standard hollywood tug-at-the-heart-string fare

Rating: 1/10 (17 August 2003)

Overwrought all the way through. Nicely shot, not too bad for acting, but predictable, over-the-top sentimentality kills what could still have been a great plot with suspense and surprise. Instead it's so predictable as to be boring. The effects are good at the end, but they're hardly worth sitting through the rest of it to get there. Borrow somebody's DVD and skip to the sinking, then find a good flick on the tube!