‘Barely Lethal’
Sometimes there is a difference between a movie that is exactly what you need and a movie that is good. But I found Barely Lethal to be both of those things at once when I popped it on recently during a lazy weekend afternoon while searching for romantic comedies on Netflix. I’d seen most of the ones presented in the search results but I hadn’t even heard of this 2015 movie starring Hailee Steinfeld as a teen who had been trained to be an assassin since she was a tiny girl, and now simply craved the normalcy of suburban teen life. It combines two of my favorite things ever, teen movies and spy stuff, and also boats a great cast including Jessica Alba, Samuel L. Jackson, and a sassy Sophie Turner. Barely Lethal turned out to be a great find, proving to be charming, funny, and even came through on the action scenes where it matters.