Information for Parents

Barely Lethal

Barely Lethal

Common Sense Media Age 14

Parents Need To Know

Positive Messages
Popularity isn't everything. Family sticks together and supports each other.
Positive Role Models & Representations
Violence
Kids are trained to be assassins. Lots of comic fight scenes but nothing graphic. Someone gets stabbed in the leg with a corn dog and knocked unconscious. Lots of guns, grenades, and other weapons, though most are never used. Talk of killing people, and guns are held to characters' heads, but no one is killed on-screen.
Sex
Lots of innuendo and jokes about sex and genitalia, including a running gag about Regina, Canada, rhyming with vagina. A girl gets a penis drawn on her face. A few kisses between teens.
Language
"Bitch" (many times), "f--k," "dick," "s--t," "a--hole," "dammit," "hell."
Consumerism
Lots of references to teen movies such as Clueless, The Breakfast Club, and Mean Girls. A few obvious product placements such as Quiznos drink cups and a reference to Sbarro pizza.
Education Value
Ease of Play
Privacy
Teens drink at a party, one until she's drunk. References to bath salts and marijuana. Megan gets injected with truth serum and acts drunk.
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