A.C.O.D. Reviews
Top CriticThere's an undertone of score-settling to this not-so-romantic comedy, a bitterness that's sometimes unpleasant and sometimes wickedly funny.
Mr. Zicherman needs a better crew, some time with the Criterion Collection and a fresher story, one perhaps not plucked from his own life.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Even with Adam Scott, Richard Jenkins, Catherine O'Hara, Jane Lynch and Amy Poehler on board, the results are regrettably forgettable.
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| Original Score: 2/5
A spotty comedy with a great cast and a catchy title that falls apart in the final third.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Any movie starring these justly adored actors is likely to have its share of highlights and both are, indeed, delightful to watch.
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| Original Score: 3/5
This is the sort of movie you watch on a long flight because you like at least one of the cast members, and you laugh a few times, and then you forget that you ever saw it.
Too sluggish for farce and too glib for a trenchant social satire, A.C.O.D. is several sessions short of a breakthrough.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Zicherman should have trusted his dark instincts; he did too much micromanaging of his own.
A solid debut for Zicherman, and a worthy vehicle for Scott and company.
A.C.O.D. is like some wild and woolly French family drama that hums along in fast motion.
The comedy will strike a chord with viewers who've had to "be the adult" in relationships with divorced parents.
Carter's existential crisis simply isn't interesting enough to sustain the movie, even at a scant 87 minutes, no matter how likable the leading man.
