Ensemble casts that eventually all come together as one big crossover story. How love the coopers is the family stone of 2015 in. 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. If you like love the coopers you are looking for humorous, feel good and semi serious movies about with christmas, christmas eve, family, parents and children, family relations, couple relations and family gatherings themes of comedy, fantasy and romance genre shot in usa.
Christmas with the coopers aka love the coopers movie. Follows the cooper clan as four generations of extended family come together for their annual christmas eve celebration. Nelson says the title change to love the coopers, which is how the featured family signs their christmas cards, was needed to give the movie a more yearround viewing appeal. Amanda seyfried costars in love the coopers christmas. I let lend people my movies to watch and they tell me they loved it and ask to borrow it again. Love the coopers the film stars an ensemble cast, including alan arkin, john goodman, ed helms, diane keaton, jake lacy, anthony mackie, amanda seyfried, june squibb, marisa tomei, and olivia wilde, and follows a dysfunctional family that reunites for the holidays. It is more of a bittersweet portrayal of our expectations of family in contrast to the reality. At least love the coopers has the nerve to even bring up the topic of faith in a mainstream and primarily secular holiday film.
This ensemble family comedy follows the cooper family as four generations gather for their annual christmas eve celebration. As the evening unfolds, 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. Love,the coopers love this movie,very funny,touching,loving,a very sweet move,all the actors in this movie played a very good part,loved everyone in it,but olivia. Love the coopers 2015 trailers and clips for their annual christmas eve celebration, sam cooper john goodman and his wife charlotte diane keaton welcome four generations of extended family. Watch love the coopers online stream full movie directv. 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. Love the coopers is a christmas story about familya slightly dysfunctional family. Love the coopers heart is in the right place, and there are several moments that will certainly remind viewers of their own memorable holiday experiences the films occasional use of. I f you like spending the yuletide season with horrible people, have i got a movie for you. Love the coopers has a talented cast and a uniquely bittersweet blend of holiday cheer in its better moments, but theyre all let down by a script content to.
For their annual christmas eve celebration, sam cooper john goodman and his wife charlotte diane keaton welcome four generations of extended family, including son hank ed helms, daughter eleanor olivia wilde and. Everything you need to know about love the coopers movie. Here you will find unforgettable moments, scenes and lines from all your favorite films. The film is known by the title christmas with the coopers in the uk. Heavily narrated and featuring nearly a dozen characters including the family dog, the movie deals. Lyingwhether in little white ways or via whoppers like eleanor and joes concocted romanceseems safer. The intertwined stories of four generations of coopers unfold right before the annual family reunion on christmas eve.
Goodman and keaton the coopers at the center of it all are a couple barely keeping it together after 40. Christmas with the coopers called love the coopers in north america is so awful, so cringeworthy, so full of forced quirkiness, excruciating cuteness, and phony emotion that it made me question my love for other movies about families gathering for a big festive meal, such as home for the holidays and. 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. Some are done very well and some fall flat as any pancake you have ever seen. Love the coopers on dvd february 9, 2016 starring alan arkin, john goodman, ed helms, diane keaton. Filming in pittsburgh was a wonderful experience for ms. Amanda seyfried costars in love the coopers christmas comedy. For their annual christmas eve celebration, sam cooper john goodman and his wife charlotte diane keaton. Movie info love the coopers follows the cooper clan as four generations of extended family come together for their annual christmas eve celebration. 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. If you like love the coopers you might like similar movies waffle street, mothers day, sisters, my big fat greek wedding 2, magic mike xxl.
Love the coopers is the target film for this weeks box office prediction contest. Love the coopers cast, info, trivia famous birthdays. Actual jokes with a real setup and punchline are few and far between, and rarely land anyway. Nov, 2015 love the coopers wants to be as beloved as that movie and several others that it calls to mind, but its overwrought exchanges especially between charlotte and sam and efforts to push every. After we finished the movie, i went to see her in a play the way we get by by neil labute in new york.
Love the coopers official trailer although its not yet thanksgiving, love the coopers has already thrown its hat into the ring for the competition of best christmas picture of the holiday season. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for love the coopers. Rent love the coopers 2015 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. As the evening unfolds, a series of unexpected visitors and unlikely events turn the night upside down. Love the coopers is a disastrous holiday film, filled with false cheer and contrived drama meant to bring everyone together, but will only drive you away. Love the coopers isnt immune to a few over the top moments and it never met a welltrodden plot device it didnt like, but its unabashed heart and hopefulness is akin to a warm, cozy knitted throw. Parents need to know that love the coopers is an ensemble holiday dramedy about three generations of a pittsburgh family who gather for christmas the cast includes alan arkin, john goodman, ed helms, olivia wilde, diane keaton, and many more. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Love the coopers has a talented cast and a uniquely bittersweet blend of holiday cheer in its better moments, but theyre all let down by a script content to settle for cloying smarm. Find out when and where you can watch love the coopers on tv with the full listings schedule at. Olivia wilde at an event for love the coopers 2015.
