"A.C.O.D." Film Brings the Laughs at Sundance

With parents who have been married for over 25 years now, a comedy titled A.C.O.D. (which stands for Adult Children of Divorce) doesn't seem like it would be immediately appealing to me. But the directorial debut from Stu Zicherman (who wrote Elektra and the J.J. Abrams melodrama TV series "Six Degrees") features a cast that includes Adam Scott, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Richard Jenkins, Catherine O'Hara, Amy Poehler, Clark Duke, Jane Lynch and Jessica Alba, and that's a bingo. Thankfully, the film which I was eagerly anticipating before it premiere at Sundance this week delivered a phenomenal comedy with some sharp writing, stellar acting and a direct line to the heart of all adult children of divorce.

The film follows Adam Scott as Carter, a man whose ninth birthday was ruined by an explosive fight between his parents (Richard Jenkins and Catherine O'Hara) which required police involvement to calm everything down. Decades later, Carter is seemingly put together with his own restaurant and a decent relationship with his mother and father (but never at the same time, for fear of loss of life). But all that changes when his younger brother Trey decides to get married and wants both parents at the wedding, giving Carter the task of helping them get along for the civility's sake. However, the shit really hits the fan when Carter discovers that his mother and father are falling back in love, all over a kitchen counter.

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