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Titanic (in 3D)

Titanic (in 3D) (2012)

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Average Rating: 7.8/10
Reviews Counted: 161
Fresh: 141 | Rotten: 20

A mostly unqualified triumph for Cameron, who offers a dizzying blend of spectacular visuals and old-fashioned melodrama.

81

Average Rating: 7.2/10
Critic Reviews: 43
Fresh: 35 | Rotten: 8

A mostly unqualified triumph for Cameron, who offers a dizzying blend of spectacular visuals and old-fashioned melodrama.

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Average Rating: 3.3/5
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This spectacular epic re-creates the ill-fated maiden voyage of the White Star Line's $7.5 million R.M.S Titanic and the tragic sea disaster of April 15, 1912. Running over three hours and made with the combined contributions of two major studios (20th Century-Fox, Paramount) at a cost of more than $200 million, Titanic ranked as the most expensive film in Hollywood history at the time of its release, and became the most successful. Writer-director James Cameron employed state-of-the-art digital

PG-13, 3 hr. 15 min.

Drama, Romance, Classics

James Cameron

Aug 31, 1999

$57.7M

Paramount Pictures

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All Critics (161) | Top Critics (43) | Fresh (149) | Rotten (20) | DVD (48)

Cameron's three-hour disaster epic is a triumph of popular art -- of folk art, really.

April 6, 2012 Full Review Source: Slate | Comment
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"Titanic" still amazes as the kind of massive, build-and-destroy production that few filmmakers have the ambition or budget to make.

April 6, 2012 Full Review Source: Newsday | Comment
Newsday
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[Cameron] stages the sinking with a flawless sense of detail, pacing, import and dread.

April 6, 2012 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
Washington Post
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This version has deepened and enriched a film that was already rich in emotions and remarkable for its depth of detail.

April 5, 2012 Full Review Source: Wall Street Journal | Comment
Wall Street Journal
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How is Titanic in 3D? The answer is pretty damn dazzling.

April 5, 2012 Full Review Source: Rolling Stone | Comments (6)
Rolling Stone
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Cameron is a genius at instilling narrative dread and designing a hokum-drenched fairy tale of a certain size.

April 5, 2012 Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | Comment
Chicago Tribune
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When the bolts start to pop and the water bursts the bulkheads and the ship's orchestra plays waltzes, writer-director Cameron achieves his vision grandly.

May 3, 2012 Full Review Source: East Bay Express | Comment
East Bay Express

The most breezy 194 minutes ever to grace the multiplex.

April 29, 2012 Full Review Source: Ultra Culture | Comment
Ultra Culture

The clunky dialogue, historical inaccuracy and overdose of Billy Zane in the opening stanza of the film is all but forgotten in one of the most emotionally affective, thrilling closing stanzas ever committed to celluloid.

April 28, 2012 Comment

'Titanic' is an epic that's see-worthy indeed. Directed/written/produced by James Cameron, its $200 million budget shows in its glorious effects, dazzling camera work and lavish sets, now, with the addition of Cameron's carefully crafted 3-D.

April 21, 2012 Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | Comment
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

'Titanic' is an epic that's see-worthy indeed. Directed/written/produced by James Cameron, its $200 million budget shows in its glorious effects, dazzling camera work and lavish sets, now, with the addition of Cameron's carefully crafted 3-D.

April 21, 2012 Full Review Source: KWQC-TV (Iowa) | Comment (1)
KWQC-TV (Iowa)

Yes, it is time to return to the chilly North Atlantic to appreciate again James Cameron's glorious epic, for its scope, underappreciated script and perfect casting.

April 16, 2012 Full Review Source: Spectrum (St. George, Utah) | Comment
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

Two spitting scenes in 3D and Jack Dawson loses his virginity. A second look indicates a cruel streak in the modern epic.

April 16, 2012 Full Review Source: FilmsInReview.com | Comment (1)
FilmsInReview.com

It is, simply, a great film, a throwback to classic filmmaking, and more than that, an experience with unusual resonance to the world of today.

