
Megan Walsh has been training to be an international assassin for Hardman. However, while she is on a mission, she notices how other teenagers her age seem to be having fun and enjoying their lives. Desiring a normal life, she bails out of a mission and enrolls in a student exchange program, while in the process of being adopted by a foster family. She soon becomes a part of the high school and is subjected to the pressures and life of being in its environment.... (Full plot summary below)
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Megan Walsh has been training to be an international assassin for Hardman. However, while she is on a mission, she notices how other teenagers her age seem to be having fun and enjoying their lives. Desiring a normal life, she bails out of a mission and enrolls in a student exchange program, while in the process of being adopted by a foster family. She soon becomes a part of the high school and is subjected to the pressures and life of being in its environment.
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| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfWhile it promises a clever pantsing, "Barely Lethal" ends up sleepover material, losing its bite and focus as it slowly becomes a tiresome Disney Channel-style production. |
| Entertainment WeeklyIsabella BiedenharnYou're better off watching Kingsman and The Breakfast Club back to back and calling it a night. |
| The Film StageJared MobarakI wish its absurdity trumped its melodrama more consistently. |
| Movie TalkJason BestThere 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'. |
| Empire MagazineKim NewmanHardly groundbreaking but this high-school actioner ghosts by on its charm and sense of fun. |
| TheFilmFile.comDustin Putman"Barely Lethal" may not ever reach the hallowed heights of the films Megan dreams of modeling her own adolescence after, but it is nonetheless a perfectly respectful entry in the teen-comedy subgenre. |
| The New Paper (Singapore)Lisa TwangIt is not nearly as intelligent as Mean Girls, but the ass-kicking is still fun to watch. |
| New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThis isn’t exactly “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”; it’s more like a film version of a TV series you could comfortably let your tweens watch. |
| Film Journal InternationalRebecca PahleIntermittently funny caper tries to be a high-school comedy and a spy adventure but doesn't go hard enough on either genre to be successful. |
| Village VoiceSimon AbramsBarely Lethal's combination of bawdy humor and earnest affection for its high-school-aged protagonists is surprisingly well-balanced. |