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!
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,
17 Nov 2015
rotten:
Ticks off literally every home-for-the-holidays box -- in dutiful, uninspired fashion.
– Tom Huddleston,
Time Out,
13 Nov 2015
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,
13 Nov 2015
rotten:
Holiday entertainment that feels more like a horror movie.
– Scott Tobias,
NPR,
13 Nov 2015
fresh:
It's part sitcom and part soap opera that pokes mild fun at the season but has a wide sentimental streak.