April 12, 2012 Full Review Source: Honolulu Star-Advertiser | Comment

The kind of mass death spectacle Michael Bay is frequently accused (and often guilty) of partaking in is much better encapsulated in Titanic's final third.

April 9, 2012 Full Review Source: Suite101.com | Comment
Suite101.com

If you can get past the occasional Cameron clunker (Who can forget, "I'm the king of the world!") and Zane's almost amusingly over-the-top turn as Cal, Titanic still manages to make the tragedy seem more vivid than a statistic in a history book.

April 8, 2012 Full Review Source: KC Active | Comment

Forget that we know how it all ends; it's the drama of dealing with eventuality that tells the real story here.

April 8, 2012 Full Review Source: MovieCrypt.com | Comment
MovieCrypt.com

15 years ago, I didn't let Titanic into my heart, now I get it. Movie is fantastic, but utterly fails as a 3D reissue.

April 8, 2012 Full Review Source: Eclipse Magazine | Comments (16)
Eclipse Magazine

While Titanic can't touch Cameron's true classics, The Terminator and Aliens, it's nevertheless better than Avatar, a surface treat that can't match the emotional pull of this alternately tragic, alternately triumphant tale of two star-crossed lovers.

April 7, 2012 Full Review Source: Creative Loafing | Comments (4)
Creative Loafing

Simply one of 20th century cinema's greatest, old-fashioned love stories, full of still impressive effects (pre 3D) and decent, if theatrical acting ...

April 6, 2012 Full Review Source: Real.com | Comment

Titanic evidences the secret of his longtime success, a talent more impressive even than Cameron's technical prowess: his ability to find stories that tap into greater truths and deeper feelings.

April 6, 2012 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | Comment
Boxoffice Magazine

Forget women and children, what about truth and realism first?

April 6, 2012 Full Review Source: The Ooh Tray | Comments (25)

We know the story ends badly but Cameron still sweeps us up in the romance between Kate Winslet's rebellious posh girl and DiCaprio's steerage kid.

April 6, 2012 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

Titanic still works brilliantly; it's a grand-scale studio epic with the heart of a romance and the pulse of an action movie. It's the only American film that rivals Gone With The Wind for both swoonery and production value.

April 6, 2012 Full Review Source: NOW Toronto | Comment

Titanic is a movie that has to be seen on the big screen and will enchant a new generation of fans. A must-see 3D experience.

April 6, 2012 Full Review Source: Sun Online | Comments (2)
Sun Online

It has itself become, like the shipwreck, a cultural monument, only accreting value, not losing significance, as time goes by.

April 6, 2012 Full Review Source: This is London | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Titanic (in 3D)

Titanic is the embodiment of a gifted director working at the top of his craft. His eye for detail is masterful. Of course there's that spectacular final act that is the standard for non-stop, heart pounding excitement. But what many directors fail to establish is a cast we sincerely care about. That's what makes a

November 20, 2007
hobster1

Super Reviewer

In the middle of watching this again for the first time in probably a decade, I thought, "Meh. The dialogue IS pretty overwrought." But by the end, it won me over as it did before with its pure and earnest portrayal of unburdened love, despite this harrowing tragedy. It's just lovely.The 3D IMAX doesn't add much,

August 10, 2007
aliceinpunderland

Super Reviewer

    1. Captain Smith: Women and children first!
    – Submitted by Jed G (2 days ago)
    1. Rose DeWitt Bukater: I'll never let go...
    – Submitted by Jed G (2 days ago)
    1. Rose DeWitt Bukater: Jack, I want you to draw me like one of your French girls. Wearing this...
    2. Jack Dawson: Alright.
    3. Rose DeWitt Bukater: Wearing only this.
    – Submitted by Alexander D (20 days ago)
    1. Molly Brown: You shine up like a new penny.
    – Submitted by Frederico F (27 days ago)
    1. Old Rose: It was the ship of dreams to everyone else. To me, it was a slave ship, taking me back to America in chains.
    – Submitted by Frederico F (27 days ago)

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