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Just finished this series - AMAZING!!
Has anyone else watched it? I'm in awe of how good it was.

*Netflix. Damn my fat fingers 😂

Loved it. Can’t wait for the next series.

DS is 10 and said a couple of his friends have watch it. Is it suitable for his age? I'm OK with a bit of bad language and action movie style violence.

Can someone describe it?!

@GingerPCatt

DS is 10 and said a couple of his friends have watch it. Is it suitable for his age? I'm OK with a bit of bad language and action movie style violence.

No it’s really not

It’s very violent

I wouldn't let a ten year old watch it! It's extremely violent and has a fuck ton of murder.

It's bloody great.

Also watch Alice in Borderlands.

And WATCH IT IN KOREAN WITH SUBTITLES

My DS is 12 and I am not usually too strict about letting him watch/not watch things but he was really keen to watch this so I watched a few clips and I have told him no.
It’s very graphic

Defo not suitable for children, lots of graphic violence.
Really hope there's a series 2!

I guessed the 'plot twist' early on - don't want to give any spoilers though.

V violent. Strongly disliked!

Watched first two episodes ds watching for the second time (in a few days) with me

It’s brilliant

No not suitable for a 10 year old it’s very violent and disturbing

@GingerPCatt as others have said very violent, some of the deaths are also very emotionally upsetting as well as gory. Definitely not suitable.

I enjoyed it and it’s rated only 15 so was all for letting 13 year old DD watch it but I have changed my mind once I’ve actually watched it. Far too violent and had sexual scenes in as well

I agree with pp - not just violent but upsetting scenes and very disturbing, including suicide.

Brilliant series. The English language dubbing is terrible though and I would have preferred to watch it in Korean with sub-titles. When I tried that option I got all the descriptions too (as you would for deaf viewers), and I couldn't seem to change it.

I thought it was good, disturbingly and also left a few things unanswered!

I'm not reading the thread yet in case any spoilers.
Watched the first 3 episodes yesterday. I'm gripped and can't wait till later to watch more 😍

@GingerPCatt

DS is 10 and said a couple of his friends have watch it. Is it suitable for his age? I'm OK with a bit of bad language and action movie style violence.

Not suitable at all. Lots of shooting, stabbing, killing, violence.

I loved it, it was gripping. There’s a discussion here about its suitability for children - it’s not suitable at all!

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4364734-Squid-games

Watching with my 15 yr old son. Both obsessed, saw episode 6 last night and it broke me 😫, has provoked many interesting discussions into the nature of addiction and why people behave the way they do. I feel genuinely terrified each time a game starts.

@GingerPCatt

DS is 10 and said a couple of his friends have watch it. Is it suitable for his age? I'm OK with a bit of bad language and action movie style violence.

No way. It's not action movie violence, it's brutal and intense. And it's psychologically disturbing throughout.

@kennelmaid

Brilliant series. The English language dubbing is terrible though and I would have preferred to watch it in Korean with sub-titles. When I tried that option I got all the descriptions too (as you would for deaf viewers), and I couldn't seem to change it.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding, as I've only seen three episodes so far, but I'm watching I'm Korean with subtitles- only 2 sentences have been in English so far

@SpanishFly I think the default option for Netflix here is to show the version that has English speaking voices dubbed over the actors. I had this and didn't realise I could change it until episode 6 (at which point I think the over the top voiceovers had ruined it for me).

I watched the rest in Korean with English subtitles and much preferred it.

[quote cleckheatonwanderer]@SpanishFly I think the default option for Netflix here is to show the version that has English speaking voices dubbed over the actors. I had this and didn't realise I could change it until episode 6 (at which point I think the over the top voiceovers had ruined it for me).

I watched the rest in Korean with English subtitles and much preferred it.[/quote]
Are you in the UK? Mine defaulted to the subtitled version

I didn't realise you could change it to subtitles. I would have much preferred to watch it like that instead of being dubbed

I haven't watched this yet, I'm not in the right headspace to watch all the gore. But I find it interesting how well the Korean directors are at psychological drama. I'm still in awe of how brilliant the film Parasite is, by Bong Joon Ho.