“He's About To Ruin A Perfectly Good Divorce”
A.C.O.D. follows Carter, a grown man still trapped in the fallout of his parents' long divorce. When he learns he was once part of a study on children of divorce, a follow-up interview draws him back into the same family mess he has spent years trying to outgrow. What begins as a personal check-in quickly turns into another round of awkward loyalties and old resentments. The film plays that premise as a darkly comic look at adulthood that never quite escapes childhood wounds.
The film was released in 2013 and runs 88 minutes. It is a U.S. production that mixes drama, comedy, mystery and sci-fi-fantasy elements around Carter's uneasy return to his family history. The cast includes Adam Scott as Carter, with Richard Jenkins and Catherine O'Hara as his parents, whose divorce still shapes the way he moves through the world. Amy Poehler also appears, adding to the film's sharp comic edge as the study and the family collide.
Set in a recognizably ordinary American family world, the story turns a clinical research project into a source of emotional pressure and embarrassment. Its tone shifts between dry humor and discomfort, using the absurdity of the situation to underline how long family roles can linger. The result is a lightly surreal, sharply observed look at divorce, memory and the stubborn habits people carry into adulthood.
The film was released in 2013 and runs 88 minutes. It is a U.S. production that mixes drama, comedy, mystery and sci-fi-fantasy elements around Carter's uneasy return to his family history. The cast includes Adam Scott as Carter, with Richard Jenkins and Catherine O'Hara as his parents, whose divorce still shapes the way he moves through the world. Amy Poehler also appears, adding to the film's sharp comic edge as the study and the family collide.
Set in a recognizably ordinary American family world, the story turns a clinical research project into a source of emotional pressure and embarrassment. Its tone shifts between dry humor and discomfort, using the absurdity of the situation to underline how long family roles can linger. The result is a lightly surreal, sharply observed look at divorce, memory and the stubborn habits people carry into adulthood.
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5.5 / 10