Must a parent ACCOMPANY teens into an R-rated movie?!


Question: My daughter and her friend want to see an R-rated movie. This one is fine with me, but they're 16. Can I just buy the tickets for them then leave and pick them up later, or must I get a ticket myself and accompany them in?


Answers: My daughter and her friend want to see an R-rated movie. This one is fine with me, but they're 16. Can I just buy the tickets for them then leave and pick them up later, or must I get a ticket myself and accompany them in?

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yes

acompanny them...unless it is a date then let them be so they can do there thing...u know what i mean

By law,, They are supposed to;
you must accompany them also

I think you should go with them. Or get someone else, a close friend, another parent, etc.

Well, they could lie, and say there 17.
But it usually says you must accompany them, im sure you could leave and pick them up later, and they can say there 17, or even go into the theater with them, and then leave?

Depends on the theater. There are a few around here with a strict parent accompanying rule, and others that dont have one. Personally I think its stupid. If a parent gives concent for their children to see an R rated movie then I see no reason for them to have to accompany them into the theater. Especially when your kid is 15 or 16.

The Motion Picture Association of America's (MPAA) "R" rating specifies:


R:"Restricted, Under 17 Requires Accompanying Parent Or Adult Guardian."

I don't know how often the movie theater's ticketsellers check out the adult who accompanies a youth under 17. How they determine whether someone with an adult identification is an "adult guardian" or not is always a puzzle to me. People don't carry around guardianship papers normally; especially to go see a movie. But that is technically what the regulation says.

Of course, if you buy the tickets as an adult parent, and then walk out of the film, they still have sold another adult ticket. Whether they use the word "accompanying" to mean that you just have to buy the ticket, but don't have to buy a ticket yourself or go with them to view the film, I guess, depends on how serious the theater management gets. My felling,.....not very.

This actually depends on the theater near you. The theater near me has a rule where the parent must be with the child throughout the entire movie. Security eventually pops in the theater from time to time and checks for kids alone. If they catch you, you're kicked out without a refund. Bummer. But you should call the theater and see what their policy is near you. That's what we did before we actually tried it out.

Hope this helps you out!

-CoasterFan!



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