The Cineplex chain has stopped showing a coming attraction trailer for the movie 鈥淚 feel pretty鈥� before the start of a G or 鈥淕eneral鈥� rated movie in one Lower Mainland theatre where children might see it.
The decision came after a Langley father reportedly objected to the trailer being shown when he took his wife and daughter to see 鈥淭he Miracle Season鈥� a family-rated movie about a high school girl鈥檚 volleyball team.
The 鈥淚 feel pretty鈥� trailer showed the excerpts from the raunchy comedy, which is rated PG-13 for 鈥渃oarse language; sexually suggestive scene (and) nudity.鈥�
In an e-mail to the Langley Times, Cineplex spokesperson Sarah Van Lange said the father contacted the chain after going to see the 鈥淭he Miracle Season.鈥�
Van Lange said the man and his wife were uncomfortable with some of the content in the trailers for 鈥淚 Feel Pretty鈥� and 鈥淥n Chesil Beach,鈥� a film based on the 2007 novel/novella by British writer Ian McEwan.
鈥淚n light of (the father鈥檚) concerns 鈥� we removed the I Feel Pretty trailer from before screenings of the one film, The Miracle Season, in British Columbia,鈥� Van Lange said.
Representatives of Amy Schumer did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Times.
Here is the online trailer:
Van Lange said both trailers had been by the for showing.
Movie ratings are a provincial and territorial responsibility, which means while provincial rating agencies use a similar category names, the exact meaning can vary.
A General rating in British Columbia means the content 鈥渕ay contain occasional violence, swearing and coarse language, and the most innocent of sexually suggestive scenes and nudity,鈥� Van Lange said.
An online summary of the plot of 鈥淚 feel pretty鈥� says it centres on an 鈥渙rdinary woman who struggles with feelings of insecurity and inadequacy on a daily basis (who) wakes from a fall believing she is suddenly the most beautiful and capable woman on the planet. With this new-found confidence, she is empowered to live her life fearlessly and flawlessly, but what will happen when she realizes her appearance never changed?鈥�
dan.ferguson@langleytimes.com
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