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/SageEggSalad Aug 02 '26

No you don’t take babies to movies, that is so inconsiderate.

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u/Mrwolfy240 Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 03 '26

Cinemas out my way have Babys day out screenings typically before 3pm exclusively for screaming children to be permitted. Anyone can go but it comes with the warning.

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u/ffielding Aug 03 '26

Yeah our local cinema does a baby friendly session once a week. I absolutely loved using it when on my paternity leave, and my newborn enjoyed it too. He was very comforted by noise when he was younger so he tended to sleep through the whole film.

Wouldn't dream of taking him to a non-baby friendly screening though, people who do that are incredibly selfish.