UNDISCOVERED BY TOM MEEK

97 MINUTES | PROVIDENCE PLACE 16 + SHOWCASE

For a jerky, cliché-riddled yarn about the evils of fame, Undiscovered has enough sensitivity, wit, and inadvertent guffaws to rise above its lame underpinnings. And the uproarious supporting performances by veterans Carrie Fisher (as a mother-hen agent with all the answers) and Peter Weller help too. The film is a romance of sorts about two generic twentysomethings who have a passing, love-at-first-sight moment on a New York subway and reconnect in Los Angeles. She’s a semi-famous model trying her hand at acting; he’s a songwriter hoping to become a rock star. Brier (a perky Pell James bearing up under her inane name) already has a boyfriend, a philandering rock star who’s always on tour, but Luke (Steven Strait from Sky High) persists. Their awkward courtship is predictable and tedious, as is Brier’s subversive buzz campaign to get Luke signed. You also get a skateboarding bulldog and Ashlee Simpson as the amiable third wheel, plus Meiert Avis, a video director who proves he can’t sustain a drama.