A.C.O.D. (2013)
Average Rating: 5.6/10
Reviews Counted: 32
Fresh: 17 | Rotten: 15
Despite its impressive cast and some sharp observations, A.C.O.D. is neither funny enough nor poignant enough to work as a potent comedy or incisive satire.
Average Rating: 4.5/10
Critic Reviews: 13
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 8
Despite its impressive cast and some sharp observations, A.C.O.D. is neither funny enough nor poignant enough to work as a potent comedy or incisive satire.
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Movie Info
Carter (Adam Scott) is a well-adjusted Adult Child of Divorce. So he thinks. When he discovers he was part of a divorce study as a child, it wreaks havoc on his family and forces him to face the chaos of his past.
Cast
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Adam Scott
Carter -
Richard Jenkins
Hugh -
Jane Lynch
Dr. Judith -
Catherine O'Hara
Melissa -
Amy Poehler
Sondra -
Mary Elizabeth Winst...
Lauren -
Clark Duke
Trey -
Jessica Alba
Michelle -
Ken Howard
Gary -
Valerie Tian
Keiko -
Sarah Burns
Margo -
Jamie Renell
Tyler -
Valerie Payton
Etta -
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Isabella Zentkovic
Emily -
Vickie Eng
Mrs. Kobayashi -
Vince Canlas
Mr. Kobayashi -
Mark Oliver
Mr. Stringer -
Todd Denson
Maitre'd -
Stephanie Warner
Usher -
Stephen Warner
Usher -
Randy Cohlmia
Mr. Striped Jacket -
Adam Pally
Mark -
Brian Kurlander
David -
Sarah Vowell
Lorraine -
Steve Coulter
Charles -
David Kronawitter
Lawyer -
Leland L. Jones
Fire Chief -
Elyssa Brette Mactas
Maureen -
Semi Lee
Waitress -
Claire Bronson
Cynthia -
Andrea Moore
Coat Check Girl -
Trevor Standish
Young Carter -
Ben Swayze
Teenage Carter -
Frank Roberts
Jewelry Shop Owner
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All Critics (32) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (15)
There's an undertone of score-settling to this not-so-romantic comedy, a bitterness that's sometimes unpleasant and sometimes wickedly funny.
Top Critic[A] pointless, meaningless and witless comedy ...
Mr. Zicherman needs a better crew, some time with the Criterion Collection and a fresher story, one perhaps not plucked from his own life.
Even with Adam Scott, Richard Jenkins, Catherine O'Hara, Jane Lynch and Amy Poehler on board, the results are regrettably forgettable.
A spotty comedy with a great cast and a catchy title that falls apart in the final third.
Any movie starring these justly adored actors is likely to have its share of highlights and both are, indeed, delightful to watch.
"A.C.O.D." is sitcom-y, but in the sense that it's a neatly arced comedy w/a steady stream of jokes, delivered by a professionals who efficiently hit every punchline.
A.C.O.D. is reasonably pleasant and therapeutic and antiseptic and you just wish somebody would bring a chandelier down on somebody else at some point.
Mature farce about divorce has some hilarious bits.
The screenplay simply doesn't provide enough reasons to feel bad for Adam Scott's Carter amid his personal crisis.
Director Stuart Zicherman, who wrote the screenplay for A.C.O.D. with Ben Karlin, must have drawn on his own life here, and he has drawn extremely well, for this is one very funny film.
"A.C.O.D." is a sharp, dark-ish character comedy, settling for a dry tolerance in its point of view that is very appealing and even admirable.
The spectacular cast makes the most of the sharp dialogue and depictions of world-class boundary issues.
It's downright criminal that Zicherman had the cast he did, stacked with stars from Parks and Recreation, Best In Show, Step Brothers, The Office and Party Down, and yet the result is as flaccid and stale as this.
First-time director Stu Zicherman deserves the most praise just for assembling this cast, and particularly for giving Scott such a big role. These are astonishingly talented people who do most of the heavy lifting.
It's too broad to qualify as incisive, too mild to rise above the level of amusing.
It's neither consistently funny nor poignant enough to make the most of its impressive cast.
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Just so I can get this out of the way, A.C.O.D. stands for 'Adult Children of Divorce'. That actually makes the title of the movie sound less important than it is, but it will be tough to predict how often I plan on calling back to the full title of this movie. Regardless, as both a fan of the ensemble comedic cast in A.C.O.D. and an actual A.C.O.D. (though I'm working on the 'Adult' part), I had a lot of fun with this film. There is a lot of humor found in the exaggerated situations that this film puts its characters in, but still has a core sense of truth in its comedy. It is not the most laugh out loud comedy of the year, but I did enjoy where a lot of these laughs were coming from, as the film had some fun material to work with.
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