Love the Coopers

Love the Coopers

2015 "Christmas means comfort, joy and chaos."
Love the Coopers
Love the Coopers

Love the Coopers

5.8 | 1h47m | PG-13 | en | Drama

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.

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5.8 | 1h47m | PG-13 | en | Drama , Comedy , Family | More Info
Released: November. 13,2015 | Released Producted By: Imagine Entertainment , Groundswell Productions Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.cbsfilms.com/love-the-coopers/
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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.

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Diane Keaton , John Goodman , Ed Helms

Director

Chris Cleek

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Imagine Entertainment , Groundswell Productions

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adionisos So, I saw this with my family last Christmas, and I completely hated it. The story line made no sense. They bounced scenarios around with no real rhyme or reason, constantly switching back and forth: 1. A struggling husband and wife, 2. A sister who meets a soldier and convinces him to act like her fiancé 3. An old man talking to a teenage waitress, 4. A teenager trying to kiss a girl, 5. and a woman being arrested and becoming buddy-buddy with a cop. It honestly felt like they had 5 different movie ideas and mashed them into one. The acting was poor, the ending was bad. OK, spoiler: The old man has heart attack. He lives (Of course) So, dancing in a hospital = family? I saw it just because of the trailer, but that was the only real "Good" things about the movie. This movie is billed as a "Comedy". I didn't even chuckle once.
mattkratz This was a decent holiday/family comedy film following several story lines. Among them were scenes with Dianne Wiest and John Goodman, Marisa Tomei being arrested for shoplifting, Amanda Seyfried about to quit her job at a diner (much to the chagrin of her favorite customer), and one of the daughters picking up a soldier at the airport so she can pass him off as her "lover" for her family for the family at the dinner. The whole thing is narrated by Steve Martin-you might be surprised by who his character is. My favorite scenes are John Goodman messing up the lyrics to the Christmas scenes;Seyfried's scenes at the diner;the scenes in the police car;and the scenes between Olivia Wilde and the soldier. You might want to check this out if you need a good family holiday film.** 1/2 out of ****
Alonso Duralde Any number of the films we now think of as unassailable holiday classics -- Christmas in Connecticut, White Christmas, even It's a Wonderful Life -- were dismissed as corny and formulaic in their original reviews, so it's no surprise that Meet the Coopers met the same fate. But I suspect time will be kind to this one: it's warm without being gooey, the humor is sharp and observant, the ensemble is top-notch, and the soundtrack is quite lovely.If, like me, you're a fan of the dysfunctional-family Christmas comedy (The Ref, La Bûche, A Christmas Tale), this one may well sneak up on you and enter your annual holiday rotation. If I ever get to update my holiday film guide "Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas," this one would definitely go in.
woodruffw The "Holiday Family Dramedy" is sort of a genre unto itself. One could write a similar story, with similar jokes and disappointments set at any other time of year, but somehow setting the tale at Christmas makes it more meaningful. Whether it's nostalgia or hopefulness, something about the holidays adds an extra point of connection between us and the characters.Unfortunately, "Love the Coopers" features a bunch of characters with whom it's very difficult to connect. But for a couple of exceptions, they are all totally unlikable. Forget attempting to relate to them, if you met any of these people in real life you'd go out of your way to avoid being in the same room with them ever again. Given the wonderful cast, it's a real feat of failure that the writer and director turned them into such jerks.I suppose the creators were aiming for a revamped "Love Actually". But, rather than having a troupe of mostly unconnected characters falling in and out of love, what we have here is a bunch of dysfunctional family members all dealing with screwed up relationships. The parents are planning to separate after 40 years of marriage; the newly- unemployed son is struggling to provide for his family while dealing with his shrew of an ex-wife; the free- spirited daughter has had her heart-broken and falls in love in the airport but is too hurt to genuinely connect; the widowed grandfather has developed a kind of creepy paternal bond with a waitress who announces she's leaving town; the black sheep sister is a spinster who likes to shoplift and develops her most powerful connection with the cop who arrests her.No one gets a meaningful backstory. Instead, the writer opts for an expository shortcut by including a rather intrusive narrator, who turns out to be the family dog with Steve Martin's voice. The narration tells us what the characters are feeling and why. The audience is left to take him at his word, since we don't actually get to see any of the moments that brought the characters to this point. As a result of this narrative failure, it's impossible to understand any of the characters' motivations, and it doesn't seem like any of the immensely talented cast knows what they are, either. Is an indefinitely delayed vacation really the cause of the rift between John Goodman and Diane Keaton? Is a longstanding jealousy of her older sister really the root of Marisa Tomei's kleptomania? What is it about Amanda Seyfried that makes Alan Arkin go to a restaurant that he dislikes every single morning just to see her? None of these questions (and more) are ever answered. Instead, we get scene after scene of arguments and belittling, and we wonder why any of them bother. I know you can't choose your family, but if these were my relatives I'd just as soon spend Christmas alone.The best and (somehow) worst of these interlocking stories features Olivia Wilde and relative newcomer Jake Lacy. We are told (by the dog) that Wilde's heart has been broken too often, and now she has up a wall. She is a free-spirited, agnostic Liberal who, naturally, shares an airport bar with a conservative Christian soldier who is about to ship off. They instantly hit it off, despite the fact that she does nothing but demean his faith and politics, while he offers nothing but dumb defenses of his beliefs. Lacy actually does an admirable job of creating a charming, sincere character. But Wilde is so nasty to him that it makes no sense that he would fall for her (other than the fact that she's gorgeous). Their conversation is where the writer obviously felt like he could display his chops, but what he surely thought sounded profound comes off as ridiculous. For instance, Lacy asks what Wilde believes in if not God, and she responds "I believe in Nina Simone's voice". A loud "OH COME ON!" left my mouth before I was able to control it. What is that supposed to mean? Is that what passes for profound? For reasons that are not obvious, the considerate Christian soldier pursues the obnoxious hippy chick even after running into the married man with whom she's been sleeping. It's inexplicable.The title, "Love the Coopers", refers to the salutation the matriarch writes on the family's annual Christmas card. But, because the necessary comma is left off, it becomes a command. We are instructed to love these awful people despite having no legitimate reason to do so. I genuinely cannot think of a single reason you should watch this.