AMC Southdale 16

The kids were on spring break and wanted to see a first-​run movie so I thought, OK we’ll do a matinée. I did like the digital kiosk movie ordering with a credit card, and the price for a matinée was fair. But we were hungry so without looking too closely at the prices, I ordered a large popcorn and three drinks and was told it was $ 25! What?! I didn’t think the seats were all that comfortable but everything else seemed fine.

My favorite AMC in the twin cities! Seats are great and it’s very clean!

My wife and I saw the advanced screening of Batman vs. Superman. The line was out of the door into the mall so at least, we didn’t have to wait outside. The CW people handed out wristbands and some goodie bags. I think we got into the 2^nd theater since the earlier people in line got into the 1^st one. Then, we waited patiently until the theater staff got ready for another set of people. Well, inside the seats were the stadium size which was nice. There were no loveseats but it was perfectly fine to maximize number of seats. We really loved all the sound and visual effects on the big screen. It could of fooled me to be IMAX since everything was top notch. Theater itself was clean and not all sticky with popcorn on the ground like the Woodbury cinema. It is a bit far away from us but at least the indoor shopping mall is better than Maplewood Mall.

Pros:
— Clean
— Decent price, relative to other movie theater prices.
— Comfy seating
Cons:
— Parking can be difficult, but expected as it is at a mall.
Tip: Arrive early for a weekend showing in order to get good parking, and if you plan on getting food.

I came here for a free screening of The Choice recently and wanted to say the movie was not good! It’s a nicholas sparks movie, but the one was terrible. The acting was cheesy and awkward at times. They just didn’t seem to click. The movie doesn’t reflect to my ratings of the movie.
This AMC is a little dated compared to some of the other AMC’s in the twin cities area such as the one in Inver Grove and Coon Rapids. Both of those have the reclining leather seats. Maybe I’ve been spoiled by those, but the one, you can tell the seats and theatre is a dated. They do have the fancy self-​serve coke and Icee machine though. The popcorn is decent. Jalapeño’s are self-​served and for the most part, pretty fresh.
I probably wouldn’t pay money to come to this theatre, as there are many better options around, but this will do if you’re close by. I hope they upgrade the seating here though! Edina deserves it!

I’ve really started to get sick of this theater. Simply put, its old and run down. The seats are the same ones installed circa 2001. They are nasty. I really doubt that they ever have been cleaned. Yuck! Also, the whole theater smells funny… like an old musty smell. Also yuck!
And, to top it all off, the place is super expensive. After noon, all tickets are like 10 bucks, and the concessions are like highway robbery. So, long story short, I’m not going here anymore until they rehab this place. Its not worth paying top dollar for a second-​rate, run-​down theater. I will drive out to the Bville and go to the wonderful and non-​stinky Paragon theaters.
Shape up or ship out Southdale AMC.

A smelly, dirty theater. Long lines to get in with prepurchased tix. Even longer lines to get anything to eat. People cutting in line everywhere. Self service Kiosks that did not work. No people it would seem to fix anything.
Avoid the AMC theater chain. An all around bad experience for $ 50

It’s a modern cinema. It’s not that impressive, but I’m here to watch a movie in the dark. I don’t really require that much from it outside of playing the movie.
It has overpriced concessions, but the popcorn isn’t bad. The Icees are the good, legit whipped kind that I prefer, so definitely pick one of those up. The IMAX screens aren’t true IMAX (the only true IMAX is in the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley), so I never waste my money on that nonsense.
The bathrooms are meh, but they do have those sweet new Dyson hand dryers and I love those things.
The chairs are comfy, it’s stadium seating, and they tend to play a decent mix of popular and more indie-​level films. The early shows are less than $ 7 on the weekend and usually sparsely populated.
If you’re paying with a card, just go ahead and cut the line of people who don’t understand how the automated ticket machines work and beat the lines. I like that best, I won’t lie.
If you hate people/​crowds, go really early on the weekends or really late on the weeknights. This place is stupid-​busy otherwise.

Great location, nice female manager. We waited for a while for a pizza to be cooked and in the meantime my 6 yr old ate my whole hot dog. Manager offered me another hot dog. I thought that was very nice but passed. I should have taken the offer. The cheese pizza was horrible! All beef hot dogs were super tasty!!! I love that I can put on my own butter on my popcorn. Also, when we were there they were installing the awesome Coke drink stations that have about 30 choices.

Staff was decent. Prices were higher for what you get. Saw Ant-​man @ 10pm. The movie was so quiet I couldn’t even eat popcorn without feeling like I was disturbing the 10 people around me. Asked to have it turned up and it never happened. I can’t believe how quiet it was. I will try very hard to never go back. It’s a movie theater, not grandmas house!

