A.C.O.D. (2013)
- Directed by
- Stu Zicherman
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 283 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A successful man in his 30s tries to navigate his brother's wedding and his own messy childhood from his parents' divorce. He discovers his former counselor wrote a book about his life and decides to confront his dysfunctional family.
darkly comicdysfunctional familywryawkwardbittersweetquirkyslightly cynicalreflective
What happens
A.C.O.D. is a 2013 American dark comedy film directed by Stu Zicherman, based on a script by Zicherman and Ben Karlin, and starring Adam Scott, Amy Poehler, Jessica Alba, and Jane Lynch. The title of the film is an abbreviation for Adult Children of Divorce. Teddy Schwarzman produced the film through his Black Bear Pictures production company. Other stars include Richard Jenkins, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Catherine O'Hara, with Ken Howard and Clark Duke in supporting roles. The mostly content and successful Carter decides to revisit a former counselor to make sense of his brother Trey's sudden wedding and his parents' extremely messy divorce. When he realizes his life has been personified in a book about children of divorce written by his mediocre 'counselor', he decides to confront his family about their dysfunctional nature. The film was released in the U.S. on October 4, 2013. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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