Catnapper
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Mother with baby refused admission to see film at cinemaThe New Zealand Herald reports how a woman was turned away from seeing the R16 rated film The Reader because her 5 week old baby was underage. A staff member recommended she see the M-rated Terminator Salvation instead!
The manager said he had to follow the law or the theatre could be fined $35,000. The mother said "discretion and common sense" should have come into play, but the manager said "I have no more discretion here than a publican has with someone trying to get into a pub a day before they turn 18"
It's a curious dilemma!
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Emperor Morphetine
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Yeh, its an odd one- if the woman wanted to take her baby to the cinema surely she'd have been better off going to some kind of mother and baby club? But equally I guess it could have repercussions for the cinema itself given the political correctness culture and all that you get now.
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Scorpio
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stupid cow - how noisy would that have been for a child.......and how inconsiderate for other viewers if the baby started crying................
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Catnapper
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I can't say as I've ever seen a mother and baby at any films I've been to but you're right about noise levels Scorp.....that wouldn't be good for a baby I'd have thought.
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Lucifer_666
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I have to say I find it very strange that a woman would take a child so young to a cinema...the noise of any film in there would be deafening to a child...and the words she uses too ..."discretion and common sense" perhaps she should employ these herself 
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Catnapper
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It's a wonder someone hasn't tried the same thing in a UK cinema to see if they could claim discrimination and get compensation!
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Lucifer_666
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you know your as likely to see someone brought up on a child abuse charge for bringing a child that young into a really loud cinema like that
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Catnapper
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I haven't heard what happened in NZ and if the mother took matters any further but you're right about the noise......surely it would harm a baby so young?
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Lucifer_666
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yeah a wee baby's ears shouldn't have to deal with that booming noise ...like i don't know what cinemas are like in the UK but here in Ireland you can't hear yourself think in a cinema particularly if there is explosions or loud sequences......
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K
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Maybe she was desperate to get out of the house; alone at home with no other adults to talk to or something; hormones running wild after childbirth make you do the stupidest things. Perhaps someone should have directed her to somewhere more suitable.
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Catnapper
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She was at the cinema with her mother and a friend, so you'd think they might have said it could hurt the baby's hearing. Or maybe her mother could have babysat while she went to the film with her friend?
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K
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Yes, in that case, I can't see why they would go with a baby to the cinema. I thought she was alone with the baby. There are mother and baby clubs at the Odeon near us, that would be better for them both.
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