Love the Coopers

I don't know why, but this is a Christmas movie I actually like. Maybe it's because there are plenty of close-ups of **Olivia Wilde**'s beautiful face in it, or **Alan Arkin**, **John Goodman** and (not enough of) **Marisa Tomei**.. I just like it. **Things I liked the most:** - The storyline of Eleanor (**Olivia Wilde**) and Joe (**Jake Lacy**) - Bucky's (**Alan Arkin**) grandfatherly conversation with Hank (**Ed Helms**) in the Poinsettia greenhouse - The soundtrack (Honorable mention: "Soul Cake" by **Sting**) - That little montage of all the mistletoe kisses the shopping mall cop remembered - _You are such a jerk!_ - Real snow! **Some things that irritated me:** - **Alan Arkin** as **Diane Keaton**'s father because they are only twelve years apart - Young Charlotte (**Diane Keaton**) and Emma (**Marisa Tomei**) looked like eight years apart and not eigh_teen_ - Honestly, I'm concerned about all the food that dog ate..

After seeing the pretty great ensemble cast I thought, "why don't more people talk about this?" now I know. This feels like This Is Us in all the worse possible ways.