Six the Musical Film - 12A

Saw this with my 11yo DD today and she loved it having already listened to the soundtrack many times. We found seeing the show really added to our understanding of it and she really got the Katherine Howard song better than I thought she might - but she’s a keen reader and getting into Cathy Cassidy books etc so probably more attuned to those things than she would have been a couple of years ago. Most of the innuendo still went over her head though!

My very young natured just-12 year old (she has some SEND issues going on and she's just young-natured in general) only picked up on the sparkly clothes, epic boots and pink hair elements of the stage show. We might be battling a campaign to have Howard's pink ponytail but the darker elements went right over her head (I knew they would).

Her much more streetwise older sibling howled with laughter at every rhyme hinting to penis jokes - again as predicted.

Based on my relatives who are about the same age (9 year old loves the soundtrack, 5 year old will have heard it but I think it goes over her head.) I'd say you'd be okay. Even with the 9 year old I think a lot goes over her head as well - she's watched all of Gavin and Stacey without passing any comment on any of the adult references, and a joke about the aubergine emoji at a pantomime the Christmas before last went over both girls' heads.

My (then 5 year old) now 7 year old has been listening to the music for the past two years, as well as seeing the musical, getting the Queens autographs and knowing ALL the words. The adult themes go straight over kids heads tbh, and my 10 year old, who does understand some of it, just has a giggle and a smirk when those bits are sung, but that’s all.

I think the part about how many miscarriages they had and the dead mother to a child bit are not ideal for a young child. I've always been bothered by the bit where a 13 year old is sexual active with a 30 year old but I don't think lots of kids will pick up on that.

It's a recording of a performance of the musical. Nothing extra.

It is the musical. Just recorded and shown on screen.

Is it just like the musical? Or is it acting like a story/film. The musical was like a concert.

I took my youngest to see the stage show when she was 6. She loved it and the innuendo went over her head entirely.

The musical is for age 10+. Not surprised by 12a cinema. I love Six as do my kids. My 10 yr old doesn't get the older humour. It was only slightly mortifying when she sang some songs to her nan 🫣.

I’d take a 5 year old. There’s innuendo but it would most likely go over their head at that age. It’s worth it for the songs- love Six!

I took my 6 year old at the weekend. She didn’t get a lot of it but loved the songs.

I took DS7 (just turned 7) at the weekend. He absolutely loved it, loves the music and as everyone else has said the innuendo went over his head. He wasn't bored/restless in the slightest but goes to a lot of theatre so used to much longer shows.

It was fine for my DD age 9 and her friends. It went over their heads and they enjoyed the music.

I saw the stage show end of last year and there were lots of children in the audience

There is mild risqué humour but I would expect it to go over a 5 yo head. The distressed bit of ‘All I wanna do’ is probably the worst part.

I've seen the live show and we saw the event cinema recording at the weekend.

I would absolutely take your 5 year old, the sexualised comments went over the head of my 11 year old dd so they will definitely go over the heads of a 5 & 7 yo.

I’ve seen it twice on stage and it was younger teens in the audience but there were younger kids in the cinema this weekend.

The abuse of All You Wanna Do is much clearer when you see the acting. After the film, a mum was explaining to her daughter (I’d guess about 6yo) that you don’t have to have cuddles from anyone if you don’t want to. So questions had clearly been asked!

And the acting/little aside lines in Don’t Lose Ur Head more than nods to the theory that Ann Boleyn’s famous sexual ‘French techniques’ included oral prowess…

If you have a music streaming service - there's usually the studio album version on there and also a live on opening night Broadway recording which DOES have the bulk of the dialogue lines in if you want to get an idea of the content.

Basically there's a couple of near-rhymes about prick/dick which will whoosh over the head of anyone not already aware of such stuff, and probably the most difficult bit is Howard's distressed part of All You Wanna Do which is intentionally a bit jarring compared to the rest of the song.

If your 5 year old can cope with the documentary bit and is the type of 5 year old not likely to be demanding the toilet every 5 minutes when they go to the cinema (like mine weren't) then go.

But it's just in-between bits, I mean there aren't proper scenes like a traditional musical.

Why seek to expose dc to sexualised cinema? No wonder society has problems!

There's plenty more speech than just the songs. They introduce each other, explain what they are doing, argue about who has had the worst time, agree to change the purpose of the competition etc.

OP the soundtrack is the musical in it's entirety. There is no speech, it's just the songs. It's supposed to be more of a concert. So if you're happy for her to listen to the soundtrack then it's just the whole thing live (or in this case recorded).

I think it depends on the 5 yo. I just went with my 11 yo who really enjoyed it (my eldest has seen it previously - once aged about 10/11 with friends, and once a bit older with me)

I don’t think either of mine would have enjoyed it at 5 - maybe my eldest but I think the younger one would have been bored and struggled to follow.

It is quite adult in terms of the humour - the time I went with my eldest there was an elderly lady next to us who was quite shocked! If you think it’ll go over their heads that’s fine but then you have to ask yourself if they’ll be bored.

I agree the references will go over their head. The cinema performance is not a patch on the theatre, but then it’s not ear splitting loud either which is probably a positive.The film starts with a mini documentary featuring the original 6 performers, I think young ones would find that part boring.

I took my 7 year old and she loved it. A 5 year old probably would too. It does start with a 15 minute ish documentary about the making of it which was a bit dull and you might have to keep the 5 year old occupied through that till they get to the catchy songs.