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OK for kids? What kind of 'mild sexual content'?

posted 13 years ago by qtqt
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I'm thinking of taking my 9 & 10 year olds. Based on the trailer, I think they'd understand enough to enjoy the story, especially my daughter, but I'd like to know more about scenes that earned the R rating. My kids are used to movies with strong language and non-sexual nudity (we're sick that way), but are there any love scenes that go beyond fully-clothed kissing leading nowhere? Any non-opaque references to sex acts? I usually check CommonSenseMedia or Kids-in-Mind but they don't list this movie (yet). Thanks!

[–] mastermum 13 years ago

I can't imagine that a 9 or 10 year old would find this film of any interest. I wouldn't think they'd understand the story and would be bored out of their minds. The film has continual use of four letter words. It covers UK industrial action in the Sixties hardly a subject of interest to most children even in the UK.
This film is rated 15 here in the UK which means exactly that - nobody in the cinema under 15. I'll never understand the US R rating!
Having said that they might enjoy the fabulous Sixties soundtrack.

[–] Corey75 13 years ago

It's a great movie but I've got to agree with the above poster--I don't think it's for 9-10 year olds.

[–] xxsilverrevolverxx 13 years ago

Really loving that no one is answering the question. Who cares if the kids want to see the film??

"If you mess with the King's Queens, you better watch your Ace, Jack."

[–] mastermum 13 years ago

I can't really remember the sexual content (I'm getting old!) except for some bouncing cars and snogging but just don't think it's a film that would appeal to any pre-teens.

[–] emuir-1 10 years ago

It's the use of four letter words, especially by men in front of women that jars with me. I worked in a factory in England at that time and NEVER, I repeat, NEVER, heard anyone use a four letter word either in public or in private, most especially women. I had previously served several years in the WRAF and never once did I hear such language used by either sex.

[–] maconbaby 13 years ago

Except for a backseat sex scene (in which you see absolutely nothing and it's mainly comic) there's really nothing at all - it might be a little slow moving for them, but that's your call of course :)

[–] megnfolk 13 years ago

Hello - I too am the parent of a pre-teen and young teen. We are an intelligent family and I have found my children capable of understanding and enjoying movies like this. In fact I have kept them clear of the dumbdown kind of kids rubbish that is served up as if children are brainless, although society does its best to make them so. My children enjoy (without coercion) classical music cooncerts - when they're not performing in their own - and understand a great deal about politics and society and the world. I am taking them to see this movie and was equally concerned about the (usually gratutitous) scenes which dumb adults seem to need to entice them out to see things. Good on you for taking them - more power to you and don't be put off or your children will lose a lot. Science tells us that children have better brains than adults for learning and I have found this so. My children are at the top in their class at an elite school now and are very cluey - and nice - children. We've never felt the need to limit them to Disney, but of course we do exercise care with sex and violence, although not so much as to make them uninformed there either. Go girl!!! This is an intelligent movie - there are so few of them, don't miss it!

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[–] megnfolk 13 years ago

Wow -you are nasty, aren't you? And obviously intentionally so given your chosen username. Yep, I think it's OK to say we're intelligent. Nothing for you to get your knickers in a knot about. No-one takes comments like yours seriously. Don't worry about my paragraphs, I don't, and as for my mental health, please see to your own first! You say "Any parent taking their child to an R-rating movie....." etc, what a lot of claptrap! Our country did not rate it R- only your gun-totin' war-wagin', violent country would do that with a film that has nothing more than a brief snog in the backseat in it! I'm glad I live in a country not at war with itself, and that can enjoy true freedom. Eat my dust.....

[–] johnny_amok 13 years ago

@megnfolk: I pity you and your well-educated children.

[–] fatpie42 13 years ago

"you certainly never learned any manners"

What the hell was wrong with their manners? They were a great deal better mannered than your "someone's awfully full of themselves aren't they" comment.

"They will need to have good paying jobs to pay for the years of therapy needed to deal with their childhood."

Oh I see. You're a troll.

"Any parent taking their children to an 'R' rated movie should not be a parent."

Someone's awfully judgemental, aren't they?

"While children do have more sponge-like brains for learning than adults they do not have the experience and/or maturity to necessarily comprehend what they are seeing."

