At this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, I can heartily recommend the hilarious “Bart Got a Room,” which is showing again today, Tuesday and May 3. Tickets shouldn’t be hard to come by if last night’s world premiere at the Loews 19th Street is anything to go by; there were plenty of empty seats, despite a huge contingent of first-time director Brian Hecker’s family and friends. I didn’t have enormous expectations for this autobiographical story about a teenager trying to find a prom date in a south Florida town with the help of his newly-divorced parents, played by William H. Macy (in a Jewfro!) and Cheryl Hines. But it’s hilarious, quick paced (80 minutes!) with lots of smarts and heart and a terrific lead performance by newcomer Steven Kaplan and, unusually for a teen comedy, a big-band score. Some smart distributor should snap this up quick.

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