Stephen O'Nion One Room With A View May 4, 2019 2/5

Attempts to subvert some of the standard tropes never really come off and it's light on laughs...

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David Sugarman CineVue Apr 6, 2019 3/5

The great set-up could, and really should, have delivered a better movie than it did, but while it's unlikely to be remembered alongside the films it delights in name-checking, there's enjoyment to be had.

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Lisa Twang The New Paper (Singapore) Sep 20, 2017 3/5

It is not nearly as intelligent as Mean Girls, but the ass-kicking is still fun to watch.

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Jared Mobarak The Film Stage Feb 22, 2016 C+

I wish its absurdity trumped its melodrama more consistently.

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Jason Best Movie Talk Sep 5, 2015 3/5

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'.

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Mark Kermode Observer (UK) Aug 30, 2015 2/5

From the grisly punning title to the low-rent action sequences, this really is less fun than double maths.

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Geoffrey Macnab Independent (UK) Aug 28, 2015 2/5

[A] bubbly but very lightweight high-school comedy.

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MaryAnn Johanson Flick Filosopher Aug 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.

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Sky Staff Sky Cinema Aug 27, 2015 1/5

Slapdash and proud of it, this is one to watch with brains off and emoji menus on.

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Stephen Carty Radio Times Aug 27, 2015 2/5

The film pokes fun at teen movies, but it also adopts many of the same clichs and stereotypes, resulting in a high-school flick that is both knowing and formulaic at the same time.

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Kim Newman Empire Magazine Aug 27, 2015 3/5

Hardly groundbreaking but this high-school actioner ghosts by on its charm and sense of fun.

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Robbie Collin Daily Telegraph (UK) Aug 27, 2015 2/5

Once in a while, the film does flash some unexpected wit ...

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Wendy Ide The Times (UK) Aug 27, 2015 1/5

All the high-concept gloss in the world can't obscure that this is a flat-footed retread of the very films Megan avidly watches in preparation for her latest "mission".

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian Aug 27, 2015 2/5

There are some funny moments, and Steinfeld herself is a winning presence - but a movie like this has to be more densely packed with gags and observations.

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Grace Montgomery Common Sense Media Aug 11, 2015 2/5

Homage to teen movies has comic violence, sex, profanity.

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Dustin Putman TheFilmFile.com Aug 4, 2015 2.5/4

"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.

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Jon Espino The Young Folks Jun 2, 2015 2/10

The film is all about deception and betrayal, and the biggest one is this B film misusing its A star cast.

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Isabella Biedenharn Entertainment Weekly Jun 2, 2015 C+

You're better off watching Kingsman and The Breakfast Club back to back and calling it a night.

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Justin Lowe The Hollywood Reporter Jun 1, 2015

A fun-enough teen action comedy.

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Austin Trunick Under the Radar May 31, 2015 3/10

Barely Lethal couldn't decide whether it wanted to be a gonzo action flick or a self-aware teen movie. [It's] too pedestrian to be Kick-Ass, and not nearly as smart as Mean Girls.

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