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Closure is a hard film to get a handle on, because it mixes several genre's so deftly. Going from blackly comic, to full on drama, to laugh out loud funny and then to a noir. Nina a young woman who after a recent break up and family tragedy has headed to LA in search of her missing sister. What follows is a fantastic mish-mash of genre's with an engaging mystery plot and a cast of memorable characters. Very original.

This is a story about dealing with trauma and how that trauma can follow us even when we're trying to move past it. It follows Erica who moves to California to forget about a tragic event. The film opens in the middle of the aftermath of that event and we see her trying to process that as she starts new relationships and meets with a new group of damaged people who are all trying to help each other heal. This is a very moving film dealing very realistically with confronting topics that should have a light shined on them.

Allison Powell performs a triple threat here, writing/directing and acting playing the lead as the socially awkward but highly intelligent teen Lanie, who is about to explore the brave new world of sexual teen awakening. Unlike the typical teen comedies where everything is played strictly for laughs. Banging Lanie is much more honest and realistic than perhaps the title suggests and the underlying authenticity is what separates it from the pack providing a much richer story that is well worth anyones time. Great film.