunter for maybe the first 45 minutes, thereafter though the joke really does begin to wear a bit thin and the comedy a little too puerile. The fun car chases (don't forget the nappies) are entertaining and the script is quickly paced and entertaining, but that too turns to much farce as we head to an ending that I found really quite underwhelming. There's a fun scene with Frances McDormand and the deliberations of the parole board made me smile, and all in all it is still worth a watch.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$6,000,000.00
Revenue:
$29,180,280.00