Children in theatres

[Sheryll Townsend]

Red:
> (I guess I've always been a stickler for ratings. I'm kind
> of old
> fashioned.).I also think parents should keep their kids
> quiet and if they
> can't take themout of the theater. There are other people
> trying to enjoy
> the movie. 
> 
> 
md: 
> I'm not really sure what you mean. First, it's a PG film
> for children,
> adults should got at night when people aren't bringing kids
> if they don't
> want to risk some noise. When I went to the 25th
> anniversary of The Exorcist
> and they let a woman with 5 kids under 10 in the theater
> then I think they
> should not have been there at all, the theater should not
> have let them in
> and the parents should have known better. However, there
> were several rowdy
> kids at the matinee of Star Wars I, and they were just
> enjoying the film as
> kids, at a kid time. If I'd have gone to a night show, it
> would have been
> different.
> 
Sheryll:

Most theatres in large cities, at least here in Canada, have special screening of films for parents with very young children. They're generally held on a slow weekday afternoon. That said, if a child isn't old enough to sit quietly through a film, it's unfair to other moviegoers to bring that child to a screening held later in the day that will be primarily attended by adults, many of whom are paying babysitters so they can enjoy a movie without kids.

I used to work in a movie theatre. I remember a lady bringing a 5 year old in to see the movie The Ring for a late evening screening. Because the rating here was 18A (under 18 must be accompanied by an adult) the only thing I could do was caution her that the film was inappropriate for a child that age. Her response? "Oh, he'll sleep through the movie."!

There was a small child at our screening of HBP last night but the parents removed the child from the room every time it started to fuss, for which I was very grateful. Much more considerate than the woman in front of us who didn't turn off her cell phone!

Sheryll


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