Great movie theater, good and comfortable seats. But always packed! And parking can be a pain sometimes. read more

Brenden Theatres - Cinema Near Me - Modesto, California

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Be prepared, they don't have assigned seating like it's 1990, so you'll have to wait in line after you purchase your tickets. No convenience at all. And after all that waiting you can still end up in the stupid front row, which they shouldn't even have seats. read more

Brenden Theatres - The worst view in the front - Cinema Near Me - Modesto, California

To my surprise they have great reclining seat with leather, real stadium seating great place to see a flick read more

Brenden Theatres - Cinema Near Me - Modesto, California

I've been coming here for years. I love that they added reclining seats and bar area. They sell beer, wine, fries and more. If you are like me and prefer watching movies with less people i recommend a weekday morning. I went on a Wednesday in the morning had the place to myself and enjoyed the film. read more

COME ON! I remember when this place first opened and it was space-age cool. That was going on 2 decades ago tho.... and I don't think they have done did-i-ly squat since then. I went last week to watch Rogue One with family visiting for Christmas break. "Let's show them Brenden and the upcoming Modesto Downtown!" I thought. 10th street was decorated festively with a canopy of garland, lights and even a Santa photo station with a REAL Santa impressed our out-of-state visitors. I had pre-purchased the tickets (which was very convenient). And we showed up 30 min early to make sure our party of 8 was able to sit together. We were able to find seats together... but not a continuous row of 8 that didn't have fabric ripped off the seats AND EVEN THE ARM RESTS WERE RIPPED OFF between several seats. We put couple in those seats but I was embarrassed- why the heck did I bring them to this theatre??? It should have been Riverbank's sweet Galaxy theatre.... On the way out I saw that they had a little demo thing showcasing their plans to actually RE-DO the seats. Glad they noticed the crumbling state of their patron's seat options... I will return once these new chairs are installed.... and hopefully I can improve my rating :) The only cool improvement I saw was that they started carrying spirits to enjoy while you view your flick. read more

It's 4:30 on a Wednesday and we decided to see a movie after work to beat the heat. Mark my words-- WE WILL NOT BE COMING HERE AGAIN!!! They claim to check bags, but let ALL women and other men with shopping bags or "fanny packs" on in. The guy who checks our ticket made a BIG deal of my fiancé's one shoulder bag. It looks like a masculine 1 strap bag that he hangs on his back- not a back pack. Security was called to take us off to the side to rifle through someone's possessions. Why not my bag or everyone else's who entered?????? Why was a disabled working woman and her man who are upper middle class singled out for a check and a big scene made????? This is obvious discrimination and profiling!!!! Also hire more people for the con session stand- waiting 15 mins for drinks and stuff to enjoy our movie is just unacceptable. Bottom line- this place no longer meets minimum standards for a good time. Pathetic!!! By the way, be more afraid of what's in a ladies purses and pockets before you look and make a big deal over a mans bag. Pathetic!!! There is NO need to humiliate us like that, no reason at all. Don't act indignant when you have your hands on someone's private property- it looks bad. And that's what it did to the few people who saw the interaction as they felt compelled to discuss it with us as we waited at concessions. Yes, it was a scene by the theatre employees that other guests got to witness. Not needed. read more

This place is falling apart! When it opened, it was a bright shinning example of what a theater can be, but now it's a run down husk of it's former self. That being said, they have added a few things over the years that are nice touches, like make your own nachos and alcohol. Unfortunately, they haven't invested in much else. The seats are breaking down and some are missing the arm rest all together. The floors are sticky, and the coverings on the stairs are breaking apart and becoming a tripping hazard. (I have actually tripped on the stairs a few times.) They did replace the posters with nice monitors, but the marquee above the doors to each screen never display the movie played inside. Also, the snack bars down the hallways are never open. And on a personal note... either update your times to Fandango or drop Fandango altogether! I'm a huge user of Fandango because I have to plan ahead. I have a weekly date night and I need to know what times I'll be out. However, for some reason, this theater only publishes their time for the next week on Sunday night or Monday morning, OR they publish the next week and leave off Tuesday and Thursday thru Saturday. Why on earth would you be so sloppy with publishing your times? Don't you want us to buy tickets to your theater? I hear there is a nice new theater in Riverbank. read more

