Adequate, but not as good as it was made out

Rating: Null/10 (31 August 1999)

Decent film overall. I was impressed with the special effects, but I felt that the acting left much to be desired. Kate Winslett gave a throroughly unconvincing performance, while DiCaprio did an adequate job of Jack. The fault lies, I think, mainly with the screenwriters, who wrote some of the most inane, trite and just generally bad dialogue I've ever had the misfortune to hear. Leonardo DiCaprio is an excellent actor (especially in quirkier roles), and Kate Winslett is an excellent actress, however this was not a vehicle for them to shine in. Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. could have done this movie, instead of tarnishing actors' reputations (I mean, Hewitt and Prinze... they can't get any worse).