The premise is corny, the characterisation is largely poor and there’s a dance routine – but there are bizarre flashes of greatness, mainly thanks to Olivia Wilde
There’s a wonderful quote attributed to Howard Hawks that explains what makes a good movie: three great scenes and no bad scenes. Films like Love the Coopers make this calculation more difficult. What about six great scenes, but three godawful ones? Or a soul-deadening, predictable formula that somehow manages to slip in a few touching and clever grace notes? How does that math all add up? Does Love the Coopers’s collection of what are essentially short films that tie together at the end for family uplift equal good? Oh, who am I kidding? No. Of course not. But it would be wrong to simply dismiss this movie entirely, especially considering just how terrific some of the individual sequences are.
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There’s a wonderful quote attributed to Howard Hawks that explains what makes a good movie: three great scenes and no bad scenes. Films like Love the Coopers make this calculation more difficult. What about six great scenes, but three godawful ones? Or a soul-deadening, predictable formula that somehow manages to slip in a few touching and clever grace notes? How does that math all add up? Does Love the Coopers’s collection of what are essentially short films that tie together at the end for family uplift equal good? Oh, who am I kidding? No. Of course not. But it would be wrong to simply dismiss this movie entirely, especially considering just how terrific some of the individual sequences are.
Related: Bored by Home Alone? Try these 10 festive films instead
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 10 hours ago.