Acceptable forms of ID at the cinema

BUT deadpool was previously rated an 18 and it's been dropped down so expect to be asked for your date of birth OP

I'm well versed in my BBFC knowledge and can tell you that Deadpool has always been rated a 15 - your cinema may have used '18' as a placeholder/predicted rating, as one of the trailers was rated 18 for frequent strong language (as trailers are rated more harshly than full films due to their shorter length, so can get harsher ratings).

hello, cinema worker here. We can't ask for ID if it's a 15 because most people don't have ID at 15, all we can ask is your age and date of birth and unless your lying about it (like say you're 16 then give me a 1997 date of birth) then we have to let you in.
tl;dr you absolutely don't need ID, we only ask your date of birth

Use your college ID if you have it.

Thank you very much for the info. Which cinema chain do you work for? I'm going to Cineworld to see Deadpool and this could apply to me.

(I've never been asked for ID at the cinema either - the only time I've shown it was me handing it to the usher without being asked for it.
The usher asked, "Is this your ticket?" and I thought that he was referring to me looking young, so I asked him, "Would you like to see my ID?". He said yes, I handed it to him and I was let it.
I think he asked ,"Is this your ticket?" because I bought a Senior ticket by mistake )

i'd rather not say aha

Fair enough

OP, update when the day arrives. I actually want to know what happens

Good news We both got in and didn't have to show our ID either.

Here's how it happened:
We showed our tickets to the usher who asked us if we had student cards. We didn't, but I started fumbling in my pocket for my passport and told her that we didn't have student cards (even though I had ID in the form of my passport).
She then asked us how old we were, we (truthfully) told her that we were both 16 and she just let us in with no further questions asked

The film was great too so it all worked out well in the end

Interesting.

I was going to watch Deadpool with my friends too, only here it's rated R aka PG18. All of us save for myself and another person had already turned 18 and were turning 19 this year. Both myself and my other friend had not turned 18. We booked the tickets online and they didn't even check. The assumption here is if you can buy the tickets then you're old enough to watch the movie not always the case though.

I'm assuming that you live in America - R is actually 17 to see it on your own, not 18 (so PG17 as you'd put it), unless you're in Tennessee (where you do have to be 18 to see it on your own a.k.a PG18)

hello, cinema worker here. We can't ask for ID if it's a 15 because most people don't have ID at 15, all we can ask is your age and date of birth and unless your lying about it (like say you're 16 then give me a 1997 date of birth) then we have to let you in. If it's an 18 however we're completely allowed to ask for photo ID because you're expected to carry it and it's likely to be a very violent film. BUT deadpool was previously rated an 18 and it's been dropped down so expect to be asked for your date of birth OP

tl;dr you absolutely don't need ID, we only ask your date of birth

Our policy at my cinema is to ID. In Scotland you can get something called a Young Scot card which is a photo ID most teenagers/early 20s have and it's basically a student/discount card and most people have one.

It's when you get idiots who ask for a child ticket which is 14- then complain at me when I ask to prove they're 15