Chan admits that, as a father, there are a lot of movies he won't take his daughter to see. The mainland authorities view themselves in much the same way. They are the parents of the people, evaluating these movies for the good of audiences. Reviewers also take into consideration the mainland's immense size and the uneven level of education of its people.
身為人父的陳可辛坦承，很多電影他也不會帶女兒去看；同樣的，大陸官員認為他們就是老百姓的爸媽，審查都是「為觀眾好」，也因為中國太大，水平很難控制，就給觀眾看得懂的東西吧，「別太多思考」。