For a comedy by a first-time director, “A.C.O.D.” — it stands for “Adult Children of Divorce” — has a remarkable cast. Adam Scott stars as a grown man still living with the consequences of his parents’ divorce, and he’s supported by a lot of people who either have headlined or easily could headline their own movie: Richard Jenkins, Catherine O’Hara, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ken Howard, Amy Poehler, Jessica Alba and Jane Lynch.
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.
Audiences may get ready to laugh as soon as Jane Lynch strides into the frame, but she doesn’t have a comic role.
Catherine O’Hara can’t buy a laugh, either, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who has been coming on for years and was powerful in “Smashed,” has only one scene in which she gets to be more than decorative.
