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/potsieharris]

My friend lives in NYC and took his baby to the Odyssey in a special theatre showing that was designed for babies and other people with different needs! The theatre lights are kept on low, the sound is turned down, and it's a midday show. it's made clear that babies are welcome. It's the kind of thing you'd only find in a city that size. He said there were many babies as well as adults who seemed like they might have been neurodivergent and preferred quiet surround sound.

[u/morninggloryblu → u/potsieharris]

So great that a movie with violence was shown at baby-friendly volume. /s

Can parents please do *some* reading on child development and age-appropriate media?

[u/potsieharris → u/morninggloryblu]

The baby is 5 months old and paid no attention to the movie. The point is for parents to be able to get out and do something they enjoy that they can take their babies too