The film stars an ensemble cast, including Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Ed Helms, Diane Keaton, Jake Lacy, Anthony Mackie, Amanda Seyfried, June Squibb, Marisa Tomei, Timothée Chalamet, Olivia Wilde and features the voice of Steve Martin, and follows a dysfunctional family who reunites for the holidays.

As scenes shift back and forth across the Cooper family members, their memories also briefly appear on screen as younger versions of themselves.

Hank, already struggling through his recent divorce from Angie, loses his job as a family holiday photographer when he is replaced by a machine.

Talking about their different points of views and stances on relationships, Eleanor reveals that she is secretly dating a commitment-free married man.

High schooler Charlie drops in on his crush, Lauren, at the holiday store where she works—finally making a move and sharing a kiss with her.

In his car, Emma engages him in conversation, and he relents and lets her go, with a parting advice that she buys Charlotte the most expensive thing she can afford.

There is a momentary power outage, and when it comes back Eleanor is kissing Joe, Emma is drinking everyone's wine, and Ruby screams when she sees that Bucky has collapsed.

Emma, following Officer Percy's advice, buys Charlotte the most expensive thing she can – a shower stool from the hospital's small gift shop.

Love the Coopers traces its origins to The Most Wonderful Time, a Christmas screenplay by Steven Rogers which was then picked up by Relativity Media for a film adaptation to be directed by Jessie Nelson.

Diane Keaton and Robert Redford were initially cast to star in the film, which happened to also involve producer Brian Grazer and his Imagine Entertainment company.

The site's consensus reads, "Love the Coopers has a talented cast and a uniquely bittersweet blend of holiday cheer in its better moments, but they're all let down by a script content to settle for cloying smarm.