Barely Lethal
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| Directed by | Kyle Newman |
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| Written by | John D'Arco |
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| Music by | Mateo Messina |
| Cinematography | Peter Lyons Collister |
| Edited by | Lisa Zeno Churgin |
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98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $6,075 (domestic) |
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| Film score by Mateo Messina | |
| Released | June 9, 2015 |
| Recorded | 2015 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Length | 33:07 |
| Label | Lakeshore Records |
Barely Lethal is a 2015 American teen independent action comedy film directed by Kyle Newman and written by John D'Arco, starring Hailee Steinfeld, Sophie Turner, Jessica Alba, and Samuel L. Jackson. The film follows a teenage special ops agent (Steinfeld) yearning for a "normal" adolescence who fakes her own death and enrolls as an "exchange" student in a suburban American high school. She quickly learns that surviving the treacherous waters of being a teenager can be more difficult than international espionage.
The film received an exclusive on-demand release by DirecTV Cinema on April 30, 2015 and a limited release in theaters by A24 and through video-on-demand on May 29, 2015. The film received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics.
The young female orphans in the government-run Prescott Academy are trained to become assassins. Their number one rule, taught by trainer Hardman (Samuel L. Jackson), is "no attachments". Agent 83 has top skills, which have made her rivals with Agent 84. 83 has always been curious about the world outside the Academy, brushing up on teen culture through popular magazines and watching movies and TV shows like Mean Girls and Beverly Hills, 90210.
Hardman assigns the agents to capture arms dealer Victoria Knox (Jessica Alba). Undercover in Chechnya, 83 poses as one of those captured and brought before Knox. She manages to latch herself and Knox onto Hardman's passing jet but 83 drops herself into a river as Knox is apprehended, causing Hardman to declare her MIA.
83 starts life as a regular teenager, adopting the name Megan Walsh and going through an exchange program to live with the Larson family. Mrs. Larson is kind, son Parker instantly likes Megan, but daughter Liz is cold and distant.
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