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little girl at 18 film

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bruffin · 31/12/2011 23:37

Went to see The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo tonight.
Thought the person in front of me was little but when she stood up we saw she was a little girl of 8 or 9 with het parents.
How they got her in I don't know, but the film had so much that I would be uncomfortable my 14 yr old dd seeing.

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PeaceofCakeAndGoodWineToAllMN · 31/12/2011 23:39

I would have told the staff. That's shocking.

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bruffin · 31/12/2011 23:41

It was too late the film had finished when we realised.

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mrsjay · 31/12/2011 23:41

wow how did she get in ? thought cinemas were strict these days my dd got Id to see twilight

BlissfulMistletoe · 31/12/2011 23:43

report the cinema

The cinema will be violating the terms of its license (issued by the local authority) if it admits under-aged children to age-restricted films. Box office staff are within their right to request proof of age of customers if they believe a child to be under age. Likewise, they can refuse to admit a customer if age cannot be proven, or ID is unsatisfactory. Cinemas can refuse to admit a 15 year old (or over) for '15'-rated films without proof of age, despite reassurances from accompanying parents or guardians. Such caution is necessary as cinemas and their staff risk heavy fines or even loss of license if caught in breach of these conditions..

AgentZigzag · 31/12/2011 23:46

Fucking hell! I just bought the Swedish version for DH and it's gruesome in places.

If they've got the same bits in the new film, (the way she gets her own back on the police twat rapist, and the bloke getting strangle hanged) there's no way a young child should be seeing that.

Could she have looked younger than her age in the dark?

AgentZigzag · 31/12/2011 23:47

Yes, I would be reporting the cinema as well.

A 8/9 YO seeing a 12 is totally different to them seeing an 18.

squeakytoy · 31/12/2011 23:49

That is just so bad... :(

That is the sort of age where you can sort of understand, but really not have a clue, leading to all sorts of nightmares and flashbacks.

AmazingBouncingFerret · 31/12/2011 23:49

That's crazy!

Maybe they smuggled her in inside one the large popcorn containers?

whackamole · 31/12/2011 23:50

I went to see Sin City with my mum and brother. We were supposed to be seeing Mr & Mrs Smith but they directed us to the wrong screen! We didn't realise until the film started. He was only 14.

Having read the book (not seen the films yet) I would have thought the parents would've taken her out if they had had the same experience!

thepeoplesprincess · 31/12/2011 23:51

Did you see her face? Was she definite;ly a child, and not a person of limited growth?

PeaceofCakeAndGoodWineToAllMN · 31/12/2011 23:51

I took ds to the cinema to watch Hugo. There's no way in hell I'd take him to wach an 18 (or a 15).

SydneyScarborough · 31/12/2011 23:55

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bruffin · 01/01/2012 00:00

It was most definitely a little girl, I saw her face at the end.

It has a couple of farely graphic rapes scenes and the very graphic revenge scene as well as a lot of violence.
The trouble with that cinema is that once you are past the barrier you can go into any screen as there are no staff around at all.

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YonderRevoltingPeasantWhoIsHe · 01/01/2012 00:49

Hmm an old friend who is my age (32) is very petite and blessed with excellent skin damn her and is very frequently ID'd as under 18, never mind Think 29 or whatever it is these days. I have seen pictures of her as a teenager and you could totally have taken her for 11 or even younger, even whilst looking at her face.

I'd not be in a hurry to report people - what if you are wrong? What if you are right and the person manning the front desk, who is probably a 19yo student on a p/t job, gets fired? Do they really deserve it for a slip-up? It's the parents' responsibility IMO.

BlissfulMistletoe · 01/01/2012 00:52

I'd not be in a hurry to report people - what if you are wrong? What if you are right and the person manning the front desk, who is probably a 19yo student on a p/t job, gets fired? Do they really deserve it for a slip-up? It's the parents' responsibility IMO

well it is the person job on the front line to adhere to bbfc rules.

YonderRevoltingPeasantWhoIsHe · 01/01/2012 00:55

Yes but Blissful, OP just said that at that theatre there are no staff checking what theatre you go into. So the person at the front desk might've sold them a ticket for HappyFeet 7 or something and then parents take the child into another screen. That is just as likely at the person at the front desk who surely knows the rules selling an 18 ticket to an 8yo.

musicposy · 01/01/2012 00:55

You shouldn't be allowed to go into any screen with no staff around - they should be reported even if only for that.

My 15 year old has to take her passport every time she sees a 15 because she looks young. That's how it should be.

BlissfulMistletoe · 01/01/2012 01:06

there is an 18 certificate for a reason, and the cinema should be more carefully.

It's the parents' responsibility IMO

maybe OTT but social service are there to protect children so parent responsibility don't always come into it

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bruffin · 01/01/2012 01:10

It was a cineworld cinema, they have a barrier where you show you ticket at the beginning of the corridor where all the screens are, but there is no one actually at each individual screen. It's the same at both branches we go to.
I really don't think it was a young looking adult. She was just too tiny and moved like a child.

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AgentZigzag · 01/01/2012 01:17

'It's the parents' responsibility IMO.'

The parents weren't being responsible though were they? And because you can't track them down easily, the buck stops at the cinema.

PinkPepper · 01/01/2012 01:47

I work at a cinema and some father went loopy the other day because we had to turn his daughter away because she didn't have ID. He kept saying 'but I'm her father, I'm her father'

xyfactor · 01/01/2012 04:32

Love the way condescending people are screaming unreasonable parent like they know better.
You do know that we're policed from the cradle to the grave?
And meekly we wander into the abattoir singing from the same hymn sheet.

wonkylegs · 01/01/2012 04:56

You may be mistaken unless you demanded proof of age you do not KNOW how old she was you only know that you think she is underaged. There are people who can look very very young and aren't. I look almost exactly the same as I did when I was 14 and I can assure you that I haven't been that young for 20yrs only difference is I grew boobs Grin
A friend from university looks about 10, we thought she was helping her sister move in til we twigged no it was her that was staying. Poor girl couldn't go anywhere as no one would believe even with her passport that she was 19. She still looks the same now but she dies the grey hairs as she says a greying 10yo is freaky.

tigerlillyd02 · 01/01/2012 05:33

Are you sure she just didn't have some medical condition such as dwarfism (if that's a word!). I'd be highly sceptical that a cinema would admit someone looking like a child without proof of ID.

Zombi · 01/01/2012 08:11

The cinema really should have people on the doors to the theatres to cover their own backsides. Sloppy.