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
Love the Coopers
Christmas means comfort, joy and chaos.
2015 · 1h 47m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Family
Directed by
Jessie Nelson
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Love the Coopers
Overview
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
19%
Tomatometer
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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