Review of Barely Lethal (2015) by Jared H — 08 Jan 2017

The script is pretty weak for this one so some decent actors are wasted. I get what they were going for with this comedy about teenage female assassins, but it doesn't work. One of the big jokes that they beat to death is that the lead played by Hailee Steinfeld starts at a new school and says she is from Regina, Saskatchewan and then she is subsequently called Regina and/or Canada, it's just not that funny and they really stretch it out.

I think with a little tighter, there could've been something here, I can see what they were trying for, making it seem that highschool can be tougher than being an International assassin. Too bad, missed opportunity.