Movies are cheap ($ 5 matinée!), but concessions are SO expensive! Customer service is kind of lacking; the concessions guy was SLOW. I saw him take my fries out of a plastic bag. It was a decent amount of fries, but they tasted like the freezer bag ones you make at home, but more bland and salt-​less. And at probably an 80% markup. The movie theater, itself, is a confusing maze that makes no sense. Escalators don’t work or aren’t turned on. All in all, it was fine, but I would probably choose a different theatre in the future.

Went to see Interstellar in the Imax theater. WE had to go ask them to turn it down 3x. It was unbearably LOUD… even the side of the walls were over vibrating and not actually part of the movie experience. IT IS TOO LOUD — I believe it is because the theater at this particular location is a NORMAL size and IMAX is made for a larger square footage.
FINALLY — when I had to leave EARLY — the manager told me the same thing and he said he had to leave the theater 5 x when he was viewing it. He also said he did not see the ending but suggested a regular movie theater size and not IMAX for this situation. He said it would be…“100x better — not so loud.“
It is an hour an half later and one ear… nearest to the wall is hurting and I have a headache. I do not usually have this problem.
When I was coming back into the theater after my first attempt to locate someone to ask to ck the sound — walking back, a couple in the hallway were shocked at how loud the movie was. Other theaters next door must here this too.
THey told me they turned it down as low as it could possibly be calibrated.
THIS SUCKS and my ear hurts. I hope it’s not damaged.
It’s a very nice theater but they know this is happening and they continue on — that is not right! This is very unhealthy for people.
Shame on them. 1 star. They did offer 2 comp passes but it was not worth it — I will definitely not go to the IMAX there again.
Not good for kids — damagingly loud!

I saw a movie there last weekend. The place was delightful. The staff do a good job at keeping everything clean. They are friendly. The popcorn was delightful. I will continue seeing movies at this theater.

Went to see a movie here tonight, and instead husband is driving to another theater as I type. Apparently AMC has a «distraction free» policy that means you can’t bring a sleeping baby to an R rated movie, even if the other two (literally two!) patrons in the theater are cool with it and you explicitly agree to leave if the baby cries (well, duh, I wasn’t raised in a barn!) This is the only way I see movies these days! But not at AMC! Glad the senior manager and manager either don’t have, or aren’t trusted to exercise common sense.

I saw a movie here last weekend, but do not plan on returning to this theater! Like other theaters, AMC offers a membership program/​discount card to track your purchases, however, it is not free — there is an annual fee. I found this unusual & offputting.
Beyond that the theater itself felt uncomfortable, cramped & warm, with a scent of body odor lingering in the air. Though it was a 3D movie, the technology felt underwhelming & outdated. The sound was also unimpressive & I’m not one to typically notice these things. The seats are not assigned, as they are at the movie theater in the West End shopping plaza, so you need to arrive early to get a spot next to a group of friends if it’s a social occassion. Too much trouble, not enough pay-​off!

$ 5 Matinees! Stadium seating! Comfortable chairs! Text coupons for concessions!
I love this movie theater. My new favorite place because of the awesome seating and great chairs. Bathrooms are a little sketchy, but everything else is fab.

Except for the lady who sat behind me and took it upon herself to commentate «Captain Phillips» for the benefit of her husband (apparently), this is my first choice movie theater. Why would anyone negatively view high concession prices (a McDining Binge is now upwards around $ 6), or parking at a 16-​screen theater attached to one of the largest (high rent) shopping malls in the Twin Cities? We all wanna make money.
BTW, the theater was well staffed from start to finish.

Myself and 3 buddies went to go see the Metallica concert movie in the IMAX theater and it was $ 10.50. I guess not bad for IMAX. The thing is, it is a large screen, but nothing like the Zoo IMAX, but I was pretty impressed by the sound and screen.
Lots of food options and the put the calories on all the food options. 1,200 calories for a nachos? Yikes!
We had a fantastic time and everything was real great.

I totally love that Minnesota has REALLY cheap movies. For a matinée, it was only $ 5 a person. In Washington, a matinée is at least $ 9 a ticket.
The theater itself was pretty standard — it had a lot of theaters but didn’t feel super clean and the arm rests felt a little sticky to me. It was also really hot in our theater. It felt like there wasn’t a lot of circulation or AC happening in the room, even though the hallways felt OK.
So nothing that stood out to me as being great… but it was an adequate theater to see a movie.

I’m not a huge fan of seeing movies in the theater everything always seems to be overpriced along with the fact the price gets jacked up a dollar or two depending if you want to upgraded fancy 3D versions.
I do like the fact that Southdale has 16 screens and they have a upper and lower level.(This can be good especially if you want to see a midnight showing of a show without it being sold out)
The concessions are always ready to help and super speedy. Plus out in the lobby they have plenty of online pick up stations for tickets or electronic screens rather then going up to the ticketing area.
Wishing they had more flavor options for the popcorn, food variety, and better seats they seem to all have stains of some sort on them.
P.S for those on the shorter side ask them for a booster seat!