Normal People - Age appropriate

[darex123]

What do people think about the age this should be watched at? DD is 13 - maybe a bit young? although she is pretty advanced.

(common sense media says 16)

Thoughts?

Thanks!

There are lots of steamy sex scenes that would make her want to dissolve into a puddle of embarrassment if she watches with you (in my opinion!)

As the series progresses it get into BDSM too. Not for a 13 year old IMO

Oh yes, that too!

I'm in my 40's and DH and I both commented last night we wouldn't want to watch this with our parents 😂
I don't think it's suitable for 13

Well, a significant percentage of viewers seem to be misunderstanding it as the love story of the 21st century, when it begins with a popular teenage boy shagging the school misfit in secret so that it doesn't wreck his A-list reputation with his peers, and said misfit being curiously forgiving when she meets him again at university after the tables are turned, and she's queen bee and he's the lonely weirdo, but then embarking nonetheless on a series of disastrous boyfriends and some experiments in BDSM which are a clumsily-handled metaphor for her emotional fragility.

So if I were watching it with a young teenager, I would be having an awful lot of conversations about it not being a good idea to be the dirty little secret of the popular boy in your class, and that getting your boyfriends to hit you and tie you up isn't some kind of Cool Girl alternative to self-harm -- it wouldn't be the endless sex scenes that wouild bother me, it would be that the 13 year old would view these things as cool because Marianne is presented as cool.

No I think 13 is a bit young. I found the scenes in Sweden a bit hard to watch.

Frangible- you’re right. I couldn’t believe she let him get away with it- but I guess that’s the point; she has no self worth. Was quite painful to watch really.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed! Have now watched a few more episodes and agree with the consensus here.

Definitely not suitable, although it might teach her a thing or two about actually communicating with your partner. Although I suppose if they actually spoke to each other it would be a very short story 😂

"Well, a significant percentage of viewers seem to be misunderstanding it as the love story of the 21st century ....

it wouldn't be the endless sex scenes that wouild bother me, it would be that the 13 year old would view these things as cool because Marianne is presented as cool."

Completely agree! I have not been able to finish this series, as I found it so difficult to watch. It's basically about an abusive relationship between two deeply troubled people. They don't truly love one another; they have a series of interactions based on intensity and drama. There is nothing safe about it. And the BDSM aspect, which I understand was meant to be part of Marianne's sexual awakening, was particularly upsetting - Marianne looked so numb and dehumanised. Perhaps it somehow gets resolved in the final episodes I'm yet to watch.