What does that have to do with Made In Dagenham? This is precisely the sort of condescending remark they were reacting to. There's nothing in Made In Dagenham that a nine year old would be unable to comprehend. Don't be so daft.

[–] PotassiumMan 13 years ago

There is virtually no sexual content whatsoever in this film. Zero. None. Unless something happened while I went to get popcorn...

[–] ALB 13 years ago

I saw this last night. In an early scene in the movie (when Potassium Man went to get popcorn, I presume), while a party is going on, one of the young women is shown having sex with her boyfriend. They're standing up and clothed, presumably in some private area. He pauses briefly, so she says, "Chop chop, or we'll miss the buffet." So that would be the sexual content.

[–] jacowium 13 years ago

The scene was on the back-seat of a car (presumably not a Ford, as she commented on a loose thread on the seat-cover while the guy was humping, and before the "chop chop" comment.)

[–] Bavarian 13 years ago

My kids are used to movies with strong language

You're right, that's okay for kids. And violence. As long as there's no evil indication of sexuality or visible skin. Visible skin is highly dangerous for kids.

are there any love scenes that go beyond fully-clothed kissing leading nowhere?

Anything beyond fully clothed kissing is indeed evil and not suitable for kid's eyes. It will turn them into gays and lesbians later. You're a good mother who protects their children from the evil things in the world.

Don't forget - it's made in Europe so it's obviously unbearable for prude Americans.

If you're an European than of course it's ok, the mental stabiity of your children is neither jeopardized nor are they going to be disturbed in their sexual upgrowth. They will NOT be transformed into sociopaths by the movie.

[–] blacklives4ever 13 years ago

To Bavarian, I think the OP mentioned that the kids are ok with non-sexual nudity, but did not mention violence. Your post is just silly.

"The success of the horror genre has led to its downfall."
-Dario Argento

[–] Zalophus 13 years ago

Wow, really? Did you even bother to read their post before you attacked them? And nice job on the stereotyping too. I'm guessing by your post that you're anti-American, and therefore probably not from America, so should I judge your country based on your level of intelligence?

[–] geordie96 13 years ago

What's the R rating for anyway? The film's rated 6 in Germany, and while I doubt that six-year-olds care for films like that, they certainly won't be shocked or disturbed by it.

[–] wwriterb-727-75381 13 years ago

Just checked online and Kids-in-mind now has a content listing for this movie, so I suggest visiting that website and read the info there.

Thanks!

[–] CrazyQuokka 13 years ago

It's ridiculous keeping children from watching this movie. I've seen the german version so I can't tell much about the language used but except one scene in the car where you only know whats happening if u allready know how things work, there is no sex-scene. There is a modelling scene with a young women but neither is she nude nor should nudity be a problem to kids.
The "sex scene" (much rather comedy than in anyway erotic) may infact slow the story down for 1 or 2 minute for the kids, but that's it.
The film is told in an easy way with clear sides and is told in a rather slow way. I think it is a great movie for children aged 8 or older.

[–] Chief_Watches-Many 13 years ago

This kind of stuff always baffles me.

As a kid I watched anything, there was no protection from any film or TV show.
Sometimes I saw sex scenes, sometimes violent scenes (remember we're talking 80's entertainment here but still) and it really meant nothing, except made me think and comfortable with anything.
I watched all sorts of stuff as a kid and always loved films and would watch and enjoy all sorts.
On a sidenote, I remember watching Norman Wisdom films, and even stuff like Baby Jane before I was ten. There was none of this 9 or 10 year olds will be bored with a film like this cos all they can handle is 'childrens' entertainment.
I'm so glad I wasn't sheltered cos it gave me an open mind, an understanding of human nature and a sense of the real world. Not to mention KNOWLEDGE!

The idea now of anyone telling me I couldn't watch The Young Ones at 5 years old and had to watch a cartoon cos they say naughty words is bizarre.
So glad I'm not a kid today to some of the parents around.

I am not a parent and don't want to be, but not only would I not shelter them I would encourage them to see quality real world entertainment as soon as possible.
Especially if it has historical significance like this film, so that by the time they are 9 or 10, a story like this would be perfectly fine, sex scene or not.