to be pissed off last night as the cinema cos someone took their little boy to a film rated 12 which didn't finish til gone 11pm?

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went to cinema last night to see He's just not that into you (which i thought was very good). its rated 12 and started after 8.30pm and didn't finish until after 11pm. i sat at the end next to the aisle. in the seat next to me but the other side of the aisle was a boy aged no more than 7 with his mum.

he was so bored and kept talking, moaning, getting up, jumping around, etc he was really really bored. i felt so sorry for him and his mum just kept pulling him back into his chair and moaning at him to be quiet. i was going to offer his mum the rest of my sweets for him but thought she might have a go at me for interfering.

it really pissed me off that she could be selfish like that and make the poor boy watch a film too old for him, that he would clearly not find interesting in the slightest, and have to stay up so late as well. AIBU?

YABU about a child under 12 being at a 12a film, we have taken our dd's (9 and 7) to see a number of 12a films and they have IMO suitable for their age.

YABU about the time the child was out, our dd's have a set bedtime on school nights, but at weekend tend to stay up later, this Saturday we went to a 40th birthday party so they were out very late.

YANBU about the boy messing around in the cinema.

12A is fine if parents accompany the child.

It's about parenting - his mum decided the film was suitable (but I suspect maybe she maybe she wanted to see it and had had no babysitter, so just took him along).
Also her choice whether or not to let him stay up that late - parenting choice.

However was unreasonable to subject the rest of the people in the cinema to his messing around.

What film was it? How do you know how old he is?

yanbu

it was 'he's just not that into you' so would be no interest what so ever to a 7yr old. he was defo no older than 7 - maybe even younger. im guessing as he was tiny - not much bigger than by ds who is 4