Southington 12

Ok I didn’t give 5 stars on one reason. The movie was great seats awesome, but when you have a line (20 people or more) at the concession stand and you have more than six employees standing around and only two working, there is a management issue there in my thoughts, also drink area was little messy for all those employees standing around I would have someone freshen them up. Other than that great place.

Whatttt a $ 5 matinée still exists for a theatre showing current movies.
Red leather power recline seats to… shut your mouth.
Not overcrowded with loud rude moviegoers… can’t be true
But it all is. Why go anywhere else. This place rocks from the sweet old lady taking tickets to the comfy chairs and great prices. Making this my new number one.

The only reason this place gets one star is because they have the nice new reclining chairs. Other than that the box office is something I would expect from a theater in the 40’s. The concession stand had a lame collection of candies had no slushies and didn’t even fill your soda, you had to go down the hallway to a free style machine. And they still had a huge line. The men’s bathroom was the most disgusting public bathroom I have ever seen, half the doors don’t have proper locks, the gap between the door and wall of the stalls were like half a foot wide, and the floors were soaking in who knows what. Just disgusting! My theater smelled like cigarettes which makes me think the carpet on the walls hasn’t been changed sense before smoking was outlawed inside public establishments. The lobby had empty boxes everywhere and customer service was dark with no lights on and was a complete mess like no one ever actually works over there. I would except a theater like this to have another movie brand name on it not Amc. This is absolutely embracing and pitiful for the Amc theater name.

Like everyone has said — $ 5 movie tickets before 6pm & reclining chairs. 2^nd weekend in a row I’ve gone to see a movie at this theater.

Great place. Prices are very reasonable and love there seats! ! Full sized reclining chairs! The best

How shall I ever go anywhere else to see a movie now?
This actually used to be our «go to» theater up until about 5 years ago, then it started going downhill a bit. We switched up to the Loews theater in Plainville, which was a bit farther away… but had sweet digital screens and stuff. Then one day someone’s like «Omg the Southington theater has these like comfy reclining chairs now!» Those 2 words «comfy» and «reclining» were enough to get me back there.
I’m not sure what they did… or how they’re staying in business. There’s less seats in each theater (with the big recliners taking up more room), and the prices are ridiculously cheap. But they’re doing it, and it’s pretty sweet. Still acceptably clean and well kept, and the chairs… dear god… the chairs.
Only problem i see is that in a couple months EVERYone will find out about the place and you won’t be able to get near it. Damn you society.

Not a bad place but they fall way short in customer service when things go bad…
I Went to see the new bond movie tonight and sadly the projector broke.
This is the first time this has ever happened to me but hey things break…
So you would think the staff would say sorry and efficiently refund the money with maybe a «gee we are sorry… «Not even close.
So back to Wallingford. They have good staff

Giving it a four star rating.
I always like to start with the positive.
Price for a ticket is awesome. New reclining seats are also very awesome. Self Serve beverage machines fabulous!
Now we get to the math. If I had to guess I would say that because of the awesome new comfy seats, that the capacity of the theaters has declined by about half (I could be wrong)
So what does that mean to the average patron?
Cheap tickets+comfy seats,+smaller theater capacity+established client base = demand outweighing supply.
So if you have plans to go see a newly released movie on opening weekend and the movie is a decent flick and let’s say the movie is scheduled to start at 7pm, the tickets will likely be SOLD OUT sometimes 30 minutes to an hour earlier.
So then you say «No problem I will buy my tickets online» well the problem there is that on a Saturday the line for the machine that translates your online ticket to a theater ticket usually has 30 – 50 people on it. So you still have to come early.
This weekend I went to see Bridge of Spies and the 7pm movie was sold out before the previous showing started and its a 145 minute movie.
While it’s too late to make a long story short, the bottom line is this, no matter what you are going to do, on a Saturday you have to come early and be prepared to wait on a line.
Whether it be for a ticket, or to turn an online ticket into a real ticket or to get Popcorn because only half of the concession stand is operating so usually 15−20+ people online for popcorn.
I’d like to have been the folks who did the business plan for this conversion of the theater, because the movies seem to be well attended on the weekends (when I go) and the snacks are selling robustly so can we do anything about all the lines? It gets tough to have to invest 3 to 4 hours of my time to see a 90 minute flick.
One last thing, if you are a women and attending a movie in theater 1 or a man and attending a movie in theater 12, The walk to the bathroom takes forever and a day you have to walk ¾s the length of the entire building and I always have to go at the good parts! LOL
I will still go to this establishment, as the positives outweighs the negatives significantly, but since the management reads these reviews I wanted them to get a customer perspective and understand the challenges of being Good vs. Great!

The price for the shows are $ 5 to $ 7 depending on what time you go. The floors aren’t sticky like most theaters and the leather recliners are fantastic. The rows have spacious isles. Now if they can lower their concession prices to a reasonable level we wouldn’t have to sneak in snacks. Best in the region.

