I walked away from the cinema with mixed feelings - part of me said - good on Sky City Cinemas for being vigilant. The other part of me said - this is a bit like the smacking debate - the state is taking away some of my parental rights: In this case, I read up the reviews and thought a mature 15.9 year old who reads widely and understood the horrors of apartheid and holocaust will be able to watch D-9 and walk away with a bit more understanding of humanity. But it is cool – we watched something else in the end.
What do you think? Do you think a 15.9 year old can handle the 134 'F' words and the graphic gore of alien mutilation in District-9 ?
It is interesting - the film is rated so differently in different countries:
- UK: 15
- Canada: 13
- Finland: 15
- NZ: 16 R