Julianne nicholson

LOS ANGELES - The "brief" part is one of the biggest problems in "Brief Interviews With Hideous Men." In adapting the late David Foster Wallace's book of the same name, writer-director John Krasinski spends so little time with each of the male "subjects" being interviewed about their fears and fantasies, it's hard to connect with any of them or feel intrigued or moved by their stories.