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.

No, too boring and Not age appropriate

How did it go? It's not a film for 4 years olds no matter how intelligent she is even Einstein would have found it boring. My 10 years old liked it but by the end she was fidgeting and kept asking me what was so funny at certain scenes😂 I am Shocked anyone would take a 4 year old 😆

Just seen it
I cannot imagine any 6year old enjoying that
It's overly long and just not a kids film. It's not even a film about a doll. I'm not sure what it is actually
I felt sorry for the couple young girls there and the parents who kept looking at each other and them as it went on

Both leads were perfect though

Just seen it.

They would find the first 10 minutes entertaining.

Not for anyone under teen age..

You all need to go see it though. One of the best films I've ever seen. (And I only went cause my pal wanted to).

To finish this off I thought I'd report back on the feedback from party parents and the kids.

Kids enjoyed it.....didn't understand bits of it, some of it was a bit sad, but they had fun.

Party parents feedback was that of the 6 girls they were constantly up and down for wees, had to keep shushing them and getting them to stop chatting, parents were surprised it wasn't more for kids (so they obviously hadn't actually realized it was an adults film) and that one of mine was the best behaved in the cinema as they were truly watching the film rather than getting a bit fidgety and bored.

Girls had a lovely time at the party and hanging out with their friends afterwards.

I think I will go see the film after the hype dies down a bit and hopefully see it late enough that the cinema won't be full of bored kids!

It's a very clever play on.the patriarchy.

I've not seen a film for a while where every line is clever.

Not a chance she understood it.

Loved it

@NewCracker I suggest you see it. It's the opposite.

Yes we saw it and no problems with the content it's not very rude or swearing but just too mature for my dcs. Eldest ds stayed with my dsis I took the two dds but even my 10 year old was bored half the film. She enjoyed the song and dance number but it is quite an adult film.

they could have done it either way- for children or for adults. I did automatically think it was going to be more of a ‘girls night out’ one, ie adults, and marketed that way too for the fact that the clip features him saying about staying the night

It’s obvious from the trailers that it’s not a kids film.

its obvious from the casting too. A kids movie wouldn't have starred Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling

You walked right into the point and, somehow, still missed it.

I appreciate the suggestion. They do sell private viewings. Or you know, I just maximise the odds of having a pleasant experience by going to a later viewing. Also more tickets for kids, so technically I'm doing them a favour!

To be fair, having seen with a cinema full of women, I think it's quite a special experience. I dont think I would have appreciated children or drunk women. It was incredible.

Wow, you know my child! 🙄

Did you 6 year old understand the message of the film? Honestly? It's not a young kids movie at all! 10 is the youngest, watched it with my daughter, she is smart, understood most of it but still asked questions.

I took my 6 year old to see this today. It is totally fine for a 6 year old. The worst words were "crap, vagina and penis". Very minimal innuendos (which completely went over her head). There was also a "mother fucker", with the "fucker" bleeped out. She didn't notice at all.

Obviously it's not targeted at 6 year olds but she did enjoy it although she did get bored in the last 30 minutes.

In hindsight I wouldn't have bothered taking her, but only because I could see she wasn't as engaged as she would be with a kids film (obvious comment), but there is nothing in it that is bad for a 6 year old to see.