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To think this is not an appropriate film for baby club?

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DfanjoUnchained · 27/08/2013 08:07

I was looking forward to going to baby club and checked what they were showing and was quite taken aback to see it was the movie about a porn star.
The story of Lovelace the star of 'Deep Throat' Confused

Aib a bit precious, or is this inappropriate? What parent would want to watch that with their small baby?

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Tiredemma · 27/08/2013 08:08

It must be a mistake surely? Its an 18???

pinkdelight · 27/08/2013 08:11

They're not for the babies. Those screenings for under-12 months are films for grown-ups who can't get out to the cinema without the sprog. I'm no fan of Lovelace but I don't see the problem really. Kids Club is where you go for U rated films.

redexpat · 27/08/2013 08:12

What pink said. I saw American Pie the reunion and The Inbetweeners at baby cinema. Definitely not for the babies!

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DfanjoUnchained · 27/08/2013 08:12

It's not really the rating, it's more that its basically a film about a porn star and will show lots of pornographic scenes. I just don't understand what mothers would want to watch this with their babies. Seems a bit yuck to me.

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Tiredemma · 27/08/2013 08:17

I really didn't know that cinemas did this! I'm intrigued. Currently 37 weeks pregnant so will be looking out for this in future!

BeauNatt · 27/08/2013 08:18

If all the babies are under 1 (which is normal for parent and baby screenings ime) they usually show something for the parents. You're entitled to dislike that particular film but there's nothing inappropriate about the setting, the babies won't know what's going on.

ThedementedPenguin · 27/08/2013 08:19

I think YABU. If it was toddlers and up yes I'd agree but babies aren't going to have a clue.

whois · 27/08/2013 08:21

I just don't understand what mothers would want to watch this with their babies. Seems a bit yuck to me.

Well the film isn't for the baby. It's not meant to be some interactive kids club where you loud parent "look mummy's munchkins, that's a PENIS, that's right a PENSIS."

That is a film that some adults will find interesting, it's not actually a porno but a film about a porn star. Big difference. If you find it 'yuck' then just don't go.

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DfanjoUnchained · 27/08/2013 08:26

It's not meant to be some interactive kids club where you loud parent "look mummy's munchkins, that's a PENIS, that's right a PENSIS

Haha.

Isn't the plural penii? Grin

I guess our children see so much sexual content from so young that we need to get them started early. But I understand they don't get what's going on.

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AngryGnome · 27/08/2013 08:26

Same as everyone else has said - the film is for adults not the babies. They won't know what they're watching. I you don't like the film that's fair enough , just don't go. I watche sopranos box sets whilst I was bf for hours on the sofa at home - hardly kid friendly tv, but as ds was a baby it didn't matter. I didn't fancy spending hours on end watching Disney classics!

AngryGnome · 27/08/2013 08:28

What do you mean you 'need to get them started early'? Confused

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DfanjoUnchained · 27/08/2013 08:28

I think it'll be full of dads and babies as I can't see what mums would want to watch that for a treat to the cinema

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Hassled · 27/08/2013 08:28

God I wish they'd had these when mine were little - it sounds like such a good idea.

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DfanjoUnchained · 27/08/2013 08:28

I was being sarcastic, obv Angry

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Hassled · 27/08/2013 08:29

You realise the Lovelace film is about a porn star, but it's not actually porn? I saw a review thing - looked quite interesting.

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DfanjoUnchained · 27/08/2013 08:31

Funny, because everyone on their FB and twitter are all saying what I'm saying, i.e 'what a strange choice for a lunch time mother and baby club', and 'is that even legal?'and just find it a bit distasteful.

But mnetters think its fine.

[Shrug]

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LaVitaBellissima · 27/08/2013 08:34

I watched Black Swan, I thought the same really, not entirely appropriate but better than watching the endless Disney films that I have to now!

meditrina · 27/08/2013 08:35

I can remember watching 18 cert films at a 'baby' screening.

It's not a kids club (U and the occasional PG); it's a club restricted to adults and under-1s specifically so that any cert film can be shown.

Ours always showed something fom the main listing. Presumably, that's what has happened here?

wigglesrock · 27/08/2013 08:41

Then don't go. Again with the infantalising of women who've had children? You know what my taste in films didn't change just because I've had children. It's a biopic about a woman who made porn films. Shall we all watch Bambi? Oh God no, the mother dies - someone might find that unsuitable.

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DfanjoUnchained · 27/08/2013 08:48

Women can enjoy whatever films they like, this just seems a bad choice for a lunch time showing with baby's.

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TinyTear · 27/08/2013 08:50

My first Baby Club film was The Woman in Black, an horror film about a child killing ghost... nothing wrong with that...
She slept all of the film anyway

HandMini · 27/08/2013 08:52

this just seems like a bad choice for a lunch time showing with baby's - disagree strongly. I really enjoyed the fact that our baby cinema screening showed 15 / 18 films - I couldn't get out in the evening to see the films I would have chosen and really enjoyed having some adult entertainment no porn connotations please! in an otherwise baby filled day. The idea that there are certain "suitable" films for mothers or for lunch time viewing is ridiculous.

WaitingForMe · 27/08/2013 08:52

I think it's great that they're showing all the things they'd usually show and have no idea why being a mother would change my taste in films - I think it sounds interesting.

BeauNatt · 27/08/2013 08:55

The point of the film screenings is that new parents can't get out to an evening screening. So it's a great choice for a lunchtime baby screening. Get a grip OP.

RabbitFromAHat · 27/08/2013 08:55

Disagree very strongly. It's a good film which is mostly about domestic abuse. As a serious film fan, are you really saying that I should be expected to give up my cultural interests because I have a baby (that will pretty much not even be able to see the images on screen, let alone make sense of them)? Really?

If it makes you uncomfortable it's possibly because there's so much emphasis on the representation of motherhood as a kind of 'sanctified' state, which is of course bollocks.