Why would someone bring an 8 and 10 year old to an R rated movie?

[MAH4546]

Usually theaters for more adult people are along the XXX line....

And to make one specifically for that age range wouldn't make money. Not enough of a demographic to run a theater off.

Movie theatres playing first-run major films and only admitting those 18+ already exist. There is even one across the street from Downtown Disney in Anaheim.

 

[Scurvy]

Movie theatres playing first-run major films and only admitting those 18+ already exist. There is even one across the street from Downtown Disney in Anaheim.

I think that's becoming more common. There's a theater where I live that has two screens that are 21+. This week they are showing "The Hangover", "The Proposal", and "Transformers 2" on those screens. They do have other screens that are open to all ages, though.

 

[tasha99]

I that's becoming more common. There's a theater where I live that has two screens that are 21+. This week they are showing "The Hangover", "The Proposal", and "Transformers 2" on those screens. They do have other screens that are open to all ages, though.

I just found out about a theater in my town that's over 21, and they serve alcohol and restaurant takeout! No little kids, beer, and Pad Thai at the movies sounds great to me!

 

[Seewhatimesdone]

When I was in the Hangover someone had their baby! She screamed the whole movie. So annoying

 

[Beca]

Sometimes I wish there were theatres in my area for 18 or 21 and older.

When AMC Theatres first launched their "Silence is Golden" campaign, it used to be a policy that no children under the age of 2 were permitted in any movie theatre after 6 pm (or something like that). I think they must've been sued, or received a lot of complaints because that policy lasted about 6 months, and then altered to become the "Please help us ensure a quiet moviegoing experience" thing.

I thought their first policy was a good idea!!

 

[AmandaSparks730]

When I saw My Sister's Keeper this past weekend, someone brought in young kids--and I mean young! They couldn't have been older than 7!

True, it's a PG-13 movie, but there were some disturbing images in it, ones that even rattled me a bit, and I'm nearly 16!

And MPAA has changed so much. Rocky Horror Picture Show is rated R, but mom let me see it at 14, and I had no issues with it. She's even told me to watch The Breakfast Club!

Then again, Breakfast Club is mainly for profanity, if I'm correct.

 

[sunnyday123]

You did not know because its not true. Sponge Bob debuted in 1999 after the Kid's Choice Awards and was never aired on Nick at Nite. It was always a children's cartoon.

and they don't use the word idiot. it's the Teletubbies-HE'S-carrying-a-purse-argument all over again.


And I don't look at the ratings so much as the content. DD loved Twilight ( pg-13 I think ) but Law and Order scares the bejeezus out of her.

 

[rie'smom]

My husband and I have made the decisions about the movies our children have seen. Some were R rated even though the kids were not 17 and some were PG 13 when they were youngerthan 13. It depended on the movie.
I guess other parents do this too. I don't notice other people at the movies unless they're talking or a baby is crying.

 

[MoniqueU]

I am more concerned about trying explain to my kids how and why Michael Jackson went from looking one color, to anoher and from being a guy to a girl and how he thinks it is the loving thing to do to sleep with kids and how yes he got to keep his own that probably wereh't his own with some woman that didn't want them that settled out of court for money for the kids. I watched the hangover on stream lastnight. Lets see roofies,stripper.gambling,car chase,wild animal, famous black criminal, Yeah I guess I am not all that concerned with how to explain fantasy with reality to my 11,12 and 16 year olds this week. Everytime you think we have seen and done it all and hit a new low someone else makes it onto the front page of Peole magazine and becomes an E extra special

 

[KSchwagg86]

This really gets to me...I can't believe it-it's just as bad as the parents who bring little kids to 11pm movies! Sheesh