A.C.O.D. (2013)

A grown man caught in the crossfire of his parents' 15-year divorce 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.

Director:

Stuart Zicherman

Writers:

Ben Karlin, Stuart Zicherman

Stars:

Adam Scott, Richard Jenkins, Catherine O'Hara

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Adam Scott	...	Carter
Richard Jenkins	...	Hugh
Catherine O'Hara	...	Melissa
Amy Poehler	...	Sondra
Mary Elizabeth Winstead	...	Lauren
Clark Duke	...	Trey
Ken Howard	...	Gary
Valerie Tian	...	Kieko
Sarah Burns	...	Margo
Jessica Alba	...	Michelle
Jane Lynch	...	Dr. Judith
Jamie Renell	...	Tyler
Valerie Payton	...	Etta
Gavin Plunkett	...	Evan (as John Gavin Alexander Plunkett)
Isabella Zentkovich	...	Emily (as Isabella Zentkovic)

Storyline

A.C.O.D. follows a seemingly well-adjusted Adult Child of Divorce (Adam Scott) who is forced to revisit the chaos of his parents' (Catherine O'Hara and Richard Jenkins) bitter divorce all over again after his younger brother (Clark Duke) decides to get married.

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Plot Keywords:

reference to palo alto california | divorce | children | reference to the importance of being earnest | knocking in a car window | 

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Taglines:

He's about to ruin a perfectly good divorce.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and brief sexual content

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 January 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Adult Children of Divorce

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$19,001, 4 October 2013, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$172,344, 3 November 2013

Company Credits

Production Co:

Black Bear Pictures, Process Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the second time Adam Scott has played the son of divorced parents who can't stand each other. The first is Parks and Recreation (2009).

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Goofs

(at around 67 mins) Carter pulls up to a stop sign and his car is missing the driver side mirror. A few minutes later, the car has both its side mirrors.

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Crazy Credits

There are testimonials from real-life A.C.O.D.'s during the end credits.

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Connections

Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #22.2 (2013)

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Soundtracks

Lost City
Written and Performed by Andrew Oye (as Andrew Patrick Oye)
Courtesy of Crucial Music Corporation

User Reviews

Kids-talk-a-lot

No the initials have nothing to do with cops, if that was your first thought (there is another one that is not very nice to the man from the force that might sound similar to some). No this was made up for the movie, though I guess there are quite a lot of people out there right now and I think there will be more in the future, who "lost" their parents, but more importantly their childhood.

One of the ways to deal with that is to make a comedy about it. So your parents divorced, does that mean it has an affect on you? Will you be another person because of that? Don't you already have that in you because you're a product of them being together (even if it was a short together)? There are a lot of questions and the movie tries its best to not slide into the obvious/cliché too often. Overall a nice movie, that has some bits of cast and crew talking about their parents after the credits start to roll (a bonus documentary?).