Parent and baby screenings of mother!?
Aren’t babies held to the same BBFC certificates as the rest of us?
Well, sort of…
The first film that my youngest child watched in a cinema wasOlympus Has Fallen.
Because technically, he wasnt supposed to be there.
The cinema in question could have got into serious trouble for admitting someone underage, that it technically did.
It is actually an offence, with a punishment.
The baby wasnt making noise, but the cinema nonetheless applied the letter of the regulations it operates under.
As infuriating as it sounds, it was technically in the right.
The answer: no, but not for the reason you may think.
Instead, such screenings are at the discretion of local councils.
Any variance on that, then, is a council matter.
The cinema concerned basically has to ask permission to allow babies in.
Furthermore, its not a case of a blanket permission being given for every film, either.
