Pacific Theatres Northridge

I’ve been here many times. It’s an OK theatre. Tonight, however, there was gum on the floor of the theatre, my seat was sticky from something and the volume was too loud. I complained but to no avail. I’ll go back because it’s convenient, but it’s certainly not my favorite venue.

I love this place! It’s convenient, prices are reasonable, and the staff is very friendly.
While the theatre might be a bit old, you can tell that the community there really cares about their guests. It’s totally different than the AMCs becasue it focuses more on creating a family-​friendly vibe.
Theatres are ALWAYS clean and lines are never really that long.
They have a box office outside, but you can also buy tickets inside while buying snacks. This can be a bit annoying if you don’t plan an buying snacks, but they always have the outside box office open during the weekends.
My favorite and probably the best thing about this place is that they always have PLENTY of showtimes for new releases and high grossing films. I never have to worry about being late to a movie or anything because they almost always have shows every hour, sometimes every 30 minutes!

This is one of a few local theaters that participates in Mommy Mondays where you can bring your child to the movies. While it’s a really nice service, usually theaters will lower the volume and put a changing table in the theater so that it’s more mommy friendly. The Northridge theater does none of this, so how exactly is the movie for mommies? I went and saw Jurassic World last week and I literally had to cover my daughter’s ears with a blanket. I have news for you, Jurassic World at normal volume is WAY too loud for an infant. If you’re going to advertise the movie as mommy friendly than make some concessions, otherwise don’t offer the service because it’s false advertising. I realize it’s hard for non-​parents to understand, but babies need to sleep every 90 minutes, and it’s literally impossible for them when a movie plays at normal volume.

The years have not been kind to this theater, and I don’t think management cares. The last half dozen movies I watched there has produced a mixed bag of complaints. My last experience was watching a musical where the center speaker worked and the stereos didn’t. The time before that (different screen), the left speaker was out and the center was blown (muffled dialog). I can’t go back there. If they don’t care to make periodic checks on their systems, I’ll just pay more for an Arclight movie.

This place used to be a hit with locals but needs a major upgrade. Hope they consider it since the Northridge fashion mall itself is revamping with new stores and restaurants around it. Movies are always up to date and parking can be a pain if on busy times competing with other establishments in the area that share it. Prices are typically the same as other theaters charge. They do have matinees which are first few hours of opening on weekdays

This place is great to go see movies. My only issue I have is they rarely ever use their ticket booth on the outside, you have to go inside and wait in the snack line to purchase your tickets. The food, like all movie theaters is expensive as well.
The problem I’ve had was going to see the movie Race to Witch Mountain with Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson. Me and my father were the only ones in the room and when the movie started, there was sound with no images. That’s the reason behind the two star knock off, but I always like going to the mall and catching a movie after.

This cinemaplex is a mixed bag. I’ve had experiences there that were alright, but depending on what theater you’re in you may have some issues with the audio.
A couple years ago we saw a musical there in a theater that was supposed to feature surround sound, yet the audio channels were mixed down to mono and coming only out of the very front, near the screen. This resulted in very flat sound, which really affected my ability to lose myself in the film.
After this experience I decided to make Pacific Winnetka my default movie theater — only a little further away yet never disappointing. However, two nights ago we returned to Pacific Northridge because the movie times for the film we wanted to see were better there than at PW. This experience was the final nail in the coffin for me. Two years later and the theater still has terrible audio issues.
The audio started out as being piercingly loud. My wife walked out of the theater and asked an employee if they could turn it down just a little bit. To their credit, they complied, but they waaaay overcompensated to the point where the audio was just a little hard to hear. You’d think that they’d send an employee into the theater to check the levels for themselves, but no. And it wasn’t a busy evening at all — we were the only two people in the entire theater! So much for customer service. Add to that the fact that yet again there was something wrong with the audio mix itself — music/​soundtrack levels were way too quiet in parts that it was obvious that they were supposed to be more audible, but SFX were by far the loudest noise coming from the speakers. There was also a scene where male and female characters were singing in harmony but the female very much drowned the male out — definitely another mixing problem.
Sorry, Pacific Northridge. I’m out.
P. S. Not a deal breaker, but seriously? Still no kiosks to buy tickets from? Going here is like time traveling ten years into the past. I can’t stand waiting for people to take their time ordering tickets with an employee. Bring in some dang computer monitors already!

I ask for very little in my theaters, but this place does not meet standards. My main complaint is lack of checking age for R rated films. I was at the theater on a Friday night seeing an r rated film, it was barely watchable due to all the young pretend and high schoolers talking and yelling out every 2 minutes. Would not recommend.

Not my favorite theater because it seems like this is where all the teeny boppers/​high school kids flock to so you get a bunch of immature comments made in the theater during the movie. This includes talking, texting and laughing incredibly loudly… ugh! Service is ehh. Nothing to rave about, but nothing to complain about either. They have a lot of theater rooms, but they are nothing above average. I prefer AMC. Get your tickets inside at guest services; much quicker. An A-​OK theater.

Chef Bigfoot. said it all!
«They are pretty relaxed about Movie Hopping.»
Movie prices are really expensive now days, and they are happy just for someone to come spend money at their establishment. Quite a few theaters were empty when we went .
Still a nice décor, clean theaters, clean seats, no broken seats plenty of leg room.
Snack bar is expensive, but which theater isn’t…
Always safe theater to go to… no gang activity, in an upper scale neighborhood, near Northridge University. Well lit parking lot.

This is an older theater, but within a decent shopping and restaurant area. It’s adjacent to the Northridge Fashion Center. They show new releases with a pretty good time selection and have stadium seating. The ticket and refreshment prices are what you expect for new releases.
I was super excited to see a new movie release, so we came here purchased our tickets and started heading into the theater. Suddenly the lights started to flicker and next thing you know they are having power issues. We waited around while they figured out if it was going to start back up again. At about 15 minutes later they determined it could be up to an hour before the power was fully restored.
I was super disappointed and wanted to get a refund (along with many other customers). After a bit of scrambling around, we spoke with the manager and she was extremely attentive, apologized several times for the inconvenience, quickly processed my refund and also gave me free tickets to come back again. Excellent customer service.
I have already come back since then and enjoyed my movie experience with no challenges.

Pretty ghetto, the seats at least have the adjustable arm rest which is a plus. Its never busy when I go but that’s just due to the bad economy i’m assuming. Bathrooms are clean so I’m good with that. Not my number one choice for theatres that’s for sure.

They are pretty relaxed about Movie Hopping.
Movie prices are just so expensive, and the staff knows you are going to watch a second movie. so they mainly are pretty cool about it.
Just don’t try to hop into a «new» movie.

I love the location of this theater since it is in between the Northridge mall and Dsw, you can always go shopping first and then movies or vice versa! IT is also very close to CSUN so it’s a cool place to go with friends.

i’m being nice by giving 3 stars to this theater… the only good thing about it is that it’s next to the mall, and all the kids go there. (which is another reason i don’t go)
The theater is pretty nasty inside, and the seats are the suck!
it’s dirty most of the time, but if you catch them on a good day, you might get a clean seat!
I’d rather drive to the next street over to winnetka and watch there!