A horrible portrayal of Arizona.

That's true.
All in all--who cares?
Raising Arizona is hiilarious no matter what!

Wrong. NOBODY in Arizona has a freaking southern accent. No. Body. I've been all over the state-north to south, large city and small. No accents. Period.

I thought it was a good movie, and i'm 27 now, and lived in az (scottsdale) all my life.

While the way az was depicted is funny, it isn't true (at least that of the metro areas).

Remember AZ is one of the biggest states landwise in the U.S., there ARE portions where people still have ranches and stuff like that. (in addition there are also a few good ski resorts up in the mountains which make up about the entire northern part of the state, and there is another one near tucson to the south, but I've heard that one isn't good and doesn't open that much)

The funny thing is Tempe is in the middle of the phoenix area....if you look geogrpahically it sits smack dab in the middle lol.

Tempe has about 120,000 residents, and it by far is one of the smallest cities in the metro area...when you compare it to most of the other suburban cities around with 200k-600k besides phoenix which is around 1.3 million.

We don't talk with accents. In fact thats why telemarketing companies like to come here...because there is NO accent. The closest we probably talk like is californians without the valley girl surfer stereotype talk.

I wouldn't move from here and I don't know why someone back there said they hate it. I mean if you look around we have probably the best looking women in the country. But if you don't believe me, I won't mind, more for me :)

Can't beat the weather, and almost no humidity.

Tempe is also the home of the largest university in the nation...Arizona State University. Tempe has a good nightlife, that used to be better, but the no smoking laws in bars has let it fall off a bit. The best scene is downtown scottsdale (about 6 miles north of ASU) which is just about all bars and nightclubs...probably numbering around 35-50 of such places a half mile from each other (maybe more, I'm trying to be conservative with the estimate). Because it's scottsdale most have a really great ambiance...and you can't beat going to a bar in short sleeve la coste shirt in the dead of winter...(what winter?)..it does get cold, but not freezing so you can still pull it off.

Anyways Raising Arizona was a good movie, and besides unless you've been here, most people already think it's all sand dunes out here. where there are actually none unless you go to the southwestern most part of the state, where it's probably closer to san diego than phoenix. So it's pretty much pointless to try to argue that to someone who has never been here.

As for the previous post, true most of arizona is rural, but 90% of the 5 million in this state are in the phoenix metro area or tucson area(about 100 miles south). Of which both will reach each other buildwise in a few more years. In other words it'll be like la and san diego with places all in between. Except we're quite a bit smaller, but still bigger than most areas in the country. Remember phoenix is the 5th largest city :)

And I can't even remember the last time I saw anybody wearing a cowboy hat. I'm sure there are some out there, but that's how uncommon they are. The last I specifically remember is probably about 15 years ago. (although I'm sure i probably saw 5-10 people wearing them since then and just don't remember)

Well in Indiana we have Axel Rhodes and Michael Jackson so I guess all hoosiers, ( no matter how much fame, money they have) need face lifts. Not just any plastic surgery night of the living DEAD!! and vice president DAN spell potatoe please.I'd take HI a repeat offender not a pretty name. I should be offended. We do have Rudy though :) Hell you guys have jeans and a drink named after you shut up!! Ask people in mississippi how they feel are they burning??

lighten up, man.

Its a movie and a damn funny one too.

I'm from AZ and i'm a hayseed redneck hick and i loved it. I was the intended butt of the joke and i thought it was cool.

If you cant see the humor in the movie (set 20 years ago when suburban tempe WAS a bunch of trailers) watch something else.

The coens wern't being mean, they were trying to be funny and they pulled it off well. No one judeges AZ by the coens comedy.

I didn't judge minnesota by fargo.

I've been to Tempe, and I think the characters in "Raising Arizona" weren't hillbilly or hickish enough to be realistically from Tempe. HI was far to sophisticated to be from Tempe.

If you actually want to see somewhat of an accurate portrayal of Raising Arizona, take a drive to Vegas. Youll be surprised to see a house or two in the middle of the desert.