Grown man at cinema on his own

[Littlebluecreature]

Watching Lilo & Stitch..is this odd?

Here with Dd, only one other family here…and this guy, munching on snacks..watching Lilo & Stitch

Is it just me 😂

Exactly this.

I love Spongebob. I went to the SpongeBob movie on my own years ago. I didn’t think it was odd at the time.

I go to the cinema loads on my own, watch all sorts. would it be weird if it was a lone female (i even take a blanket and throw that over me when im reclining lol)

It was probably my brother. He has an annual pass to the cinema (it's his hobby) and has worked out how many films he needs to see in order to make it worthwhile, so he often goes and watches random stuff to get his monies worth.

Nothing weird about it, bit judgemental of you though.

I've just watched the trailer on YouTube - it looks charming and very clever cinematography wise,

If I had cinema membership and at a loose end I would go and watch it.

I'm a 70 year-old woman and would hope no one would find it creepy! I know lone men can be predatory but I can't see any harm in this instance.

Ooooh that's absolutely 😲. He should be ashamed of himself.

1. Going to cinema (on his OWN 😲)
2. He's a man 😲,
3. A kids movie too!!! Doesn't he know it's just for mums and their under 8s

I hope you alerted the appropriate authorities to deal with this indiindividual!!

same as the reason I go! I absolutely love films and its the only peace and quiet I get

I absolutely get this^. I wouldn’t mind to go to a film on my own but Lilo a Stitch ? No way. At a stretch I could go to see something like Paddington in Peru or Inside out 2 on my own but in reality I wouldn’t waste my time on them without DD - my solo time is very precious.

I’m not so surprised that a man watching Lilo and stitch on his own. They are much more kids inside than us, women. DD is always watching animated films with DH and don’t even ask me who looks more interested 😆

It's not a kids film it's a Disney film. We have all grown up watching Disney films, I love them now aged 50 as much as when I was 8. I love the new movies. My 89 year old dad loves them. Disney films are for everybody not just children

You're overreacting. He could be autistic, have learning disabilities, really love Disney, etc, but none of your business. Good for him for going alone.

Quoting myself to add, it isn't an animation though. It is a real life movie with actual people in?

You are being so unreasonable here. If he has a cinema membership card, like me, he may go and see every film released, like me. Adults make the films, OP. Why wouldn’t film-loving adults go to see them? Have you not watched Shrek, for example?

I was a PA for a 40 year old woman with learning disabilities, you wouldn't really know to look at her. She loves kids films. She will often go to the cinema on her own if no one can go and accompany her.

I don't think it's strange at all, you don't know this man's circumstances at all.

That's how I was when the new Incredibles movie came out a few years ago. I loved the first one when I was younger. My kids came, but I would have gone without them.

My 24yo autistic DS goes to the cinema fairly regularly on his own and his tastes tend to children's films. He's completely harmless.

Not odd, poor guy. Just going to the cinema to see a film he fancied. Loads of ‘grown’ men (and women) like kids films for a whole range of reasons. And many people go to the cinema alone, again for a whole range of reasons.

By all means be vigilant but racing to mumsnet to comment on how odd it all is while this guy is ‘munching on snacks’ watching the film rather than watching the film yourself with your DD is something I find a bit odd.

You are clearly thinking about it enough that you needed to post. You were judging him. You replied to say it’s because it’s a kids film. And that’s it.

How are male film reviewers supposed to do their jobs if they have to always be accompanied?

Yeah, still odd.

I've 3 dc from 17 down and couldn't even count how many kids films I've taken them to over the years. I don't think we've ever seen a lone adult watching a kids film in a cinema, ever.

It would be unusual. Odd. Uncommon. So it would draw my eye and I'd notice, absolutely.

All the cool girls on this thread who are adamant it's just so normal and happens so often they wouldn't even take note are rather funny.

What a mean post.

Plenty of adults love all that is Disney, and go to the theme parks on their own. They may not have kids / kids are grown up / escaping from them 😬.

Just let the bloke enjoy what he enjoys.

Don’t worry OP, if he was a pervert he’d choose somewhere he could actually see some kids rather than sit in the dark.

I think a lone middle aged man watching a film like this, with the predominant audience being parents and little kids, would stand out. It has real people in it, one of them a little girl. Maybe if it was the Garfield cartoon, or Paddington, op wouldn't have commented. There is a a few innocent reasons yes, and probably was perfectly fine, but of course he stands out.

I know a guy in sales, he travels all over the Country, he has a cinema pass so when working away from home he'll literally watch a movie a day, sometimes two to pass the time. Sometimes watches the children's films and if he thinks they were good he takes his children once he's home.

I'm glad I didn't see that post, my DH works on some of my days off and we're avid ramblers, I love walking so need to go alone sometimes.

I don't think this is necessarily true.

No.