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Some cinemas are banning people in suits after viral TikTok Minions trend

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

08:19 12 Jul 2022


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Have you seen this one yet?

Some cinemas in the UK have been forced to ban people wearing suits from seeing the new Minions movie.

It's because of a new Gentleminions trend on TikTok which sees large groups of people heading to see the film dressed in suits.

The videos have racked up hundreds of thousands of views on TikTok. They show people copying Gru's steepled fingers pose and in some cases, there's footage of people cheering and shouting during the screening.

A number of cinemas say the trend causes rowdy behaviour and BBC report that some venues have had to issue numerous refunds to customers.

@carsonpaskill #gentleminions #riseofgru @minions ♬ Rich Minion - Yeat

 

One cinema manager in Guernsey, Daniel Phillips-Smith told the BBC that:

"It's been absolutely heartbreaking. We've had families who won't even go back into the screen when we've tried to sort it out, families leaving before the film has even started, and of course the children have been in tears."

However, Universal Pictures seem to be happy with the trend. In a tweet, they praised the people doing it saying, "we see you and we love you".


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