You can’t beat $ 5 movies! They also have recliners! It’s clean and the staff is friendly! My only complaint… I have a personal vendetta against their claw machine, but still… this theater is awesome and you can’t beat the price!
It’s $ 5 mon, wed, thurs, Fri and Sat before 5pm and $ 7 after 5pm. Sundays and Tuesdays is $ 5 all day!!!

big. leather. recliners. $ 5
nothing more to say. worth every penny.
Oh and dollar hot dogs.
The lobby and staff are just average, but don’t let it fool you, you come for the show and theater itself, not a shiny new lobby. The Chairs are all new and awesome. Electronic reclining, massive space and infinite legroom.
Only caveat is that they had to decrease their total capacity for seating drastically so be sure to get to your showing early for a good seat, even on week nights.

Dont come here unless you can be an hour early. This theater has horrible long lines. On Columbus day, the popcorn line was 20 customers long and only one attendant was working the counter. Maybe someone called in sick, but the manager sat on a bench nearby and just watched the situation instead of stepping up to help customers. The theater in Plainville is much better and faster. Won’t come here again.

Just moved in town– had a wonderful first experience at this theater !!! The reclining seats were incredible — and can’t beat the price! Will definitely go back …

So, what makes me give this Starplex Cinema location a 5 star rating… First, the price. $ 5 for all adults until 6pm. After 6 it remains at $ 5 if you qualify for the senior discount. Second, renovated theaters with new motorized reclining chairs. This is not your typical movie seating. Mucho more comfortable! Press a button and the wide padded seat reclines back while a footrest comes up. Arm rests are also padded and wide enough for two arms (kinda). Aisles are wide enough so you don’t have to stand to let someone get by. Again, a nice and comfortable way to watch a movie.
Bottom line… for the low price of admission and comfortable seating it can’t be beat. Check it out.

This cinema was acquired by Starplex Cinemas. They seem to be putting a lot into renovations, including motorized reclining seats. It was the most comfortable movie experience of my life. Tickets were only $ 7. It’s not flashy yet, but that’s not really a draw for me. Wouldn’t mind having a little more privacy at the urinal. I probably won’t be going anywhere else for movies, unless I really want to see a movie in IMAX 3D. Even then, I’d really have to think about it.

Took my daughter’s here today and I couldn’t be more annoyed. Call me old fashioned but if I’m going to spend 13 $ on a medium popcorn and drink for each of us, I expect some one besides myself to fill our cups with soda and butter our popcorns. Now that they have us making our own snacks, I imagine the servers on staff will soon be cutdown. I wouldn’t expect shorter lines as the outcome. Maybe they will be passing out brooms too so we can sweep the floors after we’re done watching the movies

Went to the movies here last night with my family. The theater has all new comfortable recliner chairs… They were great! However the theater had a problem with the ad projector so the first 12 or so minutes we were in the theater we were listening to ads. I wish they just kept it silent… That was annoying. Then my 8 year old had to use the bathroom and the women’s room toilets were so nasty!!! They obviously do not have staff checking these toilets enough… I was embarrassed what we saw and my 8 year old kept asking me why do people leave the toilet like that. So… In summary… Nice chairs… Annoying ad reel and disgusting toilets in women room.
I hope this theater gets its act together because it is in such a nice town

For such a big theater it’s dirty, the seats are soooooo small and uncomfortable. Come on Connecticut, this place is shitty. I feel sorry for someone who is over 160 lbs cause these seats suck. And seriously, such a big theater with such tiny screens, not cool at all. I’m not happy.

I wrote a review for the previous theater, but a new company has purchased this theater. Unfortunately this means that Fandango no longer lists movie times, but they are instead found on the movie theater’s homepage:
I personally use the Flixster app for Android/​iOS for showtimes here.
Update: Fandango now lists showtimes!
My previous review complained about the potholes in the parking lot… but those are gone!
Update: They repaved the parking lot!
The website also says that they are upgrading and converting to 100% digital. I saw The Raid 2 and The Amazing Spider-​Man 2 here in theater #8 which wasn’t the best. The screen was relatively small, the sound was weak, it was a letdown in some ways. I just saw X-​Men: Days of Future Past in theater #1 all the way to the left. This was a night and day difference. The screen in this theater was big, it was clear and the sound was much more powerful. The experience here was a marked improvement over my previous viewings.
Price-​wise this theater can’t be beat. Older reviews complained of high prices, but those are gone now. It’s only $ 7 for an adult ticket and $ 5 for discount days, student pricing, and matinée. The other good thing is that matinée is before 6pm while at the Brass Mill mall it’s before 4pm. The Brass Mill mall is more expensive at $ 10.50 for regular adults and $ 8 for matinée. So for a couple to see a movie late at night, it’s $ 14 here while it’s $ 22 at the mall. That $ 8 savings adds up quick if you see a lot of movies.
Food-​wise, some snacks can get pricy, but they have $ 1 hot dogs now which was an eye-​catcher. Plus I liked that they were not $ 1.06, but simply $ 1 hot dogs, which means no jingling change in the theater. These are actually decent little hot dogs and didn’t upset my stomach at all, I had 2 and was content.
They have also introduced a rewards program where you can earn points for money spent at the theater, 1 point = $ 1 spent and they’ll take some time to earn as 50 points spent gets you a small popcorn, 100 is a small drink, 150 is a free movie meal, 200 is free nachos, and 250 is a free regular ticket.
With the same low prices and newly improved screens coupled with new food and rewards programs, this theater is now one of the best around. Just watch out for the pot holes.