SummaryWhen 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
Love the Coopers
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Generally Unfavorable
31
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4.9
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
31
15% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
38% Mixed
10 Reviews
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46% Negative
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
Nov 30, 2015
70
Jessie Nelson’s film sells itself well. There’s care in the details, and the characters often feel like actual people.
Nov 13, 2015
58
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
4.9
31% Positive
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
35% Mixed
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
35% Negative
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
May 13, 2016
9
A strange yet quite enjoyable film with great stars that make up the dysfunctional yet oddly realistic Cooper family with John Goodman and Diane Keaton effectively portraying the patriarchs in this existential but familiar movie!
Dec 14, 2015
9
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.
Nov 11, 2015
42
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.
Nov 11, 2015
40
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.
Nov 16, 2015
20
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.
Nov 12, 2015
0
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.
Jul 25, 2024
8
It's a good movie. After watching the trailer, I liked the soundtrack of the movie, the story of the movie, and movie theme. I love movies like this with a New Year theme. I thought it was a good movie with a good script and good direction. After watching the movie, I felt that the viewer will get a good feeling and leave a good impression.
Dec 3, 2015
6
Ta mais pra menos que pra mais, falta conexão entre personagens, tem papeis inúteis, e é bem complicado achar algo positivo. Mas a parte talvez boa é aquela forte mistura, 'um pouco de humor com muita tensão família'.
Nov 17, 2015
6
"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.
Nov 18, 2015
3
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.
Jan 29, 2016
2
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.
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
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Awards
Razzie Awards
• 1 Nomination
Young Entertainer Awards
• 1 Nomination
