Spectre was the most complained about film of 2015
The Bond film was closely followed by Kingsman: The Secret Service and Despicable Me spin-off Minions
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Your support makes all the difference.Daniel Craig's (probably final) Bond outing Spectre may not have topped many lists when it was released last October, but there's definitely one it rests high at the top of.
The British Board of classification has confirmed that the 007 franchise's most recent entry was the most complained about film of 2015.
The 12a certificate feature received 40 complaints with audience members taking issue with its depiction of violence.
A report from the BBFC - who aids the distributor in dumbing down particular scenes in order to secure preferred age certificates - read: "One scene involving an eye-gouging was slightly too strong for the company's preferred 12A classification."
"We therefore suggested reductions to this scene. What remains in the classified version of the scene is a brief implication of what is happening, with only limited visual detail."
The BBFC's chief executive David Austin said: “By our standards it is quite a lot of complaints but the box office for Spectre is £94m so in context it is a tiny proportion.”
Other films that riled some viewers included Kingsman: The Secret Service and Despicable Me spin-off Minions which received 16 in all.
The U-certificate film featured a scene set in a torture dungeon with the Minions "stretched on a rack."
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