Big & Empty

Rating: Null/10 (18 March 2001)

I have always been fascinated by the story of the Titanic, and I had high hopes for this film. Unfortunately, what I got was a cold, mindless Hollywood romance flick that merely used the Titanic as a springboard to emptier things.
I found it less than moving. The romantic storyline was nothing new at all, and the acting and dialogue was generally laughable. What did work? It has lots of pretty faces, elaborate set-design and special effects, plus looks and feels 'epic' (with no substance to back it up).
Just a big, empty romance-disaster movie here. If your interested in the story of the Titanic, read about it in books, there is little here we don't already know and the focus is mainly on the characters, who are no more than one-dimensional stereotypes.