Clementine Lara Jean Gallagher’s Clementine (★★☆☆☆) baits its hook with the initial intrigue of apparently jilted lesbian Karen (Otmara Marrero) lurking outside her ex’s boho-chic L.A.
pad. Karen wants her dog back, and maybe more. Desperate, she’s willing to drive to her ex’s lake house in Oregon, break-and-enter, and hide out on the premises until her next ill-advised move.
She won’t have to wait long, as she arrives to find teen temptress Lana (Sydney Sweeney) lolling around in a bikini by the lake.
The loaded scenario seems poised to go in any number of possible directions. Karen and Lana’s fateful meeting could just as easily take a turn towards “Letters to Penthouse” as live up to its arthouse thriller potential.
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