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AIBU?

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To think this lady is going to be very disspointed with motherhood

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Thefishewife · 04/10/2016 10:47

Listening to 3 counties radio

And this lady was raging because Cine world wouldn't allow her to bring her 4 month old in to watch Bridget Jones

It's a 15 btw

The radio presenter said well it's a 15 and can you not see that they aren't legal allowed to let under 15 in

she went on to say well life has to carry on I shouldn't be stoped from doing things because I have a baby😳 I think this lady is going to be very disspointed with all the things YOU can't do once you have a child

She said that they shouldn't have age limits and it should be left to the parents to choose 😳The fact she is trying to take a 4 month old to the pictures shows that it really really shouldn't be left to parents

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Beardsareweird · 05/10/2016 18:38

Good grief. It's bad enough that the cinema experience is usually ruined by people texting, chatting, munching popcorn and slurping pepsi. Now it seems that people think crying babies should be added into the mix.

Purplealienpuke · 05/10/2016 19:23

I would not choose to sit in a cinema where there are babies potentially crying /screaming, for any length of time. Parent & child screenings are available. I go to the cinema to escape children if I get any time off. I think the ratings of films are irrelevant if it's not a parent/child screening

Whisky2014 · 05/10/2016 19:27

I don't want to go to a movie and have it interrupted by a screaming baby.

TurquoiseDress · 05/10/2016 19:29

I think YABVU

The woman has a 4 month old baby...there are many places that do 'baby cinema' generally for babies up to 1 year old.

I don't think the issue is whether the film is a PG or an 18 rating...it's a 4 month old baby!

One of my good friends loves the cinema and took her LO when they were tiny, even had some ear defenders & they used to sleep through peacefully.

Of course she would pop out the minute there was any crying/unsettled behaviour.

But generally she'd be at a late morning viewing and a milk feed would do the job!

TurquoiseDress · 05/10/2016 19:37

Just to add- my friend would go to a 'mainstream' viewing not a baby one.

I went to a handful of normal viewings with my LO, never had any issue at all & baby behaved well...in fact better than certain adult cinema-goers!!

I look back at my LO's first year and I'm so glad I made the most of baby cinema as opposed to all the generic baby sessions everywhere.

Maybe I was selfish? But I don't think LO will remember

prh47bridge · 05/10/2016 19:37

I don't think the issue is whether the film is a PG or an 18 rating...it's a 4 month old baby!

The rating absolutely is the issue. If a cinema allows a child of any age, including a babe in arms, into a film rated 15 or 18 it risks a fine of £5,000 for each offence and could have its license revoked, shutting it down completely. They can only legally allow babies into 15 or 18 films if the local authority has given them a specific exemption.

reup · 05/10/2016 19:41

The first mother and baby screening I saw was a 15 but it seemed more like an 18 as it was about a prison riot in Brazil and it literally had a river of blood in it. (Well blood flowing down one of the prison corridors) . My son took no notice as he was busy crawling round the empty seats and I missed most of the subtitles. My second son was much more obligingly sedentary.

reup · 05/10/2016 19:44

The cinema still shows 15s regularly shows 15s
www.watermans.org.uk/whats-on/cinema/

thenovice · 05/10/2016 20:10

I'm with Pineapplemilkshake. We've never gone out in the evening as DD2 has seriously bad sleep issues and we can't get her settled for a babysitter. No problem. We just wait and get DVDs which have the added advantage that you can stop for a wee without missing anything :) I never thought of it as a hardship.
Cimena isn't all it's cracked up to be.

CrazyNameCrazyGuy · 05/10/2016 20:13

Not sure if this link has already been posted.

Similar situation (but at a Vue cinema) a couple of years ago. They have the same rules as Cineworld, i.e. no babies in cert 15+ films.

Cineworld

Babies can be taken to morning or afternoon performances with a U, PG or 12A certification.

Babies are not allowed in ‘15’ or ‘18’ rated screenings.

