Raetsonwe Redundant and unnecessary.

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Paynbob It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

lms-10 Christmast 'romcom' is a unique genre where maximum score is 8 (out of 10) as it is inevitably full of cliché.I had to give this maximum score as this movie brings virtually everything it has to: divorce, unemployment, shame, affront, loud quarrel -- and the catharsis, the resolution we all longing for, but many people are afraid to admit that.The "extras" I decided to sit down in front of the computer this evening was a discussion between two characters: one recalls her parents hate each other since they are fighting on every subtle matter -- the other recalls his parents love each other since they are fighting on every subtle matter, this is not hate but blood, passion.The opposite of love is not hate. The opposite of love is indifference.

Matt_Layden I went and saw the film, The Family Stone, in theatres when it first came out. It received mixed reviews, but for the most part, I really liked it. It dealt with a dysfunctional family getting together for the holidays. What made it work, in my mind at least, was that the characters felt honest, the chemistry between the cast felt real and despite the many dramatic moments, it had some heart. Love The Coopers is a poor imitation of these things. I bring up The Family Stone as a apt comparison, not only because Diane Keaton is the matriarch, but because both films try to convey the same message. The Family Stone's shortcomings happens in the final act with the girlfriend "switcheroo" whereas Love The Coopers shortcomings is the entire film.The film follows one family and their stories on Christmas Day. Keaton and her husband, John Goodman, are having one more family get together before they ultimately decide to leave each other after 40 years of marriage...depressing. Ed Helms is the son, separated from his wife, unemployed and feeling less of a man and even lesser of a father...depressing. Then we have Alan Arkin, the grandfather, who eats at the same diner everyday just to have a conversation with the pretty waitress, Amanda Seyfried, and to convince her she has value in this world....depressing. The beautiful Olivia Wilde plays the daughter. She is on her way home and is wasting time at the airport so she can spend less time with her family. She meets a good looking young soldier and convinces him to come home with her so she doesn't have to be a disappointment to her mother...depressing. On top of that...yes, there is more...we have Diane Keaton's sister, who has a strained relationship and shoplifts some jewelry for a present, only to get caught and have a thoughtful one on one conversation with a police officer...you guessed it....depressing. Did I forget to mention that the sister is played by Marissa Tomei? Yes, Marissa Tomei, so there lies a big problem for me. The casting of this film is all over the place. It seems they wanted to cast the recognizable face and name and not the role. In this film, we have constant 'flashes of memories' of the characters when they were younger. So we flash to the sisters when they were kids. They are maybe, 3 to 5 years apart. Then we come to the present and discover that the sister is Diane Keaton and Marissa Tomei. They have a 20 year age difference between each other. On top of that Alan Arkin plays their father....he is 12 years older than Keaton. I was so confused as to how Arkin and Tomei fit into the picture for 75% of the film. I thought he was Goodman's brother and Tomei was Keaton's daughter. While the cast does a decent job in the roles, none of the material is strong enough to hold any weight. None of the stories are engaging and it tries so hard to be emotional. I didn't really care about Goodman and Keaton's failing marriage because it never feels like the characters are really trying, or love each other, or anything at all really. The strained relationship between Keaton and almost everyone feels fake. None of these stories really work for me with the weakest one being Helms. He literally has nothing to do in this film, it's a little sad actually. Even for a 'depressing' Christmas film, Coopers fails. For it to be depressing, I feel like we need to have some sort of attachment to the characters, I had none. Steve Martin narrates the film to give it a "Christmas story" feel, it also falls a little flat. I just couldn't find myself caring about anything here.

Lola A This is one of the worst Christmas movies I have ever seen. It perplexes me why a great cast of a great calibre would accept to participate in a movie like that. The movie has no clear story line. It is predictable and it is quite cringy. Usually, I write the reviews immediately after I watch a movie but in this case some days have past so I am therefore unable to comment in detail and the things that I especially did not like. But, I know that I expected a great Christmas movie and was let down. The energies of characters do not fit with one another. It is a strange connection between characters so the connection feels weird and forced. I would not recommend this movie to anyone who expects an enjoyable Christmas movie.

Nikita Wannenburgh When I started watching this, I was expecting – hoping – for something along the lines of "The Family Stone" which, I thought, was a great film; a perfect family drama with a touch of everything. But "Love the Coopers" was a major disappointment, and it unfortunately failed to deserve its awesome cast. The main problem with this film is that the idea had been done to death. To make it standout, it had to bring something new to the table. But it didn't; it was very poorly written, jumbled and choppy, painfully predictable, with mostly awkward romance, not enough humour, and basically a mess of a story. Since they were working with an overused idea, the producers and writers had to have the film add something that others with the same type of story didn't; and yet they failed on that. It was bland and boring and a huge waste of a good cast. It is also very slow-moving and lacked "punch". The humour is virtually nonexistent, and the romance is awkward and very cringe- worthy (with one exception; Lacy and Wilde's couple I liked very much). The characters are stereotypical and lacking depth (with the exception of Wilde's and Lacy's), and, frankly, I think they could've done without the teenage subplot; the acting was horrendous, it was ridiculously clichéd, and the kissing was, to be honest, absolutely repulsive – not to mention completely devoid of chemistry. So many family dramas end up portraying teenagers in the same cheesy way: sex-crazed, stereotypical, and with absolutely predictable scenarios and dialogue. Oh, and dialogue. Throughout the whole film it was terribly unoriginal, boring, and too infrequently scattered with smile-only one-liners. But yes, the cast is good. Diane Keaton, John Goodman, Ed Helms, Amanda Seyfried, Olivia Wilde, Alan Arkin and Marisa Tomei are all solid, but the real standouts for me were Tomei, Wilde and Keaton. Keaton is always consistent and good, and she plays the mother figure very well; although nowhere as good as her mother character in "The Family Stone" – which I can't seem to stop comparing this film to. The film is awfully cheesy and clichéd, and the only subplot I actually enjoyed was the romance between Wilde's character and Jake Lacy's; they had real chemistry, and despite the actual relationship being quite unrealistic and cheesy, it worked because they portrayed the characters well, their chemistry was on point, and they gave their characters real depth. Tomei was excellent; her conversations in the squad car opposite Anthony Mackie – who was very underused - gave the film its rare slices of humour, and she fitted her character perfectly. Alan Arkin is the grandfather of the family, but he's not brilliant or entirely convincing in the role, and his rather creepy relationship – which I guess is supposed to be friendly grandfather figure to quiet, reserved granddaughter - with Amanda Seyfried's character isn't as sweet or touching as it should be. Their scenes are uncomfortable and awkward and while Seyfried acts well, there wasn't enough to make me feel for them. Overall, if you're wanting to watch a feel-good, moving, brilliantly acted, hilarious family drama in the holidays – preferably Christmas – then watch "The Family Stone". Believe me, it won't disappoint. "Love the Coppers" most certainly will.