Synopsis
A grown man is still caught in the crossfire of his parents' 15 year divorce. He discovers he was unknowingly part of a study on divorced children and is enlisted in a follow-up years later, which wreaks new havoc on his family.
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Cast
- Adam ScottCarter
- Richard JenkinsHugh
- Catherine O'HaraMelissa
- Amy PoehlerSondra
- Mary Elizabeth WinsteadLauren Stinger
- Clark DukeTrey
- Ken HowardGary
- Valerie TianKieko
- Jessica AlbaMichelle
- Jane LynchDr. Judith
Recommendations
- 83
Entertainment Weekly
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. - 80
Film.com
A.C.O.D. proves to be both a solid debut for Zicherman and a worthy vehicle for Scott and company, one that provides plenty of awkward laughs and generally gives the American farce a good name again. - 75
The Playlist
Comedy can succeed based on either its relatability or sheer absurdity, and A.C.O.D. favors the former approach, while not entirely forgoing the latter. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Funny but less successful as comedy than as a cry of you-screwed-us-up solidarity. - 63
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
A movie comedy that is funnier in performance than it ever was as a script. - 60
Village Voice
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. - 50
Variety
The ensemble’s crack comic timing can only go so far to compensate for uneven scripting. - 40
The Guardian
[An] amusing but formulaic man-in-crisis comedy.
