PG-13
107 minutes
It’s that time of year again, Christmas
movie time. The first to hit theaters is Love the Coopers. Watch the trailers
and what you see is a funny group of amazing actors and actresses. You
instantly want to see the movie just based on its cast. How can you go wrong
with Diane Keaton, John Goodman, Alan Arkin, Marissa Tomei, June Squibb, Ed
Helms, Olivia Wilde, Amanda Seyfried, Anthony Mackie, Alex Borstein with Steve
Martin as the narrator?
Well as good as the cast is this will
not be the top Christmas movie of 2015. The cast does an amazing job, but lacks
a unique plot or story to follow. I tip my hat to Diane Keaton and John Goodman
as they really carried this movie. Whenever the story veered off course they
brought it right back in. Unfortunately there was not enough plot to hold it
together as a must see.
The movie begins with Keaton and
Goodman, on the edge of divorce trying one last time to bring their family
together. They have been married for decades and Goodman just wants to fulfill
his dream of going on vacation to Africa while Keaton wants to stay close to
her grown up children.
While Keaton and Goodman plan for the
arrival of their children for Christmas the narrator takes us through the lives
of each of their children as well as Keaton’s dysfunctional sister who spends
most of the movie in a cop car.
This movie spends a lot of time in
little mini dramas that all add up to the entire family coming together for
Christmas and finding out that their worst nightmares are now their best
memories.
This is a movie for anyone who has that
dysfunctional family and can relate to holidays being their worst nightmare. If
you are a Goodman or Keaton fan this is a must see but don’t expect King Ralph
or Baby Boom.
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