“The Griddle House” (*1/2 out of four) was a stale melodrama about a young kid (Alex Shaffer) who is on the hunt for his birth mother but soon finds out she is a regular at the nearby title diner of which he hangs out all day long. Story is narrated in flashbacks as his older self (Luke Perry) reflects on the events leading up to their meeting. For a story about a diner, this is loaded with a lot of empty calories and wasted fat. Film plays like a photographed play but it’s an empty house. Paul Rodriguez has a minor role as one of the diner’s owners but even he can’t breathe much life into this one.