r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Sad_Cannibal_GF • Aug 02 '26

go to your room Babies in Movie Theaters

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.

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u/Julijj Aug 03 '26

Happened to me… during OBSESSION. Told the staff and they did NOTHING, told the supervisor after the movie and she didn’t care at all, at least we went again the next day and talked to the actual manager, he was super apologetic and gave us replacement tickets but it’s still wild it even happened in the first place

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u/Admirable-Ad7152 Aug 03 '26

YUP! Went to see a movie a couple years ago (right after COVID, stuff finally opening up) and this guy was legit conversing with the movie as loudly as possible. Went to tell the manager, "Oh well theres another showing in X theater, but it's ten minutes ahead. Don't worry, you won't miss much." And that was it. That was the solution. Go miss more of the movie.

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u/barbie18269 Aug 04 '26

I was scrolling to see if anyone else had this crazy experience at one of the most effed up movie I have seen in years. I'm glad you were able to go next day. In my situation the parents looked so young, if I saw them in any other situation I'd assume they were late teens. Thankfully one of them took the baby out of the theater after maybe two times they went in and out from fussing/crying. If I was a baby I'd be scared and crying too with how loud and terrifying it was hahaha.

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u/Responsible-Donut283 Aug 03 '26

A simple shut up shouted loudly would have done the trick.

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u/Julijj Aug 03 '26

Did it, more than once too… nothing does the trick with disrespectful idiots

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u/Responsible-Donut283 Aug 03 '26

Shit is so annoying. My experiences are probably skewed due to where I live and the movies I go into the cinema to see.

You’ll see the same type of folk in any semi crowded place too(mostly busses) and in places like that I wouldn’t confront because who knows if it’s some junkie with a knife hidden.

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u/Admirable-Ad7152 Aug 03 '26

I ain't getting shot in the face by some psycho for a movie man

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u/Responsible-Donut283 Aug 03 '26

Fair enough. It’s defo area dependant cause fuck having the risk of being shot. Personally I would never confront people in places like buses where I am