The Good Humor Man

An offbeat, awkward attempt to emulate Richard Linklater’s teen-angst movies, The Good Humor Man has some good moments but doesn’t entirely click. Nathan Stevens and Lost’s Jorge Garcia play pot-smoking underachievers whose Watergate-era high times come to a screeching halt when Garcia’s character is implicated in the murder of another teenager. Kelsey Grammer, as an uptight dad, lends marquee allure to this ambitious but just moderately effective dramedy.

Shelf Talk: The presence of recognizable TV stars Grammer and Garcia will help generate some interest, but for the best results, pitch Good Humor Man as something along the lines of Linklater’s Slacker and Dazed and Confused. You might even try comparing it to Kevin Smith’s early films (though that’s a bit of a stretch) and mentioning the presence of slinky co-stars Vanessa Angel and Cameron Richardson to parties interested in ogling the lovely ladies. But also be sure to hammer home the weed-smoking, disaffected youth theme.