Can you bring a baby doll to the movie thiter?

Answer 1

Yes, you can take an infant to a movie theatre. The two issues to be concerned with are: (1) will the movie hurt the child's ears, and (2) will the child cry and bother other patrons.

Movies are loud, some movies are louder than others, but no movie is as loud as a rock concert. Your child's ears should be safe. If you want to be extra careful, you could probably rig up some ear protection, but surprisingly, your infant is likely to fall asleep during the movie in spite of the noise. When the child is older this will no longer be true, but infants can sleep just about anywhere. It turns out that the womb was a pretty noisy place, so it's the quiet that makes infants uncomfortable.

Children have an enormous capacity for annoying other patrons at the movie theatre, especially if the film is rated R or rated PG-13. The other patrons do not expect to be bothered by children at these types of films. If your infant cries (or coos) loud enough to disturb the patron sitting in front of you or the patron sitting behind you, then the courteous thing to do is to leave the theatre. No one is likely to ask you to leave. The older children selling concessions do not patrol the theater for disruptive patrons. You must police yourself.

Some theaters offer "baby day" showings where infants are welcome. Typically these showings have fewer restrictions and the environment is changed to accommodate babies (lights are kept on, the movie volume is lower). These showings are clearly promoted as baby-friendly to patrons without children, and they are warned that those with crying babies will not be asked to leave.

Answer 2

Some theaters have policies against bringing babies. Even if the theater you go to doesn't, it is simply common courtesy not to bring a baby to a movie. They WILL cry. That's what babies do, most of their day.

Even if you bring the baby out of the theater when it starts to cry, people will still have to listen to it cry until you can take it out of the theater, which is particularly frustrating when there is significant dialogue going on in the film at the moment.

And you know you're not going to take the baby out the moment it begins crying. Nobody ever does. They always sit there with it crying for 5 or 10 minutes, thinking they can quiet it down and then they won't have to miss anything themselves.

It's just selfish. Either get a babysitter, or wait for the movie to come out on DVD. Babies don't belong in movie theaters. And there is no reason why you would ever NEED to bring a baby to a movie theater. It's really not fair to ruin 200 people's evenings just so you can enjoy yours.

Answer 3

of course