AMC Showplace Village Crossing 18

It would be 5 stars but it seems that The Best Picture Showcase isn’t going to be offered this year (2016). I am so disappointed. The Best Picture Showcase is an awesome event, all the Best Picture nominees shown on the big screen over two Saturdays right before the Oscars. I can’t imagine a better way to spend a Saturday in February. Who cares what the weather is when you’re immersed in terrific movies? Bring back the 2-​day, Best Picture Showcase to the Village Crossing AMC Theater!

In the theater now # 18 Star Trek. The visuals are great, but the volume is UNSAFE!
It literally hurts the ears it’s so loud.
This volume will kill off nerves.
Makes viewing very uncomfortable!

Been going here for a few years. 10+ years. 3D viewing is mediocre. Enjoy the iMax version. Still don’t understand why movie theaters charge so much for drinks and popcorn. Nachos should be fresh.

Always a good time to be had here. No issues; the line for tickets moves along efficiently, concessions are clean and employees are courteous. Easy nearby parking to top it off. Our favorite neighborhood movie spot.

I went here and saw Star Wars last night. Everything went smoothly with taking our tickets and getting into the theater. It’s very open when you walk in which I liked. The theater’s themselves were nice and the screen looked good. I’d say it’s a good place to see a movie.

The ticket counter receptionist, #1707, wasn’t paying attention. I specifically requested 3 tickets for the 7:30pm showing. And when we returned the tickets, instead of creating new ones, she penned in the incorrect time! I will edit my review if the ticket checker does not honor the error his/​her fellow employee has committed and refused to fix on the spot. There is another issue I’d like to address if management is willing to contact me.

Great staff… Busy on weekend but fast service, comfy seats. Decent concession selection

I enjoy this AMC movie theater because they tend to have later movie times! Everything else makes it pretty typical of other AMC theaters and unfortunately the seats I wish were better spaced and able to recline more…

Friendly staff, convenient free parking, comfortable seats, great clean up crews. Concessions are a bit pricey and self serve. Kids box saves some money, but a healthy drink & snack alternative would be welcome.

Where do I start? Probably with the fact that this theater is filthy. We went to a matinée on a Saturday. You would think that early in the day, visitors wouldn’t have had a chance to trash the place yet. Well, either a frat house arrived before we did, or the staff does a terrible job of cleaning. Trash on the floor where you buy your tickets, in the bathroom, in the food area… pretty much everywhere. Filthy.
But that wasn’t even the part that annoyed me most. Their set-​up for purchasing movie snacks is confusing and time-​consuming. The signs don’t make it clear where you order various food items. You just see one long line with two cashiers at the end of it. As I learned, after asking around, you have to order food at different locations, get a order receipt, which you then take to the cashier. You pay, THEN YOU GO BACK to pick up the food you bought. And somewhere in the line to pay, you should have picked up things like napkins and straws, otherwise you’re gonna have to shove your way (politely) back through the pay line to pick up those items. Also… by the time you wait and pay, that «hot» food you ordered has gone cold. It’s a disaster. Took me 15 minutes to get a drink and some mozzarella sticks… which were cold.
I also don’t believe this is a «true» IMAX theater. Cinemas make it hard to know, because they don’t advertise which ones are and which ones aren’t. Oh well.

I’ve been here for about a year and I enjoy coming to this theater a lot. Screens and sound are perfect. Concession stand is outrageously overpriced but still a great place for the family.

This was first visit here to see a movie. Great parking next door in an attached parking garage. The theater staff was friendly and the movie theater was clean. Temperature in the theater varied from very warm to cold throughout the show. The sound and display was perfect for the movie. Easy to get in and out of the movie.

I’ve been coming here since the late 90’s. Village Crossing mall has been improving through the years and it makes AMC better. You’ve got Buffalo Wild Wings and Red Robin next door. If you need to keep Kosher, there’s Shallots (however pricey) close by. Titled Kilt is coming soon. You can have a great meal before or after your movie. Or shop even.
As for the Theatre, plenty of parking all around. Getting in and out of the mall can be tricky off of Touhy but easier off of Niles Center Rd. They have several movies and times to choose from. But as Jacob J. Points out, IMAX is extra even if it’s the first showing and not as special, sure the screen is bigger and the speakers are nice. But was it worth the extra money? I’ll let you decide. The teenager employee told me that I would experience a «shaking of my seat» in the IMAX room. He must of thought I just came off of a banana boat (I just laughed quietly to myself thinking — yeah, right). Anyway, I’m very happy with this theatre. My second choice is Old Orchard.

