Can I take my 10 year old to see a 15 rated film

[007agent]

My ten year old is pestering me to take him to see Sanctum - the new 3D film . I have been online to buy the tickets but see this film as a 15 rating. I will accompany him but am now unsure if he will be allowed in

[sophie_1003]

No he won't, unless he looks 15 then you might get away with it.

[dotty.]

No, the film is classified as suitable for 15 years of age or older

[ummmm]

Do they even check? It's dark in there..

[dotty.]

They should, the cinema will be 'mystery shopped' like any licensed business offering age restricted product and so staff will be trained to adhere to the legislation,

[ummmm]

I'd be tempted to send him to the sweet shop while I purchased the tickets...or...get Doc to get you a copy :-)

[Coobeastie]

http://m.imdb.com/tit...0881320/parentalguide

Why would you assist in letting your child see this?

[New Judge]

Quite so, Coobeastie.

The idea of film classifications is to give parents a quick guide to the film’s content and suitability. The best thing you can do for your pestering son, 007, is to advise him of this, tell him he’s not seeing it and that’s that. Far better to do that than to suggest to him that the law is there simply to be circumvented by whatever means possible.

[dotty.]

wait 6 months and you will be able to buy the dvd in asda, but don't try to buy it with a child under 15 with you as the staff would be breaking the law if they sold it to you. plus, he might be 11 by then

[AlBags]

Sneak him in the fire door : )

[pink-kittens]

then asda et al are breaking the law every time they sell ciggies to a parent with an under age child with them dotty.

[ChocolatChip]

You can buy items in the shop that have age limitations to them if you are over the accepted age and have a child with you. As long as the staff have no reason to believe that you might be purchasing the item for the child or someone under the legal age.
Sometime this is seen in the extreme, but it is perfectly understandable. I work in a newsagents, and we regularly have under 18s ask for cigarettes and when they are refused, pop outsid to the car and ask their parents to get them for them.
At the end of the day, we care about our jobs and don't want to get fined/sacked/jailed. And we are well within our right to refuse people.

However, on this topic. Cinemas are really clamping down on ID-ing people when they buy tickets and then when you enter the actual cinema room.
So it would be unlikely that you would get away with it. I got ID'ed for an 18 cert film for the first time since I was 15 a couple of months ago. I was really shocked!

[mollykins]

No they shouldn't let him in, thats why there's 12s and 12As, 12, you have to be 12 to see it, no matter what, 12A is if you're under 12 but accompanied by an adult.

[Prudie]

I do think the point here is should you be letting him see it rather than ways to evade the system? I was scared for a long time of Cruella De Ville after seeing Disney's 101 Dalmatians when I was about 10! You can never tell what impressions are going to form with children - presumably why they have the rating system in the first place.

[hc4361]

Be a parent and say no!

[pink-kittens]

i agree hc!

[smurfchops]

I agree with coobeastie. Why ????? Let him stay a child for goodness sake.

[doomey!]

Yes you should definatly get in, and afterwards why not nip into the casino, and the lap dancing club?

[flew]

I wouldn't take a 10 year old, because they tend to have nightmares, if it is horror probably not best to.or if it is comedy check!

[flew]

I probably wouldn't, maybe if he was 13 it would be different, i found this out
http://www.imdb.com/t...0881320/parentalguide CLICK ON IT IF YOU DARE
[about sanctum] good luck!