Vue Cinemas

Babies can be admitted into U, PG and 12A certificate films only.

www.cambridge-news.co.uk/mum-11weekold-baby-told-leave-15rated-film-vue-cinema-cambridge-werebreaking-law/story-22368137-detail/story.html

kali110 · 05/10/2016 20:31

I agree with you op but only because i think she's being unfair to others.
What happens if the baby screams/cries/poos?
Even if the parent does leave it's still disrupted the film whilst they sort baby and get stuff!
I'd be pissed if i'd spent £10 just on a ticket to have it disturbed by a baby.
That is if the parent even take the baby out, as in my experience, they are seldomly removed.

P00pchute · 05/10/2016 21:05

I went to late night screening of the Dark Knight, and someone had brought a toddler with them. During all the quieter dialogue, all you could hear was the little guy shouting 'Mum, what's the man doing?, Mum, what's that?....' The only time you couldn't hear him was while people were being smacked about and gunned down on screen...

It wasn't really an immersive experience tbh

I have two kids of my own, who are on the spectrum, and have been known to be noisy, and I have taken them to kids movies, autism friendly screenings etc, but I wouldn't consider taking them to an adults movie that wasn't specifically a mother and baby showing. Simply because it's more polite and considerate to the other viewers to get a babysitter. It's just a manners issue really.

Mrsprawntail · 05/10/2016 23:16

The baby won't suffer from seeing a 15, I saw 36 films in my child's first year at parent and baby screenings and most were insuitable for children. The reason she should not be allowed to take her child into a normal screening of any film thats not specifically rated for kids is that it will annoy the tits off everyone in there who paid good money to get away from their kids for the night.

raspberrysuicide · 06/10/2016 02:36

I'd be bloody pissed off if someone brought a screaming baby to the cinema personally.
What about all the other people who have managed to find childcare for a rare couple of hours away from their own children!
I don't think it's reasonable to take such a tiny baby to the cinema at all.

Thatsmeinthecorner2016 · 06/10/2016 03:23

So she should fuck off to one, shouldn't she? Instead of expecting to go to any screening she chooses

I went to see a movie recently. Was a kids movie but there was a baby with one of the families who was clearly bored and cranky and spent half of the movie crying. I didn't mind because it was a kids movie so whingeing, cranky and loud kids are expected. I draw the line at adult screenings though. Children have no place there.

stolemyusername · 06/10/2016 03:27

Go to the baby screenings or don't go! I don't pay for a babysitter for my own baby to have to put up with listening to someone elses!

They show screenings of all classifications here for the mum and baby sessions

NotCitrus · 06/10/2016 08:17

As someone has said, cinemas get dispensation from the council for parent&baby showings to be allowed to have babies in 15/18 rated films - the sound is usually a bit quieter with some light so you can see your baby. IME the babies loved Slumdog Millionaire with bouncy music, hated Frost/Nixon which was quieter with periods of shouting.

Only other film I took a baby to was when I promised ds and then dd was born, so she was 6 days old. She was fine but there was an embarrassing jet of breast milk and it hit someone across the aisle...

Middleoftheroad · 06/10/2016 08:29

This reminds me of when we took 2 newborns to see an 18!

When we had our DTs I was clueless about parenthood and I genuinely believed life could carry on as it did before.

When they were a few weeks old we went to see an X-Men film and sat at the back with the boys in car seats!!!! We didn't think anything of just sitting in a loud action film or sitting them in car seats for 2 hrs we were oblivious to other cinema goers too though the boys slept. We thought it was completely normal to do this.

Now I look back and think WTF?

We soon learnt that our life would change and that it would be DTs who dictated where we went and not the other way round. 10 years on and not much has changed

nymac · 06/10/2016 13:29

My daughter took our GC to mother and baby cinema but I think the sound volume was reduced.She was breast feeding at the time and would enjoy the afternoon screenings. Young babies perhaps would not benefit from the all round sound and volume that current multiplex cinemas employ.I find it painfully loud myself especially the adverts.

ChangelingToday · 06/10/2016 17:00

I would have thought it's too loud for their little ears in a cinema

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