Fresh
It's just as often manipulative and contrived, but Jessie Nelson's film sells itself well. There's care in the details, and the characters often feel like actual people.
Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture
Overview
Shortly before the completion of his latest project, a filmmaker who has already made his mark on the local cult and avant-garde film scene, presents his latest effort - a real low-budget masterpiece!
Director and cast
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Rotten
Ticks off literally every home-for-the-holidays box -- in dutiful, uninspired fashion.
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
Rotten
If you've been wishing and hoping for a movie in which June Squibb - here playing a dementia-riddled relative named Aunt Fishy - shows her underpants yet again, you'll love Love the Coopers. For the rest of us, to know them is to hate them.
Stephanie Zacharek, Village Voice
Rotten
Holiday entertainment that feels more like a horror movie.
Scott Tobias, NPR
Fresh
It's part sitcom and part soap opera that pokes mild fun at the season but has a wide sentimental streak.
Walter V. Addiego, Hearst Newspapers
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