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Barely Lethal
Starring Hailee Steinfeld, a young special- agent wants to live a normal-adolescence life so she fakes her death and disguises.
21 February 1996, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
12 June 1972, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
20 October 1976, Brooklyn, New York, USA
12 January 1968, Worthington, Ohio, USA
August 27, 2015
Slapdash and proud of it, this is one to watch with brains off and emoji menus on.
May 28, 2015
There are the makings of a kind of nicely twisted "Grosse Point Blank" for kids here, a crazy idea with real consequences. But the script, by John D'Arco, doesn't pull that off. Instead, the movie just gets silly.
May 29, 2015
"Barely Lethal" is an amusing comedy for a certain demographic, but because of its plot and cast it might instead draw a crowd that will greet it with contempt.
August 28, 2015
Charming and funny, a wonderfully sweet and silly mashup of spy stuff and high-school comedies, like if John Hughes made a James Bond movie.
August 30, 2015
From the grisly punning title to the low-rent action sequences, this really is less fun than double maths.
September 05, 2015
There are some nifty one-liners, too, from fleeting, anti-Canadian jibe, 'Take back Bieber', to this surreal putdown, 'You may have them fooled, but you and I both know that you are sketchier than a 2am waffle house'.
June 01, 2015
A fun-enough teen action comedy.
August 28, 2015
[A] bubbly but very lightweight high-school comedy.
May 29, 2015
This mashup of a teenage assassin lark and high school misfit comedy misses the chance to add a supercool heroine to pop culture.
May 28, 2015
"Barely Lethal" is clearly confused about its intended audience, starting with the icky title, a pun on the porn label that selects and photographs models to emphasize their youth.
June 02, 2015
You're better off watching Kingsman and The Breakfast Club back to back and calling it a night.
February 22, 2016
I wish its absurdity trumped its melodrama more consistently.