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.

My 4 year old loves Gremlins.

I think Barbie will be boring for small kids, but I wouldn’t worry about a bit of bad language or some sexual innuendo that they won’t understand.

saw It today. There is nothing in the movie that is inappropriate for a 6yo.

I still wouldn’t spend the money on a theater ticket. I can’t imagine a 6yo who wouldn’t be bored. It’s political commentary dressed up in a pink bow.

Absolutely wonderful film. My 14yo and I enjoyed it thoroughly. I actually want to see it again. Greta Gerwig is definitely talented

I went this morning, was A3 to there. Done Oppenheimer tonight and tons of tween get girls in pink waiting for Barbie

Seems strange that people are getting annoyed that this isn’t a young children’s movie, why does it have to be just because it has Barbie in it? There are plenty of young kids movies out there, this just isn’t one of them.

The audience in the screening I went to yesterday daytime was 95% age appropriate: lots of y11 and y13 who have finished exams and private school teens who had already broken up, then a handful of very small children, some no more than four, others maybe six or seven.

The bleeped ‘motherfucker’ is quite shocking when it comes given who says it and the context but I was nevertheless quite surprised when there was an audible gasp from the audience. Of course then a tiny voice piped up, ‘what did she say, mummy?’. I imagine that made for some interesting conversations on the journey home.

It's 12A (not a 12) which specifically means younger children can watch if accompanied by an adult

The bleeped ‘motherfucker’ is quite shocking when it comes given who says it and the context but I was nevertheless quite surprised when there was an audible gasp from the audience. Of course then a tiny voice piped up, ‘what did she say, mummy?’. I imagine that made for some interesting conversations on the journey home.

I'd have just said 'oh I'm not sure, I didn't hear it properly either' no further thought would be given

Took my 7yo to see it yesterday. 5pm showing, packed with all ages. It was awesome, we both loved it.

So watch the other 42 barbie films aimed at kids then?

From the reviews I've heard nad what friends ahve said, there is absolutely no way your 7 year old understood the film. They might have sat through it and not caused a fuss but they didn't understand what was happening enough to love it.

Love, people take their kids to watch deadpool. I think your OK with barbie.

OK, thanks for the unsolicited insight into your parenting.

No-one has yet convinced me that the better option remains not taking your 6yo to films which contain the word ‘motherfucker’. Like I said upthread, if that makes me Mary Whitehouse then I can live with that.

They don’t, or at least not to the cinema. Both Deadpools were rated 15.

Yes they do 😂 DH and I were gobsmacked at the amount of under 10s at the showing of the last deadpool movie.

It really shows that people see Marcel and assume family-friendly

That cinema could and should lose its licence if it fails to enforce age certification.

So you haven’t actually seen the film and you know my child well enough to say she can’t have loved it. Wtf?

No I haven't seen it yet but many friends have as I said above and several posters who have seen the film have also commented above. All making the same points about the themes of the film being too much for a young child to comprehend.

She might have loved it because it had pink bits in it and it was Barbie but she didn't love the film because of it's main content because she wouldn't have actually understood those concepts.

Couldn't have described the movie better myself. Went with two 17 year olds and a lot of the feminism and motherhood references went straight over their heads - they just didn't get it - but they will in time! America Ferrera's monologue was standout for me - it described my experience of being a women perfectly and made me cry. Young kids will love the setting and costumes and the bright colours but they won't 'get it' at all and would probably be pretty bored by the end of it.

@ThanksItHasPockets sorry for commenting on something that you wrote on a public forum. Just suggesting there are lots of ways of could be brushed over so probably didn't lead to 'interesting conversations'.

As for dc not being able to love something they don't fully understand, I completely disagree. Dd and all her friends love Friends. There is a shit load they don't understand which just passes them by while they giggle at Ross being an 8 and 'pivot' etc

No ‘motherfuckers’ in Friends, though…

In all seriousness however I don’t think Friends is a great comparison in this case. I agree that there are shows and films which can be genuinely accessed on multiple levels but Barbie isn’t one of them. It’s a fairly sophisticated political critique which happens to use a toy as its medium of commentary. There’s nothing that has been put in specifically for children after the first 20 mins or so in Barbie Land.

I concur re Deadpool.

The Vue cinema I saw it at was full of young kids. Even from the get-go it is apparent it is absolutely not appropriate for kids, At All. Yet they were all admitted.

I judged every single parent in that audience for sticking with it and not leaving.

I would also have judged the parents but the cinema was seriously at fault too. The parents should never have been able to take those children into the screen and the cinema failed in its responsibility to uphold a statutory age rating. I hope you complained.

I have a boy, so Marvel is huge in this house. I also enjoy Marvel films so winner there.

However I'm very careful on which Marvel films. Venom is a 15 so that one was out, Spiderman franchise fine bit of kissing that just gets a eew. Thor is borderline, but I'll allow it (naked Chris Hemsworth was nice for me and funny for DS 🤣, did have an awkward conversation about what an orgie was thanks to Ragnarok, but got away with it's a "party for grownups") Captain America, Iron Man, Black Panther, Hulk, Avengers all fine.

Guardians of the galaxy....tricky. I have only watched these once they have come on Disney+ . I watch first. Then decide I can also fast forward dodgey bits. However Guardians of the Galaxy 3 will not be seen because of the animal cruelty, DS would be very upset by it.

Eternals - fuck me, I had to watch that shit show twice 😂 I went first to see it in the cinema, then decided it would be fine, just planned a toilet break during the implied sex scene and that worked well.

Deadpool - No, Never not happening. I find it hilarious, but in no way is it suitable for children.

Barbie is obviously not on DS's radar, but having read about it, small children will get bored the themes of feminism and such are too mature. And any of the jokes will go over their heads. I think you'd end up with bored kids rather than traumatised kids.

About what?

No. And I have a 9 year old who won’t be watching it either.