starring Nicholas Cage, Holly Hunter
directed by Joel Coen
94 minutes
Repeat offender H.I. McDunnough (Nicholas Cage) gets married to police officer Edwina (Holly Hunter). They try to have a baby only to learn that they cannot. They hear about Nathan and Florence Arizona, a couple that just had quintuplets. The McDunnoughs sneak in and take one of the babies, rename it, and keep it for themselves.
Hi and Ed's problems multiply when Gale and Evelle Snoats, two guys Hi met while he was serving time a few years earlier, escape from prison and turn to them for help. Hi tries to be accommodating but Ed wants them out of their home, ASAP.
Things get worse for Hi and Ed when the Snoats brothers figure out who the baby is. Things get worse again when a bounty hunter, looking to earn the $25,000 reward that Nathan Arizona has offered for the safe return of his missing son, arrives on the scene.
Thoughts
The Snaots brothers were played by John Goodman and William Forsyth, both of whom I have seen in lots of other movies.
This film is a big chaotic. I've seen it at least once before, probably sometime in the mid-1990s on VHS. I recall not being won over by it the first time around but this time I really enjoyed it. The ending actually got me a bit emotional. I love the humor in this movie but the story itself is bit too loose in my opinion. It is not a cohesive film but it was very funny in places and heartfelt in others.
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