Sharon Cinemas 8

So sorry this theatre is closed. It was the best place to see a movie, clean, reasonable price and so friendly. Everyone had a smile and would help you even when they were busy.

I really wanted to love this place. It has an old school feel that reminded me of the movie theaters of my childhood. The prices are great, especially the matinees.
But the quality of the audio in the theater was so bad, I just cannot get past it. We walked in and there was a loud low pitched hum coming from the speakers. I figured it would stop once the movie began, but much to my surprise, it did not. Not only did the low hum continue throughout the entire movie, but the sound quality reminded me of a really beat up, scratched, vinyl record. There were clicks and pops and distortion that made me cringe.
I went out to the counter and explained the quality issue to the counter person. She told me that this was «how it is» because of the age of the equipment being used, and if I found it unsatisfactory, to come back at the end and she would give my some free passes (which I did not ask for).
I understand that the independents are getting squeezed with the change to digital projectors, and I understand that the costs of upgrading are often beyond the means of staying in business. But the audio presentation is one of my favorite aspects of the theater experience, and quality this poor is just not acceptable to me.

I wanted to see the movie Black Mass in the theater. I did not have a free weekend night until today. Unfortunately, I Googled to see if it was still playing anywhere. It showed up at Sharon Cinemas. That was the only nearby theater. I went to the website and saw the theater was «newly renovated» so I decided to make the drive.
I went to the bathroom before the movie started. In the men’s room, there are two urinals and two stalls. One newly renovated urinal was out of order and one newly renovated stall was out of order. There are four sinks, each with different, newly renovated faucets.
Ok, so the movie finally starts and there were big thick green horizontal lines on the screen for about the first 10 minutes of the movie. I was just about to leave and ask for a refund when they finally disappeared. Then, with 10 minutes left in the movie, the newly renovated projector broke. Someone went out and alerted theater staff. A young woman came in and announced there was a problem, and «he thinks he can fix it.» About 10 minutes later, the movie came back on. At one point, the movie split to where the bottom half of the screen was on top and the top half was on the bottom. I’m also not 100% sure they didn’t remove a full reel of the film when the projector broke, because I thought the run time was a bit longer than the time we were in there. I’m not one to ask for my money back, I just sure as heck won’t revisit that Newly Renovated place ever again.

We love this theater! But wonder how long it will last, as there are so few patrons ever in there with us. Please keep this neighborhood theater alive by patronizing it! Otherwise, we are stuck with going to Legacy Place Showcase – not a bad place, but stay away on the weekends – we much prefer the smaller, quieter, less expensive Sharon Cinema!

I just left the movie Ant Man. First of all, when 9:20 came, and the commercials started, only 1 ½ commercials played before the projector broke. And so they continued to play a bad choice in music as the people tried to fix it.
When the projector turned back on, the movie was already halfway through the first scene. And after a few minutes of the movie, with no sound, the screen goes dark and I’m in pitch blackness, and one of the songs that was played earlier is on, very loudly, and this third part isn’t the theater’s fault, but I have recurring nightmares, so with the sudden darkness and creepy repeating noise, for a second I thought I was in another nightmare and panicked, but Eventually the screen came back on, but with the loud noise still playing.
Eventually it was fixed completely and the movie played without further incident, aside from the fact that it was very low quality, it looked like it was played with an old vhs tape. But it’s also a disappointment that I missed the first few scenes, which are important for introducing characters and establishing the plot.

The Legacy Place or Chestnut Hill Cinema De Lux, Theatres are yet $ 1 or $ 2 more, yet 1000x better. At least their water fountains don’t spray everywhere (YIKES. Today was a DISASTER with that STUPID water fountain near Theatre 1!). Plus, the Chestnut Hill SuperLux is DEFINITELY Super Luxorious, with ACTUALLY comfortable chairs, and is near a CVS for candy. This spot is located in a small strip plaza, with a Rite Aid (SO expensive for any candy!), and the rest of the plaza is detestable. The parking lot is in a desperate need of repaving as well as a dirty, annoying Shaw’s Supermarket, and a ok Dunkin Donuts, as well as some other unappealing shops, some of which have recently closed.
Overall: Go to the Dedham Legacy Place theatre or Chestnut Hill theatre. (Plus, they are BOTH closer to my house!)
UPDATE: 1÷10÷16: Drove by the theater today, it is completely CLOSED. On the door it says the cinema is now closed, thanks for all the memories. Too bad for another closure (more jobs gone from more and more people. (Check out the photos)

A throwback to the eighties which was kind of cool at first but then as the movie went on you realize why the old theaters sucked — the seats were awful.
But the worst part was the 2 inches of water on the bathroom floor that you had to slosh through and not a soul at the counter to let them know… seriously, not one employee in sight after the movie!

