Titanic (1997)
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Critic Consensus: A mostly unqualified triumph for James Cameron, who offers a dizzying blend of spectacular visuals and old-fashioned melodrama.
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Cast
as Jack Dawson
as Rose DeWitt Bukater
as Cal Hockley
as Molly Brown
as Ruth DeWitt Bukater
as Brock Lovett
as Capt. Smith
as Bruce Ismay
as Thomas Andrews
as Spicer Lovejoy
as Fabrizio
as Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller
as Fifth Officer Harold Lowe
as Lizzy Calvert
as Col. Archibald Gradie
as Lewis Bodine
as Bobby Buell
as 1st Officer Murdoch
as Chief Officer Wilde
as Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller
as Anatoly Milkailavich
as Tommy Ryan
as Quartermaster Rowe
as Quartermaster Hichens
as Master At Arms
as Rose (Older)
as John Jacob Astor
as Madeleine Astor
as Benjamin Guggenheim
as Madame Aubert
as Irish Mommy
as Harold Bride, Junior Wireless Operator
as Helga Dahl
as 3rd Class Woman
as Trudy Bolt
as Sir Duff Gordon
as Lady Duff Gordon
as Countess of Rothes
as Wallace Hartley
as Irish Man
as Bert Cartmell
as Cora Cartmell
as Fourth Officer Boxhall
as 6th Officer Moody
as Frederick Fleet
as Lookout Lee
as Jack Phillips
as Chief Baker Joughin
as Father Byles
as Ida Straus
as Isidor Straus
as Irish Little Boy
as Irish Little Girl
as Cal's Crying Girl
as Cal's Crying Girl
as Yaley
as 1st Class Husband
as Chief Engineer Bell
as Leading Stoker Barrett
as Carpenter John Hutchinson
as Elevator Operator
as Scotland Road Steward
as Crewman
as 1st Class Waiter
as Promenade Deck Steward
as Steward No. 1
as Steward No. 2
as Steward No. 3
as Steward No. 4
as Hold Steward No. 1
as Hold Steward No. 2
as 1st Class Steward
as Stairwell Steward
as Steward Barnes
as Titanic Porter
as Olaf Dahl
as Bjorn Gunderson
as Olaus Gunderson
as Slovakian Father
as Slovakian 3 Year Old Boy
as Praying Man
as Man in Water
as Mother at Stern
as Woman
as Woman in Water
as Syrian Man
as Syrian Woman
as Chinese Man
as Olaf
as Sven
as Pubkeeper
as Carpathia Steward
as News Reporter
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Critic Reviews for Titanic
All Critics (178) | Top Critics (51) | Fresh (157) | Rotten (21) | DVD (22)
Cameron has devised a tender love story between Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio that serves as the main focus of Titanic's storyline, and it works beautifully.
If computer-generated special effects have overpowered human-generated drama, Cameron seizes that dangerously cold technology and recasts it as dream and delirium, profoundly human in its sources and longings.
The execution is state-of-the-art and breathtaking. Titanic offers the full compass of courage and cowardice, and it stands as an achievement that truly is a night to remember at the movies.
Titanic provides an absorbing blend of historical fact and old-fashioned Hollywood tearjerking.
Titanic is indeed a ship of dreams. Climb aboard and bon voyage.
Take one of history's most compelling tragedies, tell it through the lives of two engaging young lovers and show it with some of the best-ever special effects and you have a dazzling, exciting movie that is also poignant and personal.
Audience Reviews for Titanic
Benjamin Guggenheim: No, thank you. We are dressed in our best and are prepared to go down as gentlemen. But, we would like a brandy. "Collide With Destiny" Titanic is a movie I've seen countless times since I was a little kid and it came out. This movie is one that seems to polarize people to extremes. Some love it and will call it one of the best movies they've seen and others will hate it and label it one of the worst. As far as where I stand on it today, I still believe it is a very good film that benefits from marvelous special effects. Jack wins his way onto the Titanic in a poker game and runs into first class rich girl, Rose, when she is hanging off the end of the ship, apparently about to commit suicide. Jack saves her and they start spending a lot of time together, which really pisses off Rose's rich, but unpleasant fiancé, Cal Hockley. The story is told by the 102 year old Rose, as treasure seeker Brock Lovett searches for a diamond that was given to Rose by Cal on the boat. The movie has its share of problems. The dialogue, at times, can be corny, as can the actions. The acting, while serviceable most of the time, has some terrible moments, especially from Billy Zane and Bill Paxton. Also, the film suffers slightly from its long run time. It's not something that bothers me a great deal, but had the film been cut by something like 20 or 30 minutes, it would have flowed a lot better. Titanic isn't James Cameron's best film, but it is a majestic and epic one. I like Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as Jack and Rose, and I also really liked Kathy Bates as a first class passenger that has just come into her money. This isn't one of the best films ever, but it's, at times, fun, sad, infuriating, and joyful. There's an emotional rollercoaster going on here.
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I saw this on DVD for the first time in 2014 as part of a DVD binge weekend during 4 days of snow. I liked it because it has a real story--although in retrospect the poor rich girl who was going to kill herself because her fiance was too rich or too controlling was a little over the top, but this is from the perspective of a woman (me) who has lived all that drama decades ago. The sets were outstanding. Really captured the sense of what it was like to be trapped on a sinking ship --talk about being trapped between the devil and the deep blue sea. The class warfare was interesting. Still fighting that. Nit pick: why did Rose keep the multi-million dollar necklace? It was given to her by someone she hated and it was more like a handcuff. And then why did she dump it into the ocean--I got that it was supposed to close a chapter on her life, but it was the wrong symbol. And she has this granddaughter--did she ever think maybe the granddaughter could use a little help paying off her student loans? As I say, those are nit picks, It was a good movie.
Super Reviewer
Boy meets giri, boy loses girl, boy gets girl again. Its class struggle, snobby, stuck-up and boring rich folks (no cliche there) against the up-against-it but fun-loving poor folks (cliche, what cliche?). Who will win? The audience, duh, as Cameron trots out some really old horseflesh and smiles broadly. Down below, in the deep, in the dark, the passengers and crew wait, wait, wait for the last survivor.
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Titanic Quotes
| Jack Dawson: | Where to, Miss? |
| Rose DeWitt Bukater: | To the stars. |
| Rose DeWitt Bukater: | I'll let go!!! |
| Rose DeWitt Bukater: | I'll let go! |
| Jack Dawson: | No you won't. |
| Rose DeWitt Bukater: | What do you mean no I won't? Don't presume to tell me what I will, will not do! You don't know me! |
| Jack Dawson: | Well, you would of done it already. |
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