What a waste of my time!!!

Best movie ever!

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Love the Coopers (2015) is a fun, delightful holiday film about a family coming together for Christmas dinner. I loved the ensemble cast. I'm a big fan of most of the actors. Marisa Tomei, Diane Keaton, Olivia Wilde, John Goodman, and others all star as members of the Cooper family. They all give very good performances, I especially loved Olivia Wilde's performance. I loved her storyline with her and her man she met on the way to meet her family. The chemistry between the two is electric, I liked the dialogue between the two, it was both funny at times and sweet and touching. And I also liked following the other family members stories and the script allows for the audience to get invested in the characters and see deep into why they are the way they are. I thought that Marisa Tomei and her storyline with the police officer was very interesting and it really gave a look into her character. Keaton and goodman are great together and I loved their story and seeing them go through what they were going through. Overall love the coopers isn't out of this world, but it is a sweet fun way to spend a couple hours, especially over Christmastime. 7/10 for love the coopers.

This isn't the weirdest movie I ever saw, but it's high on the list. Although, weird doesn't necessarily mean bad. But, in this case, weird is kinda bad. This is a sort of ensemble-type film, and you either like or don't like some of the individual subplots.Sub-plot 1: John Goodman and Diane Keaton are planning on divorcing, with the precipitating factor being her refusal to go on a long-planned trip to Africa with him. But they want to have one last "regular" Christmas before they tell their family. This subplot is fine, although with age I think that Keaton has slightly lost her touch, and I never thought Goodman had the touch. As a result, while the subplot is fine, I wasn't that impressed with the acting in it.Sam and Charlotte are divorcing after forty years of marriage. Charlotte convinces Sam to wait until after their grown children (Hank and Eleanor), grandchildren (Hank's kids Charlie, Bo and Madison), Charlotte's father and sister (Bucky and Emma) and Sam's aunt (Fishy) have enjoyed one last "perfect Christmas" before announcing the planned divorce. As scenes shift back and forth across the Cooper family members, their memories also briefly appear on screen as younger versions of themselves.Subplot 2: Hank lost his photography job and his wife has left him, though she has flown in for the holiday Christmas. This just didn't work for me. Too much hand-wringing.Subplot 3: Eleanor has flown in for the holiday, but stays at the airport as long as possible because she dreads going home...although it was never clear to me why she dreaded it. The motherly nagging was pretty minor. At an airport bar she meets a soldier snowed in at the airport...even though there's not that much of a snowfall. They hit it off, though they are very different people. He agrees to act as her boyfriend for Christmas so that her mother will lay off the nagging. I didn't find Eleanor a very sympathetic character, although this part of the story was SOMETIMES intriguing.Subplot 4: Bucky -- the grandfather -- is eats daily at a local diner because he so admires a young waitress who hasn't gotten her life together. It's sort of charming, but I was never quite clear what his intentions were. Good...or a dirty old man? This was, at least, an interesting subplot.Subplot 5: The high school boy, awkward as can be, has a crush on a girl. They finally get together, but their Frenching and humping in public is illogical and disgusting.Subplot 6: Emma (sister to Keaton) gets arrested for shoplifting during Christmas shopping. She is arrested by a police officer played by Anthony Mackie. In the police car they get into a conversation in which the officer admits (sort of) that he is gay and that his personal life is a disaster. Okay. That sorta works...except Mackie is only a prop here because he lets her go because it's Christmas. Unfortunately, for Mackie, it's a dead end part.Finally it's Christmas dinner...and it's disastrous, resulting in an unexplained power failure during which Bucky suffers a stroke (yes, really). At the hospital they all kiss...well, dance and make up.Honestly, this film stinks, but has just enough good scenes that I couldn't turn it off. Perhaps most interesting is that the story is told by the dog (I'm not kidding), with voice portrayed by Steve Martin.To be honest, don't waste your time.

So many of these movie reviews seem to be from "want-to-be" critics, far more interested in critiquing the movie, than enjoying it. Sometime I feel I may be the only one who watches movies simply to relax and be entertained? This movie was great. I had never heard of it before it popped up on TV. With so many characters being introduced, it seemed a little confusing at first trying to fit them together. Once I caught on to the several subplots going on, it was just really wonderful fun. An adult movie that doesn't rely of car chases, sex and gun fire to entertain. I laughed WITH this family and AT this family. What a hoot. Watch it for pure fun.

I started this movie just because nothing was on (tube full of Xmas). I was first sucked in by the great John Goodman and the sublime Alan Arkin. Once Olivia Wilde's character started to develop I was hooked.I am gobsmacked to see how wrong the low ratings for this movie are. The unique characters and the depth of emotions, mostly love, are incredible. Maybe people want quick cuts and action and just don't know how to let a movie based on dialogue slowly draw them in and make you care about the characters, all of which are rounded and easily lovable,yet each deeply flawed in ways anyone that has lived a few decades will identify with. I am a tough guy in my 50s and I shed tears three times. 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. 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. And I will forever love Olivia Wilde. Her scenes alone are worth watching this movie. If you can watch this movie closely and not shed a tear, you are dead inside and should immediately seek psychiatric help. Solid 7.5/10