Six the Musical Film - 12A

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Just gathering some opinions.
My 9 year old loves the songs from Six, she’s never seen the musical but heard them on a soundtrack.
She’s seen it’s out in the cinema now and wants to see it, it’s a 12A but I’m fine with that for her.

Issue is my 5 year old will want to come, she’s enjoys the music but probably won’t understand that much.

It’s a 12A so up to me but would you take a 5 year old?

For reference Barbie was also a 12A, mine didn’t see that but I know lots of 5 years old did

Thoughts?

I've seen the musical several times and yes I would take a 5yr old. The adult themes are subtle and I think will go over her head

I mean if you’ve heard the soundtrack you probably have a fair view of the content. All you wanna do specifically…

There are some adult jokes in there but would more than likely go over a 5 year olds head

It’s not a singalong version so as long as they just watch it and not try and join in with the songs I am sure they will be fine

Thank you
No they wouldn’t try to sing along if I told them
not to.
It would all go over 5 year olds head and a lot of it 9 year old too.
They just like the catchy songs

The sexual references will go over their heads, but I find the All Wanna Do is really sad in the show but the kids miss the meaning and love it. Like a history lesson via a little mix concert.

I took my 7 year old and she loved it. A 5 year old probably would too. It does start with a 15 minute ish documentary about the making of it which was a bit dull and you might have to keep the 5 year old occupied through that till they get to the catchy songs.

I agree the references will go over their head. The cinema performance is not a patch on the theatre, but then it’s not ear splitting loud either which is probably a positive.The film starts with a mini documentary featuring the original 6 performers, I think young ones would find that part boring.

I think it depends on the 5 yo. I just went with my 11 yo who really enjoyed it (my eldest has seen it previously - once aged about 10/11 with friends, and once a bit older with me)

I don’t think either of mine would have enjoyed it at 5 - maybe my eldest but I think the younger one would have been bored and struggled to follow.

It is quite adult in terms of the humour - the time I went with my eldest there was an elderly lady next to us who was quite shocked! If you think it’ll go over their heads that’s fine but then you have to ask yourself if they’ll be bored.

OP the soundtrack is the musical in it's entirety. There is no speech, it's just the songs. It's supposed to be more of a concert. So if you're happy for her to listen to the soundtrack then it's just the whole thing live (or in this case recorded).

There's plenty more speech than just the songs. They introduce each other, explain what they are doing, argue about who has had the worst time, agree to change the purpose of the competition etc.

Why seek to expose dc to sexualised cinema? No wonder society has problems!

But it's just in-between bits, I mean there aren't proper scenes like a traditional musical.

If you have a music streaming service - there's usually the studio album version on there and also a live on opening night Broadway recording which DOES have the bulk of the dialogue lines in if you want to get an idea of the content.

Basically there's a couple of near-rhymes about prick/dick which will whoosh over the head of anyone not already aware of such stuff, and probably the most difficult bit is Howard's distressed part of All You Wanna Do which is intentionally a bit jarring compared to the rest of the song.

If your 5 year old can cope with the documentary bit and is the type of 5 year old not likely to be demanding the toilet every 5 minutes when they go to the cinema (like mine weren't) then go.

I’ve seen it twice on stage and it was younger teens in the audience but there were younger kids in the cinema this weekend.

The abuse of All You Wanna Do is much clearer when you see the acting. After the film, a mum was explaining to her daughter (I’d guess about 6yo) that you don’t have to have cuddles from anyone if you don’t want to. So questions had clearly been asked!

And the acting/little aside lines in Don’t Lose Ur Head more than nods to the theory that Ann Boleyn’s famous sexual ‘French techniques’ included oral prowess…

I've seen the live show and we saw the event cinema recording at the weekend.

I would absolutely take your 5 year old, the sexualised comments went over the head of my 11 year old dd so they will definitely go over the heads of a 5 & 7 yo.

I saw the stage show end of last year and there were lots of children in the audience

There is mild risqué humour but I would expect it to go over a 5 yo head. The distressed bit of ‘All I wanna do’ is probably the worst part.

It was fine for my DD age 9 and her friends. It went over their heads and they enjoyed the music.

I took DS7 (just turned 7) at the weekend. He absolutely loved it, loves the music and as everyone else has said the innuendo went over his head. He wasn't bored/restless in the slightest but goes to a lot of theatre so used to much longer shows.

I took my 6 year old at the weekend. She didn’t get a lot of it but loved the songs.

I’d take a 5 year old. There’s innuendo but it would most likely go over their head at that age. It’s worth it for the songs- love Six!

The musical is for age 10+. Not surprised by 12a cinema. I love Six as do my kids. My 10 yr old doesn't get the older humour. It was only slightly mortifying when she sang some songs to her nan 🫣.

I took my youngest to see the stage show when she was 6. She loved it and the innuendo went over her head entirely.

Is it just like the musical? Or is it acting like a story/film. The musical was like a concert.

It is the musical. Just recorded and shown on screen.

It's a recording of a performance of the musical. Nothing extra.