‘A.C.O.D’ Review and Video Blog: Divorce Has Never Been This Funny [Sundance 2013]

Posted on Friday, January 25th, 2013 by Germain Lussier

With three days remaining, A.C.O.D. is my favorite film of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Directed by first-timer Stuart Zicherman, it’s about “Adult Children of Divorce” and stars Adam Scott as Carter, a man whose parents (Richard Jenkins and Catherine O’Hara) had a brutal breakup on his 9th birthday. Decades later his brother (Clark Duke) decides to take the plunge into matrimony and it brings up some major issues caused by the traumatic breakup. Amy Poehler, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jessica Alba and Jane Lynch are also along for the ride.

Co-written by Zicherman and Ben Karlin, the script for A.C.O.D. is a Swiss watch. Everything is economical, hilarious, perfectly-paced and never in-your-face obvious. There are loads of big laughs wrapped around unexpected plot points, resonant emotion and great character development. The cast all bring such vigorous life to the film that it almost makes a sad and touchy subject, divorce, into something to be envious of.

A.C.O.D. is a special, miraculous film and the exact reason why you come to the Sundance Film Festival. It’ll leave you happy and high on the power of comedic cinema. Read more after the jump and watch a video blog. Read More »

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Casting Bits: Armie Hammer and Eric Bana in ‘By Virtue Fall’, Juno Temple and Wes Bentley in ‘Lovelace’, Richard Jenkins in ‘A.C.O.D’

Posted on Wednesday, December 7th, 2011 by Angie Han

Armie Hammer has been working his clean-cut golden boy looks to his advantage in The Social Network, J. Edgar, and the upcoming Mirror, Mirror, but the latest addition to his slate will see him transforming into a bit more of a “badass.” Hammer will bulk up and shave his head to star with Eric Bana in By Virtue Fall, a “gritty drama” about an ATF agent (Hammer) who gets framed for corruption and serves time into a maximum security prison. Once out, he’s determined to get revenge on his former partner (Bana), whom he blames for destroying his life.

The project marks the directing debut of Up in the Air co-writer Sheldon Turner, who also penned this script. By Virtue Fall is scheduled to start sometime in 2012, after Hammer wraps up Disney’s The Lone Ranger over the summer. [Deadline]

After the jump, Richard Jenkins becomes Adam Scott’s dad, while Juno Temple and Wes Bentley befriend Amanda Seyfried.

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Casting Bits: Adam Scott in ‘A.C.O.D.;’ Bill Paxton in ‘Vendetta;’ Rosemarie DeWitt in ‘Neighborhood Watch’

Posted on Wednesday, August 17th, 2011 by Russ Fischer

Here’s a ‘family feud’ themed set of casting updates. After the break you’ll find info on:

• Adam Scott dealing with his feuding parents in A.C.O.D.,
• Bill Paxton facing off against Kevin Costner in The Hatfields and the McCoys,
• and Rosemarie DeWitt sparring with husband Ben Stiller before a bigger threat — aliens — comes to town in Neighborhood Watch.

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