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Children under 15 now allowed to watch The Batman in Belfast as the only UK council to overrule age rating
new Batman movie in Belfast after the city council overruled the age rating given to the movie.It means Northern Ireland’s capital will be the only location in the UK where the movie, starring Robert Pattinson, will have a 15A rating.The Batman was originally given a 15 rating by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).Michael McAdam, managing director of the Movie House chain in Northern Ireland, had previously made the application after he said cinema staff had faced abuse from parents in recent years because younger teenagers were not permitted to watch films with a 15 classification.He said a new 15A classification would allow parents to make the decision and accompany their children to the cinema.A proposal he took to the council’s Licensing Committee was narrowly defeated last month, but on Tuesday night the full council accepted a proposal from Sinn Fein councillor Arder Carson that the film should have a 15A rating.Mr Carson told the meeting: ‘My batphone has been ringing off the hook for these last two weeks with people asking me what in the sweet name of Gotham City is going on in that Licensing Committee.‘We all know the crux of the matter. There has been a request from the Moviehouse.‘The request from the applicant is that the council agrees to impose a rating of 15A which would allow young people under the age of 15 to see the film as long as they were accompanied by an adult.‘We have the authority to do this.
