AMC Showplace South Bend 16

Average theater. They’re falling a bit behind in the times. No recliners, no IMAX, overpriced popcorn & candy (but don’t they all). Stadium seating in every theater from what I have seen.
Enjoyable theater & no bad experiences in any of many, many visits.

Awful experience.
Bathrooms are completely torn apart.
They have a rule where showings after 9pm require the ticket holder to be 17 or have a 21 year old. Even if the showing is PG13 etc. Cannot buy tickets for other people. Don’t allow bags unless you are female with a purse. Don’t go here. Go north of town to Movies 14. This place is a joke.

Unfortunately as much as I used to love this theater, they’ve made some bad choices. First off, they flood movie times with 3D only if they can, leaving only 2 or 3 standard times. This is no doubt in effort to make more money, but it drives customers away. I don’t like going to the other nearby theater «Movies 14,» but I gladly am today because of their more flexible show times.
I would also say this theater is very expensive, but that’s no different than most theaters so that wouldn’t be fair. Long story short, if they fix their show times, then they would be a THE theater to go to.

I go here sometimes it’s a clean place. I don’t know what this fake Cameron Harter is taking about guards inside the theater because that won’t endorse the rules give the employees things like tazers to shock them and not hurt them. So the next time someone talks out loud shock them. Someday I will find the phony Cameron and bring his fake reviews down.

I usually go here for a new movie. I came here to watch Inside out. When I came into the theater (without popcorn and all of those goods). It was packed. Yes. The movie came out 2 days ago. The theater was big and the movie was somewhat loud. When the trailers showed. People said the titles of the movies. What I would do in this situation is «SHUT UP! IM TRYING TO WATCH THE MOVIE!» But that would get you kicked out. So that was annoying. And there should be a guard inside the theater. That’s three stars for this theater. «This theater is awesome but who is that talking?»

The seats are quite comfy here and I prefer this theater. The prices for a movie ticket are not high here and I can always watch a good movie in silence. Thank you, AMC.

Recently saw John Wick and had to watch the entire movie with an adult couple talking the whole time. I excused myself and asked the manager to follow me into the theater so he could politely ask the couple to refrain from talking. The manager eventually came into the theater and failed to even acknowledge the couple who could be heard during action sequences, even with him standing in ear shot. Manager failed to resolve the problem and forced me to initiate a confrontation that could have been easily avoided. The chaos that followed could have best been avoided if a manager would have politely asked or issued a warning. Cinemark Movies 14 it is from now on.

Great seats and sound. Fair ticket prices. Concession prices are high. Parking is never an issue. The staff are friendly, helpful, & knowledgable. Great place to see a movie!

Great seats. Great sound. Great matinée prices. Expensive pop corn. You know it is a theater. Used to be an AMC club member — so got free popcorn. Have not joined the other pay-​service so can’t say what that is about, but I can manage without $ 10 pop and pop corn so don’t care.
I have been coming here since 2004 and it is pretty much still a great theater and AMC is a solid theater company.

This is probably the place to go to see movies in south. I disagree with other posters that tickets are expensive. I’m not from around here originally, so maybe they’ve been spoiled. Tickets are 8 $. I did not buy any concessions. Theater is nice, clean. Chairs are comfortable, lots of screens. They have an arcade too. If you want to go to the movies, head on over, nothing spectacular, but it’s what you’d expect from an amc, a good movie going experience.

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Normally I would rate this as a great theater, but something happened yesterday that made me lose all respect. My husband and I joined the Stubs rewards deal barely a year ago. About a month ago, the gentleman behind the ticket counter asked us if we wanted to renew our Stubs card because it would be up in about two months. We said, «No thanks, not right now.»
Last night, we went to the ticket counter to get our tickets for «James Bond». A different gentleman (he was working on November 9, 2012, about 8:10 PM on the left side), asked us if we wanted to renew our stubs card. We said, «No, not right now.» Then he said, «Are you sure?» We said we were sure. Then he kept pushing and added, «Are you positive?» then he looked at the screen and added, «Because you only have 4 or 5 days left before it expires.» I looked at my husband in shock, and I said, «I thought we still had a few weeks left.» The gentleman answered, «Nope, only 4 or 5 days.»
Anyway, we still said no. Today, my husband checked our Stubs account online and we still had 21 DAYS LEFT. The gentleman behind the counter had LIED to us to try to get us to pay for a renewal. Either the employees get a reward or some special bonus for getting people to renew/​sign up for the Stubs, or the AMC company instructs them to scare people into renewing their cards. I am very, very disappointed. My husband and I do not have a lot of money, and yes, even a $ 10.00 renewal is a lot. We planned on saving our accrued $ 10 on the card for «Twilight». If we would have believed this young man, we would have lost our free $ 10 for a ticket and in the end, would have had to pay for the «Twilight» ticket we were saving for.
Before renewing, CHECK YOUR ACCOUNT!!!
I hope so badly the manager reads this. I wonder how many people have been duped into unnecessarily renewing their cards, losing credit/​money in the process? Because of this, I will NOT renew my card now.

Love this theater. It is 50 cents more expensive I believe per person than the other theaters in the area, however, they use the STUBS reward cards here. If you frequent the movies a lot and buy pop corn etc, then it is worth your while to get one of these cards. After you accumulate a $ 100 in tickets/​concession purchases, they give you 10 dollars on your stub card to use for concession or tickets.
This place is always clean and the temperature in the actual cinema is usually perfect no matter what season you visit to view your shows.

The only decent theater in the city… clean, large nice with the basic refreshments.
Highly recommend. No complaints!

Very expensive– as are most theaters now days! But– Overall a nice big cinema– kind of in the middle of no where — Which I have noticed from AMC.

Great place but as usual refreshments are over priced.

This is your basic theater built in the last 10 or so years. It does not pack a lot of frills. It is simple and to the point. It has your standard concession options at normal inflated movie prices.
The seats are pretty good. They have really high backs. Which is great for taller people like myself. The seats are also pretty comfortable.
I do not really have any serious complaints about the place. What kept it from a fourth star was that it does not have any wow factors. It is pretty basic. My other concern was that when we went into the theater there was a cop car parked out front, and when we left there was a different cop car parked out front. Maybe just a coincidence, but weird anyway.

One of two options for movies in South Bend if you don’t count that dollar theatre in Mishawaka, and I prefer this one to Movies 14. Both offer pretty much the same fare, although I think 16 usually has a slightly bigger selection and more showtimes (if you couldn’t guess by its name). Comfy seats and free refills are awesome of course. Plus the theatre layout makes it super easy to sneak in to another film after you’re finished with your first one – not that I’ve ever done that… no seriously. It’s pretty far from downtown though; it’s literally right next to an empty field. But then again so is 14. C’est la vie for Hoosiers I guess?