All that fuss about this?

Rating: 5/10 (30 December 1998)

Sorry, but I just don't see what all the fuss is about here. Handsomely designed and appointed movie, terrific special effects and costumes, etc., but the leads are so bland and lackluster that I wasn't able to care whether they drowned or not. Winslet has exactly one facial expression, deCaprio is much too '90s to be convincing as a 1912 roustabout, and neither of them made me believe they were passionately in love, which makes most of their actions in the last hour look simply brainless if not suicidal. Most interesting relationship in the film is actually between Rose and the ship's designer...