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title: "Raising Arizona (1987) review"
description: "I gotta say this movie hit me really hard as a 35 year-old man thinking about having children. That ending had me in tears."
url: https://www.joekarlsson.com/reviews/raising-arizona/
---

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# Raising Arizona (1987)

Jul 10, 2025 | Rated 4.5 out of 5 | Dir. Joel Coen

I gotta say this movie hit me really hard as a 35 year-old man thinking about having children. That ending had me in tears.

“But I saw an old couple bein’  visited by their children - and all their grandchildren too. And the old couple wasn’t screwed up, and neither were their kids or their grandkids. And I don’t know, you tell me. This whole dream, was it wishful thinking?  Was I just fleein’ reality, like I know I’m liable to do?”

Also on [Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/joekarlsson/film/raising-arizona/)

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