To think you shouldn't bring your child to the cinema if...

[Christmassprinkles123]

Went to watch the new sonic film yesterday with my DC. They are 8. He sat through it fine. There were lots of other kids dotted around watching it too. In front of us was a family. 2 boys aged around 4/5 and a little girl about 2/3. About half way through the film the boys start standing up and walking around but they weren't making any noise so I didn't mind really. The little girl was shouting, talking, running around the row and front of the cinema. It was so distracting. Other people on my row were also sitting up and looking over.
Aibu to think you shouldn't bring a child to the cinema if they can't wait the whole film without distrupting it for others. I know there are special screenings for young children when this behaviour is acceptable but it was not this type of screening.

They should have taken her out. I would expect ushers to have asked them to leave until she was ready to watch again.

You are totally right. Cinema, theatre, carol service, anything. If you can’t sit through without spoiling it for everyone else, stay away please. I have had far too many events ruined this Christmas!

This is exactly why I don't go to the cinema any more.

Haven’t been to the cinema in 4 years now because of this kind of behaviour. It’s either kids who are very young and can’t sit still long enough or adults on their mobiles so there is a constant light on during the film. Rather wait for it to be released from cinema so I watch it in peace at home.

I haven't had that many bad experiences in the cinema luckily but yesterday was pretty bad. The little girl was being so loud! If it was near the beginning or middle of the film I would have got someone but it was about 30 mins from the end so didn't think there was much point. It was still annoying though

Agreed unless it's the tots cinema

Have taken my 2 year old to tots cinema and he's not sitting perfectly throughout but it's shows for preschoolers so kind of expected. But I wouldn't take him to a 'regular' film until he could show he could sit. Even on the tots films if he was disruptive and loud I wouldn't take remove

The tots films are like several episodes of Bing or Duggee and actually a great way to introduce cinema and practice behaviour to little ones ... all the kids do go a bit loud and excited at the stick song though!

I would have had no hesitation saying something to the parents and then if it continued then go out and say something to the staff

My patience is low these days for entitled parents who think everyone is loving their little darlings and don’t attempt to do any parenting when out in public

I would also do the same if it was adults talking during a film

People are very rude but I'm used to it so find it disappointing rather than surprising. Ask the cinema staff to deal with it or give you a refund. They never deal with it, so you always get the refund.

Recently I've also been treated to baby screaming through the remembrance parade, including the "silence". And 3 or 4 kids about 7 years old running around the school church carol service with a mobile phone, talking loudly, generally just being rude dicks. I get it, these events aren't for everyone, so don't fucking take them.

It's not the 1950s.

Unless someone goes out and tells someone they wouldn't know.

I hate this- few years back we went to see Aladdin. Two mums and their Dc were sat on the front row. The mums just had a nice gab while their DC literally jumped from seat to seat, shouted, screamed, played chase etc. The manager gave us free tickets to come back but they weren’t thrown out.

Complain op. Even now. I emailed the next day Dr Dolittle was ruined for 10 of us. A family of 5- 2 rows down had brought a tiny dc.. Made up a bottle and stood shushing dc in front of us. Ruined.. Stay home you selfish bloody pair. Or at least 1 of you!! Got 10 free tickets...

I almost posted a similar post. We went to see it on Saturday. We had been eagerly awaiting this film but there was a family behind who spoilt the whole experience for us. They had a young child who was commenting on the film and asking questions the whole way through and the parents actively encouraged it by answering the child and explaining the whole plot as the film went on.

I wanted to say something at the end but I’m not confrontational in any way. I didn’t want to leave the film to complain mid film as I didn’t want to miss any of it. I think someone might have complained as part way through two staff members came in and stared at the cinema goers for 20 seconds but of course the family shut up briefly then. And restarted when they left!

Kids am or Sen screening it's fine any other. No

Ergh we had this recently. My children had their seats kicked by a child aged about 3 and there was an 18month old ish sibling that cried, chattered, whined loudly for a good 30 mins. The family did eventually leave about half an hour before the end when pretty much everyone around us was glaring at them.