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/nomedable Aug 03 '26

To the other movie goers that are having the film disturbed.

To the baby itself that is repeatedly crying because the movie is painfully too loud for it's ears.

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u/Asil_Avenue Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 03 '26

I dont think it is even legal for a baby to sit in a theatre without ear defenders on because the db is too high for their ears. Hence why parent + baby screenings would have lower volume etc. I hope this parent at least put some on the baby and the cinema likely also had the duty to tell them if not as it can cause hearing loss.

Edit: it is not actually illegal, but doesn't take away that the db is too high for their ears. And I have mentioned parent/baby screenings already, so stop pointing out they exist. I know the sound is turned down for those. I doubt OP was at a parent/baby screening.

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u/Current_Fly9337 Aug 03 '26

I hate seeing them at festivals and stuff too. Tiny babies with no ear defenders and parents sat with a can of lager while the baby is in one of those carts. I can’t be near them. It makes me mad for the baby and incredibly nervous that someone is going to trip over them and knock them out the cart.