A.C.O.D.

Name: A.C.O.D.
Genre: Comedy
Released: October 4, 2013
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 50
Cast: Adam Scott, Amy Poehler, Catherine O'Hara, Clark Duke, Jane Lynch

2013

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Film Arcade | Release Date: October 4, 2013 | R

Starring: Adam Scott, Amy Poehler, Catherine O'Hara, Clark Duke, Jane Lynch, Jessica Alba, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Richard Jenkins

Summary: Having survived the madness of his parents' (Richard Jenkins and Catherine O'Hara) divorce, Carter (Adam Scott), a seemingly well-adjusted Adult Child of Divorce now has a successful career and a supportive girlfriend (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). But when his younger brother (Clark Duke) gets engaged, Carter is forced to reunite his bitterlyHaving survived the madness of his parents' (Richard Jenkins and Catherine O'Hara) divorce, Carter (Adam Scott), a seemingly well-adjusted Adult Child of Divorce now has a successful career and a supportive girlfriend (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). But when his younger brother (Clark Duke) gets engaged, Carter is forced to reunite his bitterly divorced parents and their new spouses (Amy Poehler and Ken Howard) for the wedding, causing the chaos of his childhood to return.… Expand

Director: Stu Zicherman

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 88 min

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Owen Gleiberman

Oct 2, 2013

Adam Scott has a controlled, almost overly impeccable charisma. Handsome, with small precise facial features, he has a witty, hiply downcast delivery that, on screen, can make him seem like a unit unto himself. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Dan Callahan

Oct 4, 2013

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. Read full review

John DeFore

Aug 11, 2013

Funny but less successful as comedy than as a cry of you-screwed-us-up solidarity. Read full review

Sam Weisberg

Oct 1, 2013

A.C.O.D. ultimately suffers from a rare affliction: an overkill of editing. Whole scenes—especially the farcical finale—peter out just at the simmering point. Read full review

Steve Persall

Oct 15, 2013

The movie zings when Jenkins is snapping off venomous wisecracks, or O'Hara speaks politically incorrectly with only the best intentions. But those moments aren't enough to raise A.C.O.D. above the level of a failed pilot for a racy pay channel sitcom. Read full review

Richard Roeper

Oct 10, 2013

Despite an excellent ensemble cast of comedic treasures as well as veterans of drama taking a walk down a lighter aisle, A.C.O.D (i.e. Adult Children of Divorce) delivers only a few sporadic chuckles amidst a slew of clunky scenes. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Oct 3, 2013

A contrived comedy that could have made an especially weak episode of “Everybody Loves Raymond.” Read full review

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Spaulding1980

Nov 29, 2018

More serious than funny, it is an entertaining and well-done movie. Scott, Jenkins, Winstead all give strong performances.

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DJ64

Nov 18, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie is held together by a typically intelligent, sympathetic performance from Adam Scott, with fine support from Mary Elizabeth Winstead. I believed in and cared about them as the central couple, with Scott struggling to deal with the chaos created by others and Winstead the voice of reason in his life. Other performances capture the selfishness of a dysfunctional family nicely, and I quickly found myself rooting for Scott and feeling the pain when his life is derailed. This is a worthwhile movie that doesn't patronise the audience with cliched resolutions, it's funny enough to keep us amused and thanks to Scott and Winstead it never slips into pointless farce.… Expand

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Meth-dude

Mar 18, 2017

It had an interesting concept, good acting performances and some good moments, but it wasn't very funny, there were a few plot holes and the ending was unsatisfying.

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RevRon

Jan 17, 2014

“A.C.O.D.” has its moments of hilarity but there just wasn’t enough of them…especially when you consider how many talented comedic performers make up the cast. While the performances are great, the characters are interesting and there are some funny moments, the film just isn’t as strong as“A.C.O.D.” has its moments of hilarity but there just wasn’t enough of them…especially when you consider how many talented comedic performers make up the cast. While the performances are great, the characters are interesting and there are some funny moments, the film just isn’t as strong as you would think it would be after just a glance at the cast list.… Expand

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May 21, 2020

Pretty funny with some good performances. The story got hung up a bit at the end but still enjoyable.

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JLuis_001

Oct 16, 2017

A great cast and a good premise wasted by a poor script that gets lost really, really fast and also the director does not take advantage of its actors.

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MsDefibrillator

Aug 11, 2014

Me and my lady friend went through RedBox, searching for something to watch because Netflix has been letting me down. Standing, hitting the next button over and over and over, I was about to give up when I saw this title. Interesting enough, I saw the cast, and again was intrigued.
LatelyMe and my lady friend went through RedBox, searching for something to watch because Netflix has been letting me down. Standing, hitting the next button over and over and over, I was about to give up when I saw this title. Interesting enough, I saw the cast, and again was intrigued.
Lately we have been on a 'Parks and Rec' kick, so seeing Amy Poehler, we were like... "YES!".

We got back, put it in, watched and by the end I was very disappointed. With a cast that includes Amy Poehler, Jane Lynch, and Catherine O'Hara I expected something insanely funny with wit around every corner. I wanted, WANTED to pee my pants a little. But none of that happened.

Sure there were funny moments, a little intrigue, but most of it was spent shaking my head. Random events would happen with no reason, no significance to anything else and you'd NEVER hear of it again once it was over.

By the end credits, I was sitting with my jaw on the floor wondering where time had went and what I had just seen. I was shocked at the way they ended it....Not in a good way.

It just... ended... like that. Nothing resolved.

While I was happy to have gotten it out of my system, I wish I wouldn't have spent the $1.25 and would have went with something else. OR taken my chance with Netflix once again.… Expand

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