Titanic (1997) Critic Reviews

Metascore®:

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Based upon 13 Critic Reviews
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USA Today | Mike ClarkAdd Critic to Favorites

His (Cameron) movie may not be perfect, but visually and viscerally, it pretty well is.Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

It is flawlessly crafted, intelligently constructed, strongly acted and spellbinding.Read the full review

The New York Times | Elvis MitchellAdd Critic to Favorites

A huge, thrilling three-and-a-quarter-hour experience that unerringly lures viewers into the beauty and heartbreak of its lost world.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

Titanic floods you with elemental passion in a way that invites comparison with the original movie spectacles of D.W. Griffith.Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

You don't just watch Titanic, you experience it.Read the full review

Variety | Todd McCarthyAdd Critic to Favorites

A spectacular demonstration of what modern technology can contribute to dramatic storytelling.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Maria SchneiderAdd Critic to Favorites

That the familiar story of the Titanic disaster is told with suspense is not as surprising as Cameron's clear-headed balance of truth and fiction, spectacle and tragedy.Read the full review

Boston Globe | Jay CarrAdd Critic to Favorites

Titanic is a big-budget spectacle and director Cameron brings it off with high-tech bravura, placing us aboard the ship in real time.Read the full review

Washington Post | Stephen HunterAdd Critic to Favorites

Cameron captures the majesty, the tragedy, the fury and the futility of the event in a way that supersedes his trivial attempts to melodramatize it.Read the full review

Washington Post | Desson ThomsonAdd Critic to Favorites

This movie should have blown us out of the water. Instead we catch ourselves occasionally thinking the unpardonable thought: "OK, sink already."Read the full review

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