Would you let a 6y/o see Barbie?

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I'm in two minds about this- kids have been invited to see Barbie the movie but it's rated 12A because of moderate sexual innuendo, brief harassment, catcalling and implied strong language (including bleeped out motherf*er).

Supposedly it has the words bitch, crap, God, hell and damn in.

What would you do? We wouldn't typically let the kids see anything with this sort of language but then it would mean missing out on someone's birthday party.

There is no chance of us seeing it before the girls as we would have to accept or decline the invite today.

I think the swearing would go over the heads of mine, but I definitely know it wouldn't others so they then might chat about it or discuss it afterwards.

Am I being too precious about it all?

YABU- let them go see it

YANBU- yeah I probably wouldn't let a 6 year old see it or I'd want to see it myself first to judge.

Meta! Not mega!

I’ve just come back from it - it’s totally not a children’s movie - as Yippie said the bits about motherhood are very moving - I cried. It’s a very good film and what you would expect from Greta Gerwig. Ryan Gosling and America Ferrera were outstanding but all the cast was great.

Yep another who has just come back from watching and it was 100% not for kids. I loved it but even I was a bit bored at points and there were definitely a lot of stuff that was not appropriate for under 12s.

I was meant to be seeing a later screening of Barbie (my friend and I did an Oppenheimer/Barbie double header) but due to my friends evening childcare falling through we skipped dinner between films and just did the movies back to back, putting us in the 5pm Barbie screening, so our screening was full of kids.

Through the course of the film at least 10 parents went out with their U12s and didn't come back and just as many went out to the loo and came back causing a huge disruption getting in and out of their seats but that is another complaint and there was so many kids that were just talking/wriggling/fidgeting through the latter part of the film as it just wasn't holding their attention and they were getting restless.

My family all went to see this today, the consensus was that it was most definitely not aimed at kids.

Apparently lots of parents took kids and my mum felt the movie was ruined a bit by kids who were very clearly getting bored or otherwise were completely disinterested and spent the whole time mucking about on their phones.

So no, I wouldn’t take a 6 year old.

It’s brilliant and I loved it. But it’s not a kids movie. Not because of any swearing etc but because it’s themes won’t appeal to kids. Which has always been pretty clear from the trailers and marketing.

I've now seen it and would say yes. Let a 6 year old see it

I'm going to see ir on Sunday but have no interest. Children aside....is it good?

Really?

Because everyone I know who went to see it today has said how absolutely not suitable for children it is and several of them have rightly whinged that their screening was ruined by bored small children.

Yep there were noisy bored kids today-after repeated toilet runs most of them thankfully were taken out by about halfway through,

What, so they can spend the journey home discussing the cognitive dissonance required to be a woman under the patriarchy?

Saw it today. Loved it.

It's good - there were some genuinely laugh out loud moments but honestly it was a bit one dimensional - it was pretty formulaic and relied on repackaging the same joke over and over - and, ironically, for a movie that's supposed to be all about Barbie I thought the standout performance was Ryan Gosling.

Having said that, idk if it suffered in my view because I watched it right after Oppenheimer and after that behemoth of complex maths, science and history, Barbie felt a bit too simplistic.

Loads of my pals are seeing one after the other.
I'm not a film fan. I couldnt tell you the last one I watched that wasnt a musical.

I took my 8 year old to see it; I knew it wasn’t aimed at kids so we weren’t expecting a kids movie.

she enjoyed it, didn’t find it boring and sat through it with no issues. A fair bit went over her head and there were a few questions on the way home.

Just back from seeing it.

I posted previously that it wasn't a kids' movie & due to the themes, not particularly anything inappropriate, I wouldn't bring a 6yo to it (they'd be bored, maybe confused etc).

Having now seen it, I definitely wouldn't bring an under 12. There are moments that could be quite upsetting (depends on child, and interest level in Barbie, obviously). Lots of wry, satirical humour, quite savage denouncement of how 'feminism' is purported to have achieved equality for women, the mental juggling women actually face, and the hard choices women have. A sensitive child might find this bewildering and difficult; Barbie is often deeply upset & traumatised - again hard for a Barbie-loving child.

I loved it. A little too long. Slightly lost its way at the end. Super acting - both Robbie & Gosling, and other leads, whip-smart, clever treatment of genuinely important themes.

I was with my DD (16) & her friend. They loved it. There were many teens, including loads of boys, who seemed baffled by it.

I'd absolutely recommend it!

I agree re the parts about motherhood. Don't want to give spoilers but some of the interactions were really heart-piercing

I was about as interested in barbie in the 90s as flying to the moon but my friend wants to go. Thanks!

No. It’s for 12 year olds plus. Why do you think they will let you take your younger children in?

I was about as interested in barbie in the 90s as flying to the moon but my friend wants to go. Thanks!

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Oh definitely go! There are definitely some dud moments but overall it was great. While I did laugh, actually it was a lot more thought-provoking than I realised. I'm sitting with a cuppa thinking about it & MNing as my head feels quite 'busy' after it.

Hadn't expected that!

I owe her one as she came to see little mermaid with me.

Youve given me some hope that it's not hideous.

They will let younger kids in as it's 12A (so younger kids can be accompanied by adult) & even tho we deliberately booked 845 pm showing, there were some younger kids (not many). I think they were just baffled. Some fell asleep.

Rtft

Youve given me some hope that it's not hideous.

I'd be confident in saying you won't find it hideous, even if you don't love it. There's a lot of clever stuff to admire, even if you end up not thinking it's as good as I've said!

The teens with me didn't find it long, I thought it could have lost at least 15 mins.

But small cavils!

Saw it tonight. I hadn't seen any trailers but it totally wasn't what I had expected.

Didn't find it particularly emotional and wondered afterwards wtf did I just watch.

The soundtrack was good! Went with a group of 9 year olds who said it was ok.

I will report back :)

Went with a group of 9 year olds who said it was ok.

I'd be amazed if they understood what was going on, the whole patriarchy-rediscovered-by-Ken, latterly subverted by Barbie, with the Mattel execs & mom & daughter thrown in was pretty complicated.

My 12 yo DS wanted to go. I said no as tonight was for me + DD/friend but that I'd take him another time if he really wanted to. I think he'll get most of the themes but I think will broadly be bored - will still give him the option.