A.C.O.D.
Film Arcade | Release Date: October 4, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
50
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Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
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9
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12
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanOct 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
80
Film.comWilliam GossAug 11, 2013
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. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comDan CallahanOct 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
75
The PlaylistKimber MyersOct 2, 2013
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. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeAug 11, 2013
Funny but less successful as comedy than as a cry of you-screwed-us-up solidarity. Read full review
63
Washington PostOct 10, 2013
As a look at the state of modern monogamy — or at least our enduring if misguided faith in it — it’s refreshingly acerbic. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy BurrOct 10, 2013
Scott’s probably the perfect actor for this, since he’s too likably lightweight to suggest any emotion more crippling than exasperation. Read full review
63
USA TodayClaudia PuigOct 3, 2013
A spotty comedy with a great cast and a catchy title that falls apart in the final third. Read full review
63
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreSep 29, 2013
A movie comedy that is funnier in performance than it ever was as a script. Read full review
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriOct 5, 2013
A.C.O.D. is reasonably pleasant and therapeutic and antiseptic and you just wish somebody would bring a chandelier down on somebody else at some point. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanOct 3, 2013
Scott, Winstead and Howard are charming, while Poehler, O’Hara and Jenkins have a grand time bickering. Since Zicherman doesn’t ask much of us in the first place, they make it easy enough to commit. Read full review
60
Village VoiceSam WeisbergOct 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
58
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Oct 2, 2013
Casting is half the battle in a conversational comedy, so it helps that director/co-writer Stu Zicherman has skillfully filled even the smaller roles. Read full review
50
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallOct 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
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleOct 10, 2013
That's a lot of talent and star power at play here, made all the more conspicuous in that they don't really get much to work with. Not only is the movie just so-so, but the parts themselves aren't much. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperOct 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
50
VarietyGeoff BerkshireAug 11, 2013
The ensemble’s crack comic timing can only go so far to compensate for uneven scripting. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenOct 3, 2013
Solid performances aside, closing-credits comments from the movie's crew members on marriage and divorce offer fresher insights than any of the story's run-of-the-mill shenanigans. Read full review
40
The DissolveGenevieve KoskiOct 1, 2013
It’s neither consistently funny nor poignant enough to make the most of its impressive cast, all of whom are capable of delivering better than what A.C.O.D. asks of them. Read full review
40
Time OutSam AdamsOct 1, 2013
Too sluggish for farce and too glib for a trenchant social satire, A.C.O.D. is several sessions short of a breakthrough. Read full review
40
The GuardianEd GibbsAug 11, 2013
[An] amusing but formulaic man-in-crisis comedy. Read full review
30
The New York TimesManohla DargisOct 3, 2013
A.C.O.D., an unfunny comedy about a guy mooning over his parents’ divorce decades later, is so eager to please it’s hard to hate. But it’s sluggish even at 87 minutes, clichéd and gives you nothing of interest to look at other than some familiar faces. Read full review
25
New York PostKyle SmithOct 3, 2013
A contrived comedy that could have made an especially weak episode of “Everybody Loves Raymond.” Read full review
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