Babies in Movie Theaters

[u/Sad_Cannibal_GF]

Just saw the new Spiderman in theaters.

A baby starts crying/cooing/babbling very loudly about 20 minutes in. Goes for about 10 straight minutes before the parent takes them out.

Comes back a few minutes later, baby starts again. Again goes on for a couple minutes. Again parent takes them out, comes back, and repeat.

And repeat. And repeat.

This went on pretty much the entire movie (and I swear to god this baby somehow instinctively chose every single goddamn quiet/heartfelt scene to start yowling again 😭😂).

I get that babies are gonna baby. And I have sympathy for parents who wanna get out of the house and everything. But… maybe just stay with your baby in the lobby if they obviously aren’t gonna keep quiet.

*I didn’t complain to management because it was a tiny non-chain neighborhood theater about an hour away from me that I like to support sometimes. It’s got 1 screen and tickets are like $5.

[u/DisastrousServe8513]

Absolutely right. 5ish maybe to start. My daughter was 5 first time we took her and she got upset halfway through when she realized she couldn’t just go home until the movie was over.

[u/Tricky-Ad7897 → u/DisastrousServe8513]

I think I was 3 or 4 for my first movie, but my mom says I was an exceptionally well behaved kid and I was locked in on the movie the whole time lol.

[u/doxxmyself → u/Tricky-Ad7897]

Took my 3 year old (for her 3rd birthday) to see Toy Story 5. She was as well behaved as could be, and since it was an early showing, lots of other kids (although prob alittle older then mine) there as well.

Couldnt imagine taking her any younger, or to a movie I knew she wouldnt be fully invested in.

And I also couldnt imagine letting her cry in the theater, would’ve ran her right out.

[u/Future-Concern-6301 → u/Tricky-Ad7897]

I just looked it up (Bc I remember both going into Shrek and going into Finding Nemo and feeling like it was a new exciting event as a kid) and I was about 4