Titanic

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

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Movie Info

James Cameron's "Titanic" is an epic, action-packed romance set against the ill-fated maiden voyage of the R.M.S. Titanic; the pride and joy of the White Star Line and, at the time, the largest moving object ever built. She was the most luxurious liner of her era -- the "ship of dreams" -- which ultimately carried over 1,500 people to their death in the ice cold waters of the North Atlantic in the early hours of April 15, 1912.
  • Rating:
    PG-13 (Disaster Related Peril|Brief Language|Nudity|Sensuality|Violence)
  • Genre:
    romance, history, drama
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    James Cameron
  • Producer:
    James Cameron, Jon Landau
  • Writer:
    James Cameron
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     wide
  • Release Date (Streaming):
  • Box Office (Gross USA):
    $656.5K
  • Runtime:
  • Production Co:
    20th Century Fox, Lightstorm Entertainment, Paramount Pictures
  • Sound Mix:
    Dolby Stereo, Dolby SR, Surround, SDDS, DTS, Dolby Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    Scope (2.35:1), 70mm

Cast & Crew

Leonardo DiCaprio
Jack Dawson
Kate Winslet
Rose DeWitt Bukater
Billy Zane
Caledon 'Cal' Hockley
Kathy Bates
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Frances Fisher
Ruth DeWitt Bukater
Gloria Stuart
Rose Dawson Calvert
Bill Paxton
Brock Lovett
Bernard Hill
Captain Edward John Smith
Jonathan Hyde
J. Bruce Ismay
Victor Garber
Thomas Andrews
James Cameron
Director
James Cameron
Screenwriter
James Cameron
Producer
Jon Landau
Producer
Rae Sanchini
Executive Producer
James Horner
Original Music
Russell Carpenter
Cinematographer
Conrad Buff IV
Film Editor
James Cameron
Film Editor
Richard A. Harris
Film Editor
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Critic Reviews for Titanic

All Critics (192) | Top Critics (62) | Fresh (171) | Rotten (21)

  • For all the sluggish script and the enormous weight of the special effects, this movie behemoth still has the power to shake us rigid and and touch the soul.

    February 6, 2020 | Full Review…

    Geoff Brown

    Times (UK)
    Top Critic

  • [The ending] is a masterpiece of popcorn tragedy: not deep, not sophisticated, barely even credible, but gut-clutching for those of us who have already lost the sensible use of our stomachs, as we would in any worthwhile fairground ride.

    February 6, 2020 | Full Review…

    Nigel Andrews

    Financial Times
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  • The movie is a ride, and not without the odd moment of corniness. But it's also about freedom and flight, bondage and stagnation. And most fittingly, as a memorial itself, it's about memory and the act of remembering.

    February 6, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

    Quentin Curtis

    Daily Telegraph (UK)
    Top Critic

  • No meager disaster movie, greased by generic formula and goosed by big-bucks technology... Titanic is one big, bruising movie that will appeal on different levels to different audiences.

    December 26, 2018 | Full Review…

    Duane Byrge

    Hollywood Reporter
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  • Cameron's aim was to set the most intimate love story possible against one of the century's biggest tragedies, and he very nearly pulls it off. DiCaprio has a captivating presence in a role that might have been written for a young Clark Gable.

    January 3, 2018 | Full Review…

    Jack Mathews

    Newsday
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  • 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.

    February 25, 2014 | Full Review…

    Paul Tatara

    CNN.com
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Audience Reviews for Titanic

  • Dec 23, 2015
    "Titanic" is an amazing drama/romantic movie of 1997. The plot to "Titanic" is that a group of scientists discover the sunken ship named "Titanic". A woman hears about this and calls up the scientists and claims to have been a first class passenger on the almighty ship "Titanic", she tells them about her survival and love affair she had on the ship. The movie's opening scene is showing footage of the "Titanic" leaving its dock. The last hour of the movie is just pretty much just "Jack" portrayed by "Leonard Dicaprio" and "Rose" portrayed by "Kate Winslet" trying to find a way off of "Titanic", which is suspenseful but can drag on from time to time. "Titanic's" climax is exciting, suspenseful and thrilling at the same time. The plot to the movie is excellent, but there are some issues and unanswered questions at the end of the movie. The acting in this movie is superb; "Leonardo Dicaprio" and "Kate Winslet" are two incredible actors and are stunning in this movie. "James Horner" does a great job at capturing the romance between "Jack" and "Rose". He also does a perfect job at making suspenseful and thrilling music. "James Cameron" is definitely one of cinema's greatest movie directors, he shoots movies beautifully and "Titanic" is no exception. He doesn't shake the camera or use close ups, no he captures a scene perfectly. If you are a person who either enjoys "Cameron's" movies or are a fan of the "Unsinkable Ship" then I highly recommend do you watch "Titanic" as it is an amazing drama/romantic with amazing acting, superb music and a beautifully shot movie of 1997. Although the movie does have some issues, these issues being some unanswered questions and the last hour dragging on and on. I give 1997's "Titanic" a 9/10.
    Steve G Super Reviewer
  • Feb 15, 2014
    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.
    Bathsheba M Super Reviewer
  • Oct 22, 2012
    A great film and the capstone of Cameron's directoral career, although I like almost everything else he did better.
    Jason 123 D Super Reviewer
  • Sep 14, 2012
    One of Hollywood's great "dumb epics". It's absurd, melodramatic, filled with anachronisms and cartoonish characters . . . and yet, it's also highly re-watchable. I don't really know why, but I'm always completely invested in this goofy love story (especially when the boat starts to sink, which still has some of the most thrilling sequences in cinema history). You don't have to like the movie, but I sincerely doubt that people hate it as much as they say they do.
    Alec B Super Reviewer
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