UK cinemagoers hail return of intermissions as films hit three-hour mark

Lily Gladstone and Leonardo DiCaprio in Killers of the Flower Moon. Photograph: Melinda Sue Gordon/AP

We have all felt it: that numbness in the back and legs, a full bladder, or desperately avoiding checking your watch to see how long is left of the film.

But the experience seems to be happening more and more for cinemagoers, who say the growing trend for long movies is putting them off going altogether.