It's in [the] moments where the ghost of a human touch lingers that the doc really comes alive.

| Nov 18, 2023

Cameron reconstructs life aboard in the shape of living tableaux of passengers and crew, seen in spectral mode, eating, drinking, dancing or promenading among the watery remnants of their vessel. It is done with finesse and, oddly, is deeply touching.

| Jan 10, 2018

If you see only one James Cameron-directed movie about theTitanic -and you should - see the one that doesn't star Kate and Leo.

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 28, 2012

A bit slow-going and strangely emotionless at times. But Bill Paxton's nervous expressions add humor, and the film's jaw-dropping glimpse at the Titanic are powerful, to say the least.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Sep 26, 2012

James Cameron's latest memorial to the spirit that exists mournfully and sadly in utter silence as the effects of time and salinity slowly and inexorably take their toll.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 15, 2012

I wouldn't call "Ghosts of the Abyss" a compelling documentary or even an artistic one. It's more like a visit to a museum-in this case, one that's 12,500 feet below the surface.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Sep 12, 2012

Go and marvel at this spectacular piece of visual history; it's 60 minutes very well spent.

| Feb 20, 2011

This hour-long feature, edited down from 900 hours of footage, is both a technical marvel and a heartfelt memorial to those who died when the ship sank in 1912.

| Dec 11, 2009

What's the point of this documentary?

| Apr 29, 2009

This is a brilliant showcase for IMAX and Cameron who offer an entertaining and fascinating glimpse of history to us all.

| Oct 18, 2008

Despite Paxton's whooping every time a new artefact comes on screen, it's hard to be constantly excited about watching a bunch of rusty, decayed junk -- historic and three-dimensional though it may be.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 30, 2006

It may not have the organisation of 'art', but it's quite some postcard.

| Jun 24, 2006

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

Cameron has gone from shaping the zeitgeist to spoonfeeding it

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Apr 22, 2004

The picture's beauty and Cameron's amazing photographic work provide much pleasure. It's just that...there is the feeling we've been there and seen it all before.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Apr 17, 2004

As seqncias rodadas nos destroos do Titanic so estupendas, mas o filme constantemente perde o foco e gasta muito tempo com a narrao pouco inspirada de Paxton.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 16, 2004

Cameron is forever associated with the fateful ship, and I think it's time he moved on.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 16, 2003

Not as record setting a motion picture as, say, "Titanic," but more haunting and ethereal.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 3, 2003

Granted, if I'd made a film that grossed more than $600 million in the U.S. and walked away with 11 Academy Awards, I'd probably be a bit slow on the upbeat myself.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 19, 2003

Ghosts Of the Abyss is an interesting experiment which fails to take full advantage of the real opportunity granted in its inception - to utilize emerging technology to explore terrain that has never been witnessed by humans. . .

| May 30, 2003