Went to see a 7 pm show on a Thursday night and the place was a ghost-​town, which is OK I guess (better than too crowded). Turns out, the reasons it was empty are what’s key here. It’s an old theater long past due for a renovation. And not «old» as in «retro» or antique… old as in tired, played out.
First, sitting in the theater and there’s previews playing… we think… there’s just audio, nothing on the screen. And then we hear «watch this…» from the audio and realize the visual portion is off. So, before the movie starts I figure I’ll go alert them and get it fixed. As I’m walking back from our theater (6) the doors are open to many of the others, and the same previews are running… some have audio only, others appear very, very faint video with the audio. I approach the counter and let them know. They tell me that the projectors for the previews blew a/​some bulb and don’t work — but not to worry as the projector for the movie itself is separate. Okaaaay.
I head back and the movie is coming on. Yay! After abut 10 minutes into the movie, ALL of the lights get turned on. We wait. They remain on. Super annoying. I get out my cell phone (damned if I am hiking all the way back to the front again and missing the movie) and call to tell them to turn them off. Thankfully they answer, lights go off (then on again — I swear they were messing with us at that point) and then off once more… and finally, remain off.
Movie progresses… there’s a line — very visible — down the entire right side of the movie. It never goes away. I’m about to call again when my companion says to forget it — don’t want them to stop the movie altogether, so we just suck it up. Later, the same line is on the left side of the screen.
Movie ends. Lights are NEVER turned back on (we waited — credits are done… dark as night). We finally leave… nobody at the desk to tell. We could have walked out with whatever we wanted (Junior Mints for everyone!!).

Great local theater and is also right off the highway. Easy parking and a much better alternative to the pricey and sometimes crowded theater at Patriot Place. The tickets are relatively inexpensive and they also have good matinée pricing. Always have the latest movies and sometime keep showing the more popular ones, which is great when you have been out of town and may have missed them.
The staff is very friendly and courteous too. I have never had a problem there and they have been always been helpful.

Great customer service, $ 6 matinée (1:30 showing) on Saturday to see Neighbors with my mom. You just can’t beat the prices. Drinks and food are equal to other places, if not a little cheaper, but the tickets are unbelievably inexpensive.
The seats aren’t insanely comfortable, but the theater is nice and small so there really isn’t a bad seat in the house.

Primarily giving them 5 stars due to exceptional customer service late this afternoon. Otherwise I’d give it a solid 4 stars, but you’d never get this level of service from a large chain theater group.
Another couple and ourselves showed up to see a particular movie late this afternoon, as the time was advertised on a website (they don’t have their own website). Somehow another movie was actually scheduled for that time-​slot, but the ladies at the desk said that if nobody showed up for that particular movie, they would run the one we had come to see for us. End result was all sorts of apologies and they ran the movie just for the 4 of us!
Theater is clean, cheaper than the large chains and rarely crowded. .. and a lot more accommodating than the «big guys»!

Pretty much what Stephen P. said. It’s nice to have an inexpensive movie theater in the neighborhood. The staff is friendly, it’s easy to park and the kid don’t seem to care if we go here, or the costly theater by the stadium.

There is another listing for this place called «Hoyts Cinemas» that wrongly states it is closed. It should be. One of the worst movie theaters, and don’t ask me to explain how I manage to go back every few years. It opened when I was about 5 and has had zero renovations since then. Seating is flat, not stadium style, screens are small, sound quality is so-​so, half the seats feel like they’ll fall apart, and in general it looks dirty. They also usually fail to get half the most recent movies until a couple weeks later.
Especially with the very nice theater that opened a few miles away right next to Gillette Stadium in Patriot Place, there is zero reason for you to come here.
Did I mention that while I was in high school, the middle schoolers supposedly used this place to hook up? Enough said. Gross.

No stadium seating, eight screens, matinée until 6pm and «Bargain Tuesday» (6 $ tickets). The theater is clean enough, you’ve usually got plenty of elbow room and they show current films. A fine place to go for something that doesn’t involve a lot of FX /​3D.