Love this place! The upper management here is one of the best managers I have ever dealt with at any business no business is perfect but the way he handles situations is amazing! Kuddos to this theater! read more

Still love this theater..especially the recliners! And my husband and I really love $6.00 Tuesdays! Recently took my daughter & granddaughters to Frozen II and the nicest young man Gustavo waited on us for concessions. He was helpful, courteous, and cheerful. In fact we always get very polite respectful service at Brendan...they always are paying attention to customers and not cross talking with each other. read more

Concession lines are too long of a wait, and they need to add reserved seating. I guess it works out because to get a good seat you have to show up an hour early then wait 20 mins to get a overpriced snack. Seats are ok and they do recline and of course the down town location is good too. Ps no bar open on Sunday morning. They help out in the community so i have to Up them to 4 Stars!! read more

I have always loved going to this theater. I can safely say my girlfriend and I always choose brenden over galaxy and regal. They have a good variety of food even though it's a little over priced (what theater isn't). read more

As someone raised in this area, I can remember the glory days of Brenden Theaters. Unfortunately, those days are long gone. The staff here are still great; very attentive and they are not rude. The food offerings remain fresh and good. The problem lies with the theater itself; it's an old building that has not been maintained as well as it should be. Even with their recent remodels, the new chairs that they have (recliners) are already ripping and one of them on our row is no longer working. They were only installed a year ago. That likely can be attributed to the customers who don't take care of the theater. As the cheapest movie theater around (6 dollars for a evening showing on Tuesday); it attracts certain types of individuals. Sure the families trying to save money come but also do the high school kids and others who simply abuse the theater. The homeless problem is also huge here. I got out at 11:30pm after watching a movie and I was immediately harassed asking for money. The man followed me to the parking garage which was empty as well and only left after I gave him a dollar. Not safe. Just spend the extra few dollars and head to Regal or Galaxy in Riverbank. read more

Crappy theater! Crappy service... I was at the counter, orders 2 icy drinks, her co worker already charged us $11.00 bucks for 2 medium icy drinks... its leaking off the lid (gal over filled em), and its dripping and she hands it to me... charging me again... I said wait a min, your co worker there just charged me... want me to pay you again, she didn't respond... I also said, since these are paid for, can you clean up the over filled cups spilling? I had to tell her to do her job?!?! serious? She then wipes it... still leaking... I said re fill this, throw it out and re fill it... TERRIBLE, its like she was a robot or something.. Popcorn all over the floor in the seating area... who manages and oversees this joint? I'm surprised this place isn't closed down, or changed in management. read more

This movie theater is okay, I like the size of the actual theaters and they usually have a good selection of the new movies that are out...however, if you get their a little early you have to sit through endless advertisements of Johnny Brenden, Johnny, Brenden, Johnny Brenden, oh wait and more Johnny Brenden - it's a little redundant... Johnny Brenden! (spirit fingers waving in the air!!!) The other problem is parking and their oh so friendly (and by friendly, I mean rude) staff. When I go, I try to go to the theater in Riverbank or even the one on McHenry Avenue - both of which have large parking areas, and their staff is well, probably the same. read more

Is this place about to close or something? It's like they don't care. It's filthy and in a state of overall disrepair. The bathrooms are disgusting and look like they are cleaned out with a hose about once a year. They don't even seem to bother putting towels in to dry your hands. Frequently you can't even buy a ticket at the ticket window. You have to go in and get one at the concessions stand!! It's extremely sad that this place is faltering the way it is. Downtown needs a mainstream theater and a business anchor at 10th Street where this theater is. I suspect it will go under because there are so many nice theaters in the surrounding area and people are afraid of it or disgusted by it or both (rightfully). I hope that someone cares enough about this theater to save it, but it appears that it's trying to kill itself off or just waiting for the appropriate time to close its doors because it seems almost entirely neglected by its owner(s). Whoever is in charge of this theater is really letting downtown Modesto down at a time when it really needs people to support it. A city without a vibrant downtown is a sad proposition. Whoever or whatever ran this business into the ground should feel some embarrassment and shame. And try to fix it. read more

Very disappointed today. I get it times are tough right now ,but no hot dogs no popcorn lids and one person working concession makes for a bad experience unfair to customers and employees.. and to top it off a young child running around and yelling in theater as the parents just sat there.. ok vent session over read more

What can I say its Brenden Theaters. Out of date, out of touch. I recently went to Cinetopia in Portland, Oregon. The Cinetopia has lounge chairs, serves food and beer. Now that is a theater. read more

Brenden Theatres - Cinema Near Me - Modesto, California

With the construction of Brendan Theatres, Modesto's downtown area got a face lift. Dozens of businesses flocked to the area, knowing that if people were coming for movies, they would want food and drinks before or after the show. That's one of the bonuses of coming to Brendan. The theatre boasts 18 screens. Like most theatres, they pander to the prurient interests and will place the usually base, top grossing movie on the big screens while leaving the more artsy films on the small screens, but I can't fault them there. I can fault the clientele - lots of teens hang out in the area, and I dread coming here because there always seems to be annoying people being loud and talkative, or heaven forbid, answering their cell phones during the movie. Inexcusable! The seats are comfortable, concessions are usually fresh, but be warned - the lines outside the theatre can be loooong. Come early to find parking, walk around the promenade, eat, and buy tickets. Dinner and a movie can be more than a cliche in the area. :) read more

Hmmm? Vibe of downtown Modesto is much better than Galaxy in Riverbank. Galaxy is too crowded and always sold out but seats are much more comfy than here hands down! Seating needs updating but overall better atmosphere here! read more

5-11.10 My last review was harsh, but I need to add- this theater is generally always kept clean and now security in the theater has made a huge step in the right direction for cell phones and Theater Hoppers. Also something interesting that happens is there are occasionally rare films played there, that none of the other valley theaters offer. The rest stands as far as parking and the concession stand. Because of poor security and tons of Theater hoppers,(You know the people who buy one movie but move from one movie too the next!) cell phones used during the movies, I will no longer go there. It's meant for a louder more younger crowd. Brendan Theatres could do better with managing this location. The security personnel would rather spend time talking too the girls. The concession stand the popcorn was not even close too warm. The parking garage is really poorly planned because the spaces are too small for any car. Don't take your brand new car there! The trade off is every screen is THX sound. Large stadium seating. One thing it does not have is the digital screen presentation, which it's competitor Galaxy Theatres in RiverBank, California does. Galaxy was the first in the valley. read more

I really try to be fair on my ratings. I really really do. So to be FAIR im giving it the one miserable star and this is why. The only reason im giving it one star is for the awesome security guys that work outside trying to keep the peace in the lines. They do a good job. I dont know if it's the theater that hired them or the city because sometimes they are monitering inside the theater as well. Here is where it all goes bad for Brendan. The first few years it opened up we were stuck watching while waiting for our movie the as i dubbed "Amazing life Of Johnny Brendan!" slide show. A giant "look at my tan wife with her fake boobs, look at my money! Here i am partying with this star! Here is johnny seen here with __Insert yesteryear actor everyone has forgotten about here__" Thats ok. His theater w/e! Bad Taste imo. NOW The great and mighty Johnny Brendan seems to have neglected his theater here in little methdesto. You walk in and the floors are stained and littered with popcorn, soda, puke you name it! Yes i have seen unclean puke on the floors before! Walking into my movie and leaving my movie...puke...still there.. IM NOT JOKING. You order your food DO NOT PLACE YOUR HANDS ON THE COUNTER...sticky! The food is stale, the popcorn is disgusting! I dont really understand how you manage to make popcorn too filthy to eat...but they do! They have taken away the most popular part of their popcorn and that was the seasonings you could put on it. Now you have to pay a arm and a leg for a tiny bottle of it. Oh i see now why they take it away to make more money they wont put back into the care of the theater...ok You need to use the restroom before the show? HOLD IT! The floors in the girls room were disgusting. My shoes stuck to the bathroom floor!? WTH. No toilet paper in a single stall not a single square! Filth in half of the toilets...we are ladies girls!!! come on! Wanna wash your hands? Not many of the soap dispensers have soap let alone work...and never in the last 5 years of visiting brendan have i seen paper towels for drying your hands. THEY ARE ALWAYS OUT! The phone rings on your way to your movie--the one just outside the bathroom--of course curiosity gets the better of you and you answer it to a jerk with a foot fetish! Your fetishes are fine but you got to be a jerk about it! They still havent changed the # on that phone because it rings to the same guy every time and i know i know its my own damn fault for answering it but damnit a phone rings in a public place i gotta answer it! The stadium. Floors so sticky your shoes stick to it! seats that dont have gum on it is far and few. The sound is choppy and sometimes cuts out, the quality of the movie experience entirely is aweful!!! the staff OH LORD the staff!!! RUDE! IMMATURE!!! DISGUSTING BEHAVIOR! Whoever manages this place sucks! Whoever is the hiring manager sucks!!! read more

snack bar is so slow. waited in line for 30 minutes missing my movie when i came early enough just to get food. only two lines open and the girl working was moving so slow. need more people working the snack bar. read more

Brenden Theatres - snack bar... slowest thing ever, only two people working on the register. was waiting in like for a good 30 minutes. ridiculous. - Cinema Near Me - Modesto, California

I was disappointed with the audio thx . The sound was crackle and static ! Heck my Sony surround sound is better than theirs ! What a waist of $10.50 per person. wont go back read more

I love this theater. It is conveniently located minutes from my parent's house, and I don't have to pay for movies here because my mom does their flowers, right on! I have never had a problem with parking, and if I do park in the lot, Brenden validates. Also, pretty much everything that is anything is located within a 3 block radius of Brenden, so it is pretty much a one-stop shop for Modesto. Ps- Brenden now has managers enter the theater before each individual viewing and they thank everyone for being there and just put on a nice lil' speech, I am a sucker for crap like that so...5 stars! read more

Waiting for the 12:50 Avengers and still standing out in front of the theater after 12:50! Don't schedule a movie time of you can't start it on time. Upon asking the staff about the issue I was "we're working on it." Not Acceptable... UPDATE- I decided to update to a 3 from a 1 because they did get us in pretty quickly and only started the movie 3 minutes late. But late is still late. read more

Only good to go to during the day on a weekday. I'd say the parking lot is idiotic, but that's an insult to true idiots. It's the kind of parking lot you see in scary movies where the person walks to their car and is assaulted. I'm not trying to be funny here, think of it as a warning. The lot is also horribly cramped. The theater is cool and they show movies that are hard to find anywhere else, but the meth-heads can be cumbersome. Tia J. is correct about Johnny Brenden being everywhere. Too bad he doesn't use his awesome muscles to patrol the parking lot. read more

I remember visiting Brenden Theatres when it first opened to watch Star Wars Revenge of the Sith. The stadium seating provides a good view regardless of where you sit, which is nice. I also like that the seats have a high back rest, and arm rests with a cup holder that you can lift up. The sound system is amazing! They have an efficient concessions system, and the restrooms are super clean too! read more

This place was filthy. Went into a movie and there was a lot of garbage up and down the rows after the last movie. I especially loved the smell of old nachos that kept coming up from under the seats in front of me. read more

CHOOSE A SCREEN TWICE AS LARGE FOR THE SAME PRICE! Now that you can reserve your seat, you can see how wide each screen is. You could pay the same price for a NEW movie on a screen that's 10 seats wide or 20 seats wide! Always check to make sure. NEW FEATURES Local Video Ads. Interesting interviews about movies. Much cleaner than it used to be. New card pads for the concessions. New comfortable seats with better trays than Galaxy. New surround system called JBX in screen 1 which is gigantic and curved, but JBX is only in one screen. A few medium size screens are larger than the Galaxy's medium size screens, but the Brenden has some very small screens, smaller than anything at The Galaxy. Some seating areas now penned in with a very small gate. Seems awkward. Also got my License Plate Tag stolen from the Brenden Theatre Parking Garage, and they did Nothing for me. You have to get validated, but they do not have security watching anything! THIS IS A REAL REVIEW FROM A REAL CUSTOMER. I NEVER GET PAID OR COMPENSATED IN ANY WAY TO DO REVIEWS. read more

The parking is abysmal. Bring your can opener, b/c that's what you'll need to wedge in and out of the garage. Brenden was the first in the area to do stadium seating, and they do it well. However, most of the other theaters have caught up, so the consumer has other options. This theater shows some movies that are hard to find anywhere else in the Valley, but the lousy customer service and rotten parking prompt me to wait til it comes out on video. read more

Location is what is has going for it - being downtown is nice so you can enjoy dinner in a restaurant before. They are also a very clean facility, have large theater spaces and enough screens to have a few choices of movies to watch. The downfalls are that it has the old set up of the ticket station being outside so you freeze your butt off or sweat buckets while waiting in line to secure your entrance. Concession stand the same thing - one person takes order, fills it and rings you up which takes quite a bit of time. New theaters have you pick up popcorn, drinks, etc and just check out at end which is a heck of a lot faster and much preferred. read more

Though the parking is a mess on any busy night. For example I spent 45 minutes getting out of the opening premier of X-men III a while back. With the whole parking structure fool. I do enjoy the large theater screens and THX sound that is provided in all the screens. Wish they had the reclining seats like the Regal Cinema down the street on McHenry. read more

5 dollar day and night movies on Tuesdays. . They also play Indian movies here I can get my parents tickets to watch indian movies:) read more

Brenden Theatres - Cinema Near Me - Modesto, California

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I think the previous reviewer may be mistaking Star Wars episode I with episode III, because Brenden Theatres has been around since 1999. At any rate, I would say that Brenden Theatres was quite possibly the reason why downtown Modesto has improved so much over the years. Its popularity sparked new life into the area, and soon new businesses were wanting to get in on the ground floor of a brand new Modesto. Brenden's fine customer service certainly helped as well, as I've yet to have a single problem with the theatre. Good concessions (though at stereotypically steep prices), good restrooms, and comfortable seats make this theatre one of the best in the area. The only downside is that due to downtown Modesto being so popular these days, parking can be a hassle. But should you find yourself in one of the nearby garages, you'll be pleased to know that Brenden Theatres does validate parking. If you want to spend a night on the town and start it off with a movie, this is the best place to go thanks to its close proximity with the rest of Modesto's night life. read more

Despise the high ticket price (then again, what theater is cheap these days anyway?), this is a great theater. Picture and sound are good, just wish they had more large theaters. I enjoy walking around looking at all the different movie posters, it's too bad the area up stairs is no longer in use. I thought that was a cool idea. read more

I normally don't believe on the reviews I would rather go and see by myself instead of believing on others but trust me I went to watch an Indian movie last week and on interval screen got black and the whole theater lights were off and diverse sitting in the dark for at least five minutes you can either do two things remodel your theater Or close it. read more

I'm a local, I love brendan theaters, been going since it was built, downtown has it's ups and downs best thing is they validate your parking ticket for four hours in the garage plenty of time for a movie and some dinner. The seats have been upgraded and there's a larger selection of treats to buy. I do wish they bring back the ice cream parlor they had on the second floor. Yeah it's a older theater but it has kept up pretty well. read more

Just went to brenden theater in modesto They need to change their ink on the parking validation on the left side , I tried to call and email with no success , parking attendant couldn't read it , it was stamped but very lightly tried to charge us 5.00 but then let us go through. read more

My families favorite and our local theater! We've been coming here for 18 years and are so excited about the new seats and reserved seating. We will only be coming here now! read more

By no means is this theater fancy, new, or cutting edge by movie theater standards. But if you're like me & only see a movie once a year on average, this place is great. Saw the movie CHEF a couple weeks ago w/ my boyfriend in the middle of the afternoon on a Tuesday - we only paid $5 each. Managed to avoid the teenybopper crowd, and shared the theater with only about a dozen other people. Even Downtown Stockton's theater doesn't play 'indie' films, so I'd definitely make the drive to come here again. Bring your own snacks, that's what a big purse is for. read more