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, I’m completely agreeing with you - that’s literally what happened in M&S. I bought my daughter a Barbie t-shirt in there because she’s been so excited to see it. I had no idea about the 12A rating until today - I’m as annoyed as you are.

it's not that much different from a "Stranger Things" party, and EVERYONE is watching it. At some point, you need to make parenting choices.

There will be other parties.

I said it's a shame they cant go a d see it, off the back of my friends wee girl who was quite disappointed the other day

They can go and see it. It's a 12a. People are just observing that they'll be really bored and disappointed at age 6

Apologies, after the last few posts I read it wrongly. My apologies.

why are you annoyed? Barbie is still a thing, there are tens of Barbie movies.
You can buy Barbie merch without missing out on anything.

I bet anything that most kids wearing the Harry Potter never read the books, and most didn't even watched all the movies. Parents still don't agree if all the Harry Potter are suitable for the 7-8 years old who start to read them.

No problem at all x

I'm taking my 10 year old to see it. Xx

But not all trailers before PG movies will be children's films. The only requirement is that the trailer content can't be of a higher rating of the film being show .

I wouldn't let her go. DCs miss parties sometimes. Tell them you have another arrangement and take her somewhere age appropriate instead.

My 8 yo twins really want to see this but the reviews hAve put me off. We have watched plenty of 12a films though. Marvel films mostly.

She’ll still wear the merchandise, obviously.

I am not sure why anyone would want to show it to a 6year old to be honest. Even without the strong language, the short trailers show nothing that would be appealing to a child.

it's pretty obvious it's a satire of the Barbie world, not the Care Bear/ Barbie world brought to life for the kids.

Exactly. The only part of the trailer that would appeal to 6yo's is the pink and the glitter. It's blatantly obvious that it's aimed at adults and older children.

Merch being aimed at kids is entirely separate - Mattel are just trying to make as money off of it as possible.

Really? Why market adult films? Should films exploring mature themes like death and identity not exist?

Not everything is for kids. The existence of adult culture isn't "inaccessible" just because it's not aimed at kids.

Why shouldn't films aimed at adults exist? There's a whole wide field of arts, literature, film, etc. which is not suitable for young children but hugely important to the cultural and intellectual landscape.

I can understand it's problematic to have a film that explores mature themes but has a kiddie-friendly aesthetic but at the end of the day parents have to take responsibility for saying no to their children and explaining that just because something is pink doesn't make it for them. Kids need to learn that the entire world doesn't revolve around them and that they aren't entitled to everything just because they want it.

I wouldn't. This is the first I've heard about it being a 12a though and it seems bizarre that they would make a film about Barbie that isn't for kids. I suppose it's similar to the marvel films though.

My dc have missed out on birthday parties because the activity has been unsuitable for them. I've felt guilty that they have missed out but the dc always just had a brief whinge and then forgotten about it.

My six-year-old thought it looked brilliant after seeing the trailer several times before U and PG films over the past year. There’s not enough in a trailer to make an informed decision - that’s why there are ratings.

Did she think it was brilliant because it was pink and Barbie-themed, or did she actually understand the nuances of what was being talked about in the trailer?

I've seen the trailer several times and I can't think of any part of the conversation that would appeal to 6yo's.

Oppenheimer (15) has trailers that have been rated PG, and therefore they could be shown before The Little Mermaid, but that doesn't make the movie suitable for 6 yr olds it just means the trailer can be shown ahead of more movies to catch the attention of the adults in the cinema ...

The 12A rating means it is deemed unsuitable for children under 12, but they can still go and see it if supervised by an adult.

A lot of posters on here seem to be confusing it with PG. The rating was introduced to allow for the fact that children mature at different rates and some children younger than 12 might be fine with the film. That would be mature 10 and 11 year olds. Not 4 and 6 year olds.

In the most recent trailer shes dancing talking about her perfect world then asks the others "have you ever thought about dying" whilst they are horrified and the music cuts out its clearly not aimed at children in my mind for that alone.

Good point about oppenheimer which has been trailed before various movies children may have been at but its clearly not a kids film its to attract attention of the adults with them.

Anyone else think its a bit strange that there is a Barbie movie thats not aimed at the main demographic of the children who plays with the toy?
I mean, surely a 6 year old is peak Barbie age?

I agree, completely. My 6 year old really wants to see it, but there's no chance I'm taking her!

enough in the trailer to make the decision FOR YOU THE ADULT. A 6 year old can think " oh Barbie, cool", because she sees 1mn30 of pink glitter and a few things go straight over her head, but it's obvious to the parents it's not a kids movie.

Oppenheimer (15) has trailers that have been rated PG, and therefore they could be shown before The Little Mermaid, but that doesn't make the movie suitable for 6 yr olds it just means the trailer can be shown ahead of more movies to catch the attention of the adults in the cinema ...

But Oppenheimer hasn’t been trailed ahead of kids’ films.

But it has been trailed in front of films that are PG, which is the same rating as The Little Mermaid.

People are making the point that Barbie trailers have been shown in front of kids films therefore it must be aimed at kids but Oppenheimer has also been trailed in front of films with "child appropriate" PG ratings.

That doesn't make Oppenheimer child appropriate, it just means that the trailer shown is appropriate to the film rating. It also shows that just because a trailer is shown ahead of a PG film that kids might be watching doesn't mean the film the trailer is for is also PG and suitable for kids.

Yes, it has. It's been shown in front of plenty of PG films.