“Closet Monster” (** out of four) was an unpleasant and uninvolving teenage melodrama about a young kid (Connor Jessup) desperate to escape his dead-end hometown and the memories of his difficult childhood with his abusive and unpredictable father. Well-intentioned story of the trials and tribulations of growing up combined with a father-son melodrama has earnest performances but is limited in its emotional power. For a more striking and powerful look at mostly the same film, watch 1993’s “This Boy’s Life” instead which was the breakout film for a young Leonardo DiCaprio.