I used to work here for a few years in the Crown days, and even all these years later, I still come to this theater every so infequently. Like the renovation they did to the main stand a few years ago, but I dislike the fact that since then, they seem to no longer open up the side concession stands, the way they used to during busier weekend hours. Also, I wish slightly more independent and non-​mainstream movies would occasionally play here, the way I recall it was during the Crown years, and seemed to go away unfortunately beginning with the Kerasotes years. I’d recommend getting an AMC Stubs card if you don’t already have one, since you do get rewards and bonuses as you spend money over time. Least it’s easy to sneak between movies, and lol Unilocal should start to allow you to use spoiler tags in reviews. :)
If it wasn’t for those last 2 factors (but more the one on booking more non-​mainstream/​art films, since too often I notice such movies only playing in Evanston or other such theaters), I’d up my rating to 4 stars. At least it isn’t as expensive for early shows, vs. going to certain other theaters. And I prefer here over the 2 (Old Orchard) Gardens Cinemas theater complexes, for sure. This used to be my fav suburban multiplex years ago, but now that title is with Muvico.
P. S.- I thought reading this filtered Unilocal review was really cool, and I’ll give a special shoutout to this one (feel free to PM me privately on Unilocal,if you ever see my review. I’d love to secretly talk to whoever wrote this, over a PM conversation that I promise to my future grave and all spiritual beings (lol), to never make public):

I had to upgrade my review, because we come here all the time and I’d hate to think that I perpetually frequent a 2 star theater, LOL. I’ve come to realize that it is what it is. A horribly over priced concession and average seating, but with 18 theaters there are lots of options and parking is fairly easy.
What I love best however, is that they hire the elderly and the disabled. Good on them. If for no other reason, I’ll continue to support these theaters!

I like it. I like it a lot.
This place is clean, friendly and has terrifically smooth floors. Self checkout/​ticket machines are a nice touch. It beats having to go through the rat like rope maze. I wonder when they stopped teaching standing in line at school. Kids know nothing these days.
The self checkout Coke machines are fantastically modern, overindulgent and gaudy. So many choices it boggles the mind how you can make it in mine.
The candy is the usual. Licorice, chocolate and chocolate and chocolate and popcorn. It may be me but some 75% of the people eating motorcycle tank sized popcorn bags should not. That’s not my opinion. That’s firsthand from their livers, kidneys and lower colon’s which were screaming at me from across the room to help them.
The sound is incredible, even in the smallest of theaters way in the back. The hallways down by theater 13 reminiscent of Dawn of the Dead. I suppose one could get on well at this theater after a zombie attack if you could block the front doors.
The theaters all are spacious, have fantastic handicap seating and assigned well to allow traffic in and out without people tripping over each other when the movie is over. Getting trampled as people seemingly always the theaters in a panic is no fun.
I will be back.

Nice theater. Lots of food options and movie choices. Plenty of parking and decent crowd.

I’m a big fan of this theater!
There is always plenty of parking, the staff gets me my popcorn and Buncha Crunch necessities without any problem, and we always find great seats!
This place is kept clean, which is more than I can say for other theaters.
They show a wide range of films and the concessions have a great selection.
My husband and I go Monday-​Friday before 6 pm, where the tickets are only $ 6.00!

Stopped in for a movie. The place seemed pretty nice. One interesting thing was that I had to walk through a maze of a concession area to get to the theater part. One plus I saw was that people can put their own butter on their popcorn whenever they want. No more of that dry popcorn in the middle of the tub!

I remember when this place first opened, it was a movie theater that I’d frequent when I lived in the area. I no longer live over in these parts, but my parents do so I visited this past weekend with my mom.
For starters, there are plenty of places to eat before/​after your movie in the area — and additions since I was last over here. There is plenty of parking in the lot and outside the lot near the restaurants as well.
AMC Theaters have been big on selling their rewards card these days — instead of $ 12, it’s $ 8 for concession upgrades, and points toward reward credit. I have two cards already in my wallet from theaters and I didn’t pay for them. AMC — get with the times here…
Moving on… the concession area is different than other theaters, for example you don’t order your popcorn at a counter, it’s a grab and go style area now and the freshness of the popcorn is questionable since it’s just sitting there. Plus, you pour your own butter on it. After checking out of the concession area, the rest of the place was routine… except the people in front of me somehow snuck in booze — I KNOW this place didn’t have Mike’s Hard Lemonade in the concession area!