Century Northgate

7000 Northgate Dr, San Rafael, CA 94903, USA

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Address:	7000 Northgate Dr, San Rafael, CA 94903, USA
Phone:	+1 415-491-1314
Site:	cinemark.com
Rating:	3.8

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Jcmtg Lastname

Even though its Hollywoods fault for not releasing many rated R films in the last decade, its still the responsibility of the theater to enforce a reasonable level of quiet during the film. Century Northgate did not enforce this tonight and the free passes my date and I had to wring out of their customer service dept. after the film isnt hush money enough. A bunch of 17 year olds were sitting around me during IT tonight and could not stop laughing during scares, or whispering during lulls in the film. One pair had a tell-me-what-happens-when-i-get-back-from-the-bathroom deal. We tried to shush them several times with the occasional "Shut up.", but ended up calling over the staff at least twice to deal with the disturbances. A staff member being present and walking up and down the aisles helped, just as it helps to let children know they are being watched to get them to tone down whatever behavior youre trying to stop. And as another reviewer stated, theater 12s double door outline was visible on screen each time it was opened. This caused Billy the Kid next to me to constantly look behind him toward it as if he were expecting Pennywise the clown to come in. In fact, during the opening credits the outline was permanently present and I had to yell at the staff outside to fix it, to which they promptly did while muttering about some vacuum door thing. While I have your attention, dear reader, you should know that at one point during IT, while one of the aforementioned staff followed me back to my (aisle) seats and stood post near my seats, to possibly find the cause of my annoyance -- two to three young men stopped right next to my noise-reducing-staff-member who was a slightly slouchy young lady, likely in the 16-19 age range, a peer of theirs you could say. The new arrivals recognized the person sitting directly in front of me, greeted him, another young man of age 17 or older with valid ID (how else could he have gotten in?), and there being no obvious seats for 3 available, continued to stand to my right, in the aisle, and right in front of the young staff member whose overwatch was now piqued. Two of them were sharper-tools-in-the-shed and took the first seats available, appearing to our sentry to fit right in. But Ole-Stand-O was stuck. I ignored the others and focused my attention on Hawaii-shorts. He was questioned by our young lady staff member for his ticket and a fumbling hand-to-pocket dance ensued. At one point he said he lost it, i overheard, and I had had enough. The staff member wasnt about to be taken advantage of, nor was she about to ask him to take a seat. I tapped his back and told him to "Get the hell out of here. You werent sitting here." To which young-guy-sitting-front of me turned around and told me to "Chill, bro" while turning back around, that being his only comment. Staff member girl asked Hawaii-5-O to leave, he hesitated, but left in a few seconds, alone and wondering how it all went wrong. Cue the door lights as he and the staff member opened the door on our screen and cue me leaning in to Guy-in-front of me and whispering "Oh noOooOo." I think at a later point in the movie, the kids to my left (I told you, i was literally surround by children) asked me, "Can i leave, please?" while he was still sitting in his seat. I have a feeling that the sighing that my date and I did all night as this guys girlfriends kept getting up over and over to use the bathroom, i assume, caused him to ask for permission from me, instead of doing the normal thing where you just get up and wait for people to move their legs/knees. I mean, no one was to hear you talk but there you went and said it out loud, "Can I get out there, to the hall?". "Its a free country," I said. while motioning my hands in the way a bell boy would as he opens up the door to your hotel lobby. The nice hotel with the red carpet and sparkly lights, you know, a sarcastic hand gesture - be my guest. I was surprised by his permission asking that I broke the rule of Dont Talk During a Movie.

Angelica Velasco

Great place, but not great experience. I came here to watch IT. It was great until a bunch of kids kept on walking in and out of the room. Playing around, being loud, etc. But that was only half of the problem. Staff members kept on walking in and out of the room and EVERY time the door was opened, the light would creep in from the hallway. I honestly wasnt sure what it was that was going on. I would say I was crazy, but another couple left not even half way through the movie and never came back. I think this place would be solid if they reinforced their disturbance policies.

Erin Baker

^ 0 Stars....I have given this theater so many chances to redeem itself but Im done. Ive had the worst experiences here and the management is terrible. No one cares that people are rude, noisy, and walking in 3/4 of the way into the film. Ive had people on phones, talking too loud, being rude, sneaking into the showing, etc. Ive spoken to management in the past and they do absolutely nothing. Its not worth spending your money here. Dont let these people have a dime. Luckily there are few other theaters in the area to go to. Ive had it with Northgate.

JOYOUSLIFE1941

I’m in a wheelchair. Space Century 15 provided me is spacious, excellent visibility and conveniently located in the last row inside the theater. 99% positive experience. Everything on the screen; commercials to buy pop corn and coke, trailers and main attraction are always extremely loud with no hope of ever lowering the sound.. Have attended with my two adult daughters, 7 year old grandson and just with my best friend many times in 2016 and 2017. Alway exciting and fun to be sharing a movie.

Cyd Keser

Lines are short, service is fast the seats are comfortable what else can you expect for a movie theater? For those who complain about this theater...try going into the city and pay $17 for a ticket after youve stood in line for almost an hour to sit in crappy seats and blow $50 for snacks and then go out and pay your $20 for parking...then come back to this theater and see what you think. Free parking. Cheap tickets. Nice seats. Reasonable snacks. Venture out and see what you think.

antoni sanchez

Buen cine los horarios buenos....pero ay un problema cuando se estrena una nueva movie de verian abrir 2 salas más en el horario de 5pm 0 530pm 7pm 730pm8pm 830pm 9pm para que la gente no espere mucho esperando una sala o dos

P Bellak

Went to movies this afternoon. Not a stellar afternoon. Staff seemed disinterested. Felt extra bad paying $15 for two sodas and some candy. Then --- and this was the clincher -- A long horribly violent preview of "THE PURGE" made me sick to look at it. And I mean Donald Trump SICK. I was there to see a comedy and this preview was WAY out of context. Hey theatre people, how about some discretion when planning your programming?!

Jason McCormack

Decent theater but its not my favorite in the area. $25 for 2 tickets. People kept walking in during the film and the customers around us spilled popcorn and were flashing their phone light looking for I dont know what. They were kind of loud and distracting. Not that easy to find it because of the current parking lot construction but if you see the macys or sears just enter the mall and follow the signs.