Titanic poster

Titanic

1997USALanguage: EnglishDirected by James Cameron7.9

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.

Themes and style

Tone
melancholichauntingwarmbrutalbleak
Pacing
slow burnescalatingslow build to explosion
Story
survivalescapejourneyunraveling
Emotion
all-consuming lovegrieflongingsacrificeloss of innocencefeeling powerless
Themes
class and moneymen and women navigating expectationsfamily dutypovertyfamily wounds passed down
Feel
catharticcrowd pleaseremotionally wreckingrewatchablegut punch
Violence
moderate

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