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- 2015
- PG-13
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 47 m
- 2015
- PG-13
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 47 m
Summary When four generations of the Cooper clan come together for their annual Christmas Eve celebration, a series of unexpected visitors and unlikely events turn the night upside down, leading them all toward a surprising rediscovery of family bonds and the spirit of the holiday.
Directed By: Jessie Nelson
Written By: Steven Rogers
- 2015
- PG-13
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 47 m
- 2015
- PG-13
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 47 m
Love the Coopers
31
4.8
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Summary When four generations of the Cooper clan come together for their annual Christmas Eve celebration, a series of unexpected visitors and unlikely events turn the night upside down, leading them all toward a surprising rediscovery of family bonds and the spirit of the holiday.
Directed By: Jessie Nelson
Written By: Steven Rogers
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
31
15% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
38% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
46% Negative
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
31
15% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
38% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
46% Negative
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
Jessie Nelson’s film sells itself well. There’s care in the details, and the characters often feel like actual people.
The vignettes sometimes resonate with the viewer but don’t really connect into a plot, there are too many characters with too many stories and pretty good flashbacks, and some of the jokes are impossible to laugh out loud at unless you’re a highly trained and paid actor.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 47 User Ratings
4.8
28% Positive
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
36% Mixed
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
36% Negative
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 47 User Ratings
4.8
28% Positive
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
36% Mixed
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
36% Negative
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
This movie was not on my must see list, but a friend really wanted to see it. I expected a stupid, slapstick, family "comedy" with lots of crude jokes and pratfalls. Wrong! I really enjoyed this movie! I found myself getting very involved with the individual stories of each family member. This is not a horrible movie. The story I was least interested in was the line involving Ed Helms. It was not memorable for me. The plot line with Olivia Wilde was probably the most engrossing, but Marisa Tomei's story was pretty cool too. The thing I cared least about was the story involving Diane Keaton and her husband John Goodman. It was horribly contrived and not believable at all to me. It is not "The Family Stone" for sure, but it is better than. Any other Christmas family movies.
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A movie that should be punctuated like a Christmas card sign-off but instead, losing a comma, becomes an off-putting directive. How Robert De Niro didn’t make it to this set is a mystery for the ages.
It’s a frustrating thing to unsnarl. Straddling the thorny fence of dramedy, Love the Coopers is a sometimes too serious, often not funny entry in this year’s tra-la-la movie sweepstakes.
It’s all so hackneyed, so overfamiliar and formulaic.
What a difference a comma makes — or would make, in the case of Jessie Nelson's lumpy, wretchedly unfunny Love the Coopers, whose title commands us to love people it's impossible even to like.
Love the Coopers is one of the most jumbled, tonally misguided holiday movies in recent memory. It is an insult to tidings of comfort as well as joy, and a complete waste of the time and talents of its ensemble cast.
This a very underrated film, and I found myself liking it. Sure, the humor is cliché and slapstick, and the story can be slow and dull at times, and the acting may be average, but the movie taught a very good message and was fairly emotional, and at times caught me shedding tears. It was a very toasty, and cozy movie. But, another problem I have is the syrupy and cliché ending. Other than that and a few other already mentioned cons, this is a great film and deserves more respect.
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"Love the Coopers" is a horribly written mess. It's all over the place and extremely over narrated. But I can't deny that I was charmed by it. I'm well aware of the problems it has, but I thoroughly enjoyed watching it.
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This misguided mess is trying to hit as many family holiday buttons as possible, but mostly manages to muddle it up. Four generations of a family come together for their annual Christmas Eve celebration and almost every one of them has a story line: the geeky teenager's first kiss, the emotionally shutoff daughter, the jealous sisters, the couple on verge of a divorce announcement. You get the idea. Although the performances are decent and some of the individual moments are effective, the deluge of earnest conversations and vulnerable confrontations overloads any charm. And forget any laffs. The movie has noble intentions and an inevitable feelgood finale, but this turkey won't make it til Christmas.
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This Christmas comedy just fails to blow in anything new. Instead, we're all being suffered while watching this movie. Love the Coopers.... hate isn't an option and no one wants hate in Love the Coopers.
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Production Company
CBS Films,
Groundswell Productions,
Imagine Entertainment
Release Date Nov 13, 2015
Duration 1 h 47 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline Christmas means comfort, joy and chaos
Awards
Razzie Awards
• 1 Nomination
Young Entertainer Awards
• 1 Nomination
