“Bob Trevino Likes It” sounds like a social-media-age fairy tale, except it’s not. The film’s writer-director, Tracie Laymon, based it on her own experience, and we all know that plenty of people meet online in the most happenstance of ways. That’s not a big deal. What matters, in a movie like this one, is that we believe what takes place between the characters — who they are and the ways they connect, and how their relationship evolves. Is it cutesy glorified-sitcom buddy-bonding indie pablum, or is it real? “Bob Trevino” turns out to be a kind of “Marty” for the Internet age, with the two lead actors interlocking in a beautiful way.

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