I did really enjoy the movie but I don't think it's because I'm an A.C.O.D! I am an A.C.O.D but my circumstances were completely different!
My parents were always civil and mature about it, they didn't have huge arguments (at least not in front of us), they never made us pick sides or put us in the middle, my mum is still good friends with my Aunt and still gets along with some of my dads side of the family, she still visits them from time to time, my dad sometimes asks after my mum to see how she's doing and to see how her family is (we've never been that close to my mums side of the family so he wouldn't visit them) and when my oldest sister got married a few years ago they were both there!
In fact my one thing that I didn't like about the film (although I'm pretty sure that was the point of the characters) was how unbelievably selfish the parents were! They were just awful and nasty and they kept blaming the one person who was just trying to keep the peace and make them grow up! I know some divorces are really messy and I understand how hard they are (even though my parents are civil and mature about it, I know how much it hurt them and saw how much it did affect our family unit) but there's no reason to put it all on the kids! Making them choose between the two of them, not letting your son use something that his dad bought for him, blaming your son for the fact your significant others found out you were having an affair (which you shouldn't have done in the first place) and then going to the cabin for a family trip and not even inviting one of your sons! Those parts really pissed me off!
'You people. If there isn't a movie about it, it's not worth knowing, is it?'
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