Cineworld

Good grief just read the other three reviews! Cineworld Bristol is not in a chavvy area, I’m a staff nurse at a local hospital and I’m proud to live near by! This is a really friendly happy cinema. It has nice big screens and is always clean. They show a big selection of films. Sometimes things don’t make it to our screen but if you ask they will try to get it for you. The staff are really knowledgeable about the films and enthusiastic. They have a huge unlimited group which is really popular. Lots of car parking, good range of snacks and a kids club!

This is a large multiplex cinema, but feels a bit run down now. It has been open for some years, in an area that isn’t particularly salubrious, and the wear and tear is starting to show. The main ticket desk has been closed, to allow less staff to work and therefore to cut costs, meaning that you can end up queuing for longer than you would have done before, as the popcorn and ticket queues have been combined. The seats are basic, and the floors are often sticky, yet somehow I retain a certain fondness for the place. The prices are so much cheaper than those of the flashy new Cabot Circus cinema, and there’s nothing wrong with the screens or the sound system, so the movie experience is actually very similar. The only major difference is that Cineworld doesn’t support 3D technology, but as someone who dislikes watching films in 3D, that really doesn’t bother me. There is plenty of parking, and several nearby restaurants in which to grab a bite to eat before a film.

This is a chain cinema in the mould of a Showcase or an Odeon so expect very large screening rooms playing big budget Hollywood flicks to your casual cinema goer. You won’t find anything alternative or off what would be widely regarded as mainstream.
This one in Hengrove is particularly dodgy as firstly and foremost, it is in Hengrove and therefore frequented by local chavs who seem to go to the cinema purely to see how annoying they can be. And secondly, this one is in need of a makeover. I’m not entirely sure how long it has been here, but some of the screening rooms have dodgy sound and thread bare seats.
If you can watch the film you want to see someplace else, then by all means do.

This is a pretty bog standard multiplex, though be warned, it’s located in a fairly chavy area which has two implications: a) you may find yourself having to ask your fellow patrons to stop talking/​not answer their phones during the film (believe it or not, the second exchange actually happened to me a few months back); and the selection of films on offer rarely threatens to excite the judges at Cannes.
However, I go on an all too regular basis due to one fact: they run an ‘Unlimited’ scheme where you pay £13.50 a month which allows you to go as often as you want. This is very much a double-​edged sword, as I often drag myself to see something I don’t really fancy and get a pleasant surprise (Coco Before Chanel), but I also regularly convince myself to give something a go and it turns out to be utter shit (The Time Traveller’s Wife).
Still it’s a bargain either way, though if you’re not prepared for that kind of commitment, you may wish to know that Tuesday offers reduced entry all day, and Wednesday is, of course, an Orange affair.