Cooper's Camera

Dir Warren Sonoda w/ Jason Jones, Mike Beaver. 93 min. Canada First.

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BY Jason Anderson   August 27, 2008 12:08

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Daily Show power couple Jason Jones and Samantha Bee star as married suburbanites in this retro-‘80s black comedy about a Christmastime family gathering that turns toxic. With all of the action being purportedly captured on a secondhand VHS camcorder, the Coopers spend the holiday doing their utmost to ruin each other’s lives. As the warfare intensifies, events turn less funny-ha-ha and more just cruel and grotesque. Consequently, this desecration of middle-class values (complete with amateur porn clips featuring Dave Foley) sometimes exhibits the subtlety of a steamroller as it barrels through gags both inspired and obvious, but it’s still exciting to see some of Toronto’s best comedy talent go for broke. 

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