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26 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChroniclePerhaps it's the soothing, storybook quality of Steve Martin's narration, or the predictable third act turn, but Love the Coopers does come together in the end.
- 50St. Louis Post-DispatchSt. Louis Post-DispatchMost. Depressing. Christmas. Movie. Ever.
- 42The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerThe A.V. ClubJesse HassengerA movie that should be punctuated like a Christmas card sign-off but instead, losing a comma, becomes an off-putting directive. How Robert De Niro didn’t make it to this set is a mystery for the ages.
- 40Austin ChronicleSteve DavisAustin ChronicleSteve DavisIt’s a frustrating thing to unsnarl. Straddling the thorny fence of dramedy, Love the Coopers is a sometimes too serious, often not funny entry in this year’s tra-la-la movie sweepstakes.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreIt’s all so hackneyed, so overfamiliar and formulaic.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterJon FroschThe Hollywood ReporterJon FroschA Christmas comedy of numbing tedium and tackiness.
- 30VarietyNick SchagerVarietyNick SchagerDecked out in the usual tinsel-and-mistletoe trappings, the film lurches awkwardly between gloominess and giddiness, never hitting the boisterously bittersweet groove it seeks.
- 30Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleThe celebrity soup that is Love the Coopers is, indeed, a mess, the kind in which the screenplay by Steven Rogers...is made more chaotic by Jessie Nelson's tonally smeary direction.
- 20Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzDirector Jessie Nelson shoots it all like a Hallmark card that comes to life, which sounds like a cliche, which it is, which is the point.
- 0Washington PostJen ChaneyWashington PostJen ChaneyLove the Coopers is one of the most jumbled, tonally misguided holiday movies in recent memory. 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.