Watch the Trailer for John Krasinski's Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men has a ridiculous pedigree, what with the David Foster Wallace source material and a cast that includes Will Arnett, Julianne Nicholson, Timothy Hutton, Dominic Cooper, Bobby Cannavale and Will Forte. It’s also backed by indie superdistributor IFC Films and marks the directorial debut of winsome Office star John Krasinski. As we might expect, then, the movie’s first trailer is brisk and droll, easy to watch and easier to like.

The movie, apparently, is a different matter, but our business here is the trailer, and it’s a good watch: