When it's 90 degrees in North Carolina, the best place to go is the movie theater. While visiting my mother in Oxford, who is new to the area residing in senior assisted living care, I needed to find a new local theater for us to continue our Mommy Daughter Dates. We are movie goers who see screenings weekly. I stumbled upon this quaint local theater on Google. I will admit, at first sight, this theater appears very dated. But Oldies, can be goodies! We arrived a half an hour ahead of the 4:00 pm screening for Michael. Parking was very easy for me when visiting with someone with mobility challenges. We were lucky to score a spot right at the front entrance. Staff were very welcoming and pleasant to engage with. The website was not very convenient to purchase tickets through. I visited the cashier at concessions and she quickly helped with my purchase. Tickets here are affordable even for evening shows. I really appreciated that. I ordered a Cherry Icee from Concessions and it immediately gave me all the warm and fuzzy nostalgia of the 90's. It was perfect for today's humid temperatures. I found the temperature in Theater 2, perfect! This was the first time my mom sat through a screening without complaining. She remained comfortable in her recliner the whole show. We sat in the 2nd to last row, and despite what the reviews say about the seats, I found them comfortable and not worn like a lot of the Regal theaters. I advise movie goers to arrive 30-45 minutes ahead of your screening time. This is an Old School Theater. There are no assigned seats. First come, first seated & served. Concessions can get very busy. I will absolutely return for a matinee and concession treats with mom again. Thank you to the staff. read more

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This is a nice cozy theater. Price is reasonable, concessions food good price and worker are polite and willing to serve with a smile. New seats makes it even better, kudos. I'll definitely be back read more

I really like this movie theater. The prices are a lot cheaper than Raleigh and the snacks were in expensive.. the new seats they put in were absolutely horrible. My back is killing me. Please fix the seats and I'll come back. read more

Always friendly $5 matinee prices and lots of specials. They have really cleaned up the place and isn't worrisome to come see movies there now. Yes it's an older building with standard movie seats but it's half the price and snacks are reasonable too read more

Musty smelling theater No carpeting in theater Uncomfortable seating Not worth the cheaper prices. read more

A favorite movie theater for the community & passerby's.This location is easily accessible from I85 - Dabney drive. Exit Henderson NC -about a mile or less to the location - situated among several customer experiences & a trauma hospital center. My hubby & I appreciate the smaller footprint but up to date showings.It's not very far from parking to the entrance especially if you snag one of the steps to entrance parking spaces. The two customer team members - friendly patient- hubby & I had the medium pop corn - one drink - and candy for under $20 & we snagged the $5 each movie price for the matinee. The inside looked very clean neat. Our popcorn was fresh & delicious- the individual movie area was clean & lights running along the aisle was great so we could look where we was going. The seats comfortable with a place to put our drinks.We enjoyed our movie -and was able to go out a door close to our vehicle when the movie ended- a plus for us! Also the seating offers those in wheelchairs or accessibly challenged. read more

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Neat little place. Good experience. Comfortable seats. The food is overpriced and presumably poor quality like all movie theaters but I don't expect anything better. Overall good place to go if you sneak your own snacks in. read more

Go to Raleigh or Durham instead! The most stupidest theater I've ever been to. Too much telling grownups what they can and can't do and we're the ones paying . You can't bring your purse inside no matter how small, afraid your going to sneak a stick of gum inside I guess . You use to could get the kiddie combo no matter your age now it stops at 12. Probably because they want you to spend more money . Someone brought their small baby and they cried the entire movie, half raised kids kicked my daughters seat the entire time! People playing movies on their cell phones! If you want to have a nice fun outing at the movies don't go here. Spend your money somewhere else so you can enjoy yourself. read more

Where is the option to write a review with 0 stars.If I could give this place NO STARS I WOULD!!! We get to the movie theater for a 3:30pm showing of Bad Boys II. We arrived a few minutes late, there's a line out the door with one attendant available to purchase tickets from. The manager, a heavy, short stout man, walked away from the register, and a young girl who was previously assisting with serving popcorn came to the register. It was my turn to purchase tickets, she asked for my ID. She was a bit stern, with attitude in there voice but she was young and probably had experienced a lot of push back so she felt the need to speak to me with authority. We definitely look older than 18 y/o but if that's the rules of the games, okay we'll play. I also saw, after being made aware of the rules, there were a few signs hanging up saying the same. We returned to our car to get our ID. Coming back in the movie theater, the manager was back at the register. There appeared to be what was a family of four in front of us, white, but he purchased tickets for two, him and his wife. Who was with me said to me, he better ask for their ID, HE DIDN'T!!!!!!!!!!! I asked, "why didn't you ask for their ID. I was just instructed that I must have an ID to purchase tickets by your popcorn attendent". He replies, she can't judge who needs an ID or not. I then replied, as I was walking up to the register, "you have signs posted, your rules say to see an R rates movie the customer must present an ID". I then got up to the register, I handed him my credit card to payment of tickets. He begins to give me a slow explanation as to why he didn't ask for their ID, to justify his asking for ID from some customers and not asking for ID from other customers. I then replied, I don't want to hear an explanation about you not asking for their ID and I was refused service until I went back out in the car to get mine". At that point there was nothing he could say but hand me my card and say, "I will have to refuse service". We said, "ok". If you're going to enforce a rule, no thought process goes into enforcing unless you strictly enforce it to "some" people. Because of the location of this movie theater, money is what's keeping it opening, not customer service. read more

Just went and saw Skyfall. As usual the Marketplace Cinema has outdone itself. After waiting in concession line, my kids wanted the large combo popcorn and drink. I saw the popcorn machine making fresh popcorn , hence I asked Josh , the cashier , for freshly popped popcorn for the kids. His response was " the popcorn has to rest when it's hot". He proceeded to give me the cold last bit of cold popcorn and charged me the 8 dollars we all pay for popcorn. Then came some snide remark from him and a chuckle. Needless to say being from Henderson, this town continues to drive all the sane people away. Thanks Josh and Marketplace cinema for another great experience. read more

Went to 7:30 showing of Let's Be Cops movie on a rainy Monday night...the auditorium was probably 80* with no air moving. Concession lady came and turned A/C on. Said they had "forgotten" to turn A/C on today. Floor was so sticky, my fiancé's shoe popped off when he crossed his knee. Disgusting! Room was stuffy, smelly, and filthy. Don't think I'll be coming back. read more

wOw! If I could give this trash heap negative stars, I would. I usually don't give bad reviews (check my history), but Marketplace Cinema deserves this one. (1) They refused my 12 y/o Granddaughter in with her purse containing her DIABETIC testing and insulin. (2) Fortunately, I was still in the area, so I came back by, picked it up and then then bought a ticket inside to see if they would be rude to me. I saw a counter person collecting money AND dispensing food without gloves. (3) Walked into the bathroom where I was greeted with feces on a stall door and vomit on the floor. The bathroom experience smelled like urine. (4) I reported this to staff and they rolled their eyes and uttered something unintelligible. (5) The theater floor I entered was filthy as my shoes stuck to the floor. And the smell was unbelievable. My opinion is you bypass this hole, and spend your entertainment dollars elsewhere. read more

This probably the most down to earth movie theater I've ever been to, the people are friendly and try to do their best to accommodate everyone read more

Nice people in a small town theater. Affordable in bringing entertainment to Henderson. Ownership is local and works hard to accommodate in a more traditional theater setting. Still gives flavored salts free of charge!!! read more

