Cigarette-smoking, violence, and shooting monkey among complaints to film watchdog

A parent who brought their daughter to see the Disney animation, 'Elio, last July said they had to leave midway through the film due to its adult content, serious violence, and threat.

The Irish Film Classification Office (Ifco) has received complaints over its rating of several children’s animations containing “serious violence”, while the depiction of cigarette smoking in a popular romcom recently left two cinemagoers fuming.

They were among the latest complaints filed by consumers to the statutory agency, which is tasked with examining and certifying movies released here.