Everything you need to know about love the coopers movie 2015. Nov 14, 2015 love the coopers contains a protolerance message too, mostly of the progressives should tolerate reactionaries kind eleanor repeatedly mocks joes presumed religious and political beliefs while joes innate good nature helps him see past eleanors noxious beliefs to the beautiful, blueeyed brunette sitting across from him at the. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the films opening 3day weekend box office friday to sunday, without going over, will win a frankenprize consisting. Heavily narrated and featuring nearly a dozen characters including the family dog, the movie deals with some mature themes, including. Love the coopers titled christmas with the coopers in the uk and ireland is a 2015 american christmas comedydrama film directed by jessie nelson and written by steven rogers. Better off trusting that our family can accept us just as we are than trying so hard to pretend were in better shape than we really are. See more ideas about house styles, christmas home and decorating on a budget. Watch love the coopers trailers and video, including teasers, extended looks, exclusive clips, footage, sneak peeks, interviews, and more on moviefone.
She played angie, the exwife of tommy calvin denis learys brother johnny dean winters. Nov, 2015 love the coopers follows the cooper clan as four generations of extended family come together for their annual christmas eve celebration. Pittsburgh shines as the perfect winter holiday backdrop. Putting it all out there, i do love these types of movies. Love the coopers trailer brings big stars home for the holidays aug 26, 2015.
Unfortunately, comparing love the coopers to any film with the words love, or actually in the title would be an insult to those movies love the coopers being the exception that establishes the rule. The more curdledthancuddly holiday film already had offended this former copy editor even before i entered. In 2006, she went on to do 4 episodes for rescue me 2004. Love the coopers 2015 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Love the coopers songlist movie tracklist ost list listen to original score and full songs, theme music, film score list, the playlist of all of the songs played in the movie, who sings them, including end credits and scene descriptions. Love the coopers is one of the most jumbled, tonally misguided holiday movies in recent memory. Check out love the coopers soundtrack and 22 songs. If you can watch this movie closely and not shed a tear, you are dead inside and should immediately seek psychiatric help. Was going to see it when it came out in the movies didnt get a chance. Four generations of coopers come together for the annual family reunion on christmas eve. Many of the critics trashed this movie, and we almost didnt watch it.
Love the coopers 2015 for their annual christmas eve celebration, sam cooper john goodman and his wife charlotte diane keaton welcome four generations of extended family, including son hank. Rent love the coopers 2015 starring alan arkin and marisa tomei on dvd and bluray. But it loses most of those points with its odd choice of turning outdoor snowmen, gingerbread men and chocolate figurines into a greek chorus that comments on the action with their silent scowls. She also made a guest appearance on the animated tv phenomenon the simpsons 1989 as sara sloane, a movie star who falls in love with ned flanders. The soundtrack for cbs films holiday comedy love the coopers wont street until november, the same day the movie hits theaters, but this. Love the coopers follows the cooper clan as four generations of extended family come together for their annual christmas eve celebration. Love the coopers brings four generations of the coopers home for christmas, each with his or her own set of problems.
In the family stone, the actress is sybil, a bohemian mom of a liberal family, and in love the coopers, she plays charlotte, a puttogether, new englandtype who is a bit uptight, but ultimately. Not only that,but several times i had to pause the film so i could ponder how the wise words about love and life relate to my life and mistakes. When four generations of the cooper clan gather for a reunion, a series of unexpected visitors and unlikely events turn the night upsidedown leading the coopers toward a joyful rediscovery of family bonds and the magic of love. Love the coopers soundtrack music complete song list tunefind. Alan arkin and jessie nelson in love the coopers 2015. Love the coopers follows the cooper clan as four generations of extended family come together for. Love the coopers is a 2015 american christmas comedydrama film directed by jessie nelson and written by steven rogers. Love the coopers keeps its ensemble in pairs for most of the movie. Just went out a bought it and im glad i did i love it. From this day on my life will be better because of what i realized was true,as displayed in this movie, about family, love, regrets. Christmas is the season for the coopers to come together for quality family time whether they like it or not. Funny, poignant, dramatic, deep and just plain entertaining. With steve martin, diane keaton, john goodman, ed helms.
Watch love the coopers starring alan arkin in this drama on directv. Nov, 2015 at least love the coopers has the nerve to even bring up the topic of faith in a mainstream and primarily secular holiday film. The nicest people ive ever met live in pittsburgh, said the director. Love the coopers 2015 trailers and clips moviefone. Nov, 2015 that is indeed the core message in love the coopers. Can they survive the most beautiful time of the year. Movies like love the coopers if you like love the coopers you are looking for humorous, feel good and semi serious movies about with christmas, christmas eve, family, parents and children, family relations, couple relations and family gatherings themes of comedy, fantasy and romance genre shot in usa. Oh dear, and the lightheartedness with which it pulls out of its hat the thing that will bring the family together at the. Love the coopers 2015 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.