Visiting family and decided to go see the new Joker movie, a rated R movie. My brother warned me about there rated R policy so i read it and he mentioned that all have to have ID and if under 17 need a parent. I took my little brother who is 14 to see this movie and my niece who is 9 they love DC and Marvel movies. Well apparently i didn't read the part in their rated R policy that i couldn't bring children under 12 passed 6:30pm to see a rated R movie. I've never heard such thing, like does the movie get worse after 6:30? Doesn't make sense. Also as for my brother they told him if he leaves the theater that i would have to be with him. So if he had to use the bathroom i would need to be with him. R u joking. Also on top of getting a movie ticket they also stamped our hand....why? They weren't packed at all. Also they were like 4 other people in the theater. This movie theater is a joke. Seriously. I looked up the policies on the theater we go to, to see if they have an obnoxious policy like them and they don't. Couldn't believe. Maybe I'm just over reacting but they did a lot. read more

I'm 72 years old and my female companion is 68. We were refused admission to the Marketplace cinema in Henderson NC because we declined to show identification and be ink stamped to see a "R" rated film, ostensibly to prove we were older than 17 and would not be providing tickets for anyone under 17. When I pointed out we were visibly above age and there were no other "kids" with us or any other customers in the lobby, the assistant manager refused us admission unless we provided identification to verify our ages and accepted a hand stamp or bracelet. We refused. To his credit the theater owner called me the following day in response to my complaint text but he insisted all movie goers attending adult rated films at the Marketplace theater must show ID and be hand stamped regardless of their apparent senior years. I like to support local movie theaters and I will give Marketplace another try but if I'm asked to provide proof of my age or to wear a tattoo or identification bracelet as required by the house "policy" in order to buy a ticket to this movie theater, I won't. read more

Where is 0 stars!!!! They need to put an option for 0 stars. If there was an option for 0 stars that's what I would have gave it. It deserves 0 stars ntot even 1 star. First, we went to see Bad Boys movie at 6:30pm and the Idiot manager says kids under 12 couldn't see the movie if it is past 6pm. This is ridiculous what happens in the movie after 6pm does the movie changes after 6pm totally crazy. So we go back the next day at 3:30p and the same idiot manager, Jeremy, is very rude and has no customer service, asks for my ID and my kids ID which my child doesn't have an ID he is 10!!!! I had my son and my niece which he kept calling my son a girl and I had to correct him that I said he was my SON!!!!!. So he says with a smirk on his face that my niece couldn't go because it was a R rated movie and she needs to be accompanied by her parent. So me being an adult watching my niece as if I wasn't a guardian. I became upset because he did not ask other people for their IDs and just let them in. I asked a customer after she paid for her tickets did he ask for their IDs and she said no she had 4 kids with her seeing the same movie might I add. When I questioned the idiot manager about it he screams don't tell him how to do his job. After this I just wanted my money back but he stated I couldn't receive a refund even after the horrible service the movie wasn't even about to start yet. This was the worst service and couldn't even get a refund and go somewhere else. I waited to speak with the head owner I guess he wasn't even sure who he was himself, Eddie Hendley, who made excuses as to why Jeremy didn't ask for anyone else's ID and said he couldn't believe he yelled which he did it's on camera as well as the whole place heard the yelling. Lesson learned I will not SPEND my money here again. The place was NASTY inside had food all over the floor and smelled. Do yourself a favor and just drive to Wake Forest, some where decent and you can get good service. Will not be returning to this DUMP again!!!!!!!! read more

Went to see a 9:45pm movie and we got their at 9:50pm. Upon arrival the doors were locked. The person who came to speak to us was not friendly nor accommodating. The manager wouldn't even come speak to us! How does a theater close and take out all their registers 5 minutes after their last movie starts! One, we know the previews are still on and two what about the customers inside? Are they not allowed a drink or something after a certain time? That is absurd! I do not understand how some places in NC still operate like this! Businesses completely close at noon when most people are at lunch so they can't get anything done on their lunch break! Has Littleton and Henderson never heard of shifts? I get this so the country but this is just nuts!! read more

Went to see the movie Barbershop and was sold the wrong ticket when I asked for a manager the ticket person was very mean and the assistant manager was not helpful. I proceeded to tell him the time on the ticket was wrong and was kicked out. This was the worse movie theater I have ever been to. read more