Ghosts Of The Abyss: Critic Reviews

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  • Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)
    75
    Cameron, who produced and directed it, does a visually splendid job, though what he has fashioned comes down to a logistical footnote to his great, primal, heart-of- the-ocean blockbuster.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Dave Kehr New York Times (Top Critic)
    80
    Haunting and beautiful 3-D documentary.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Peter Bradshaw Guardian [UK] (Top Critic)
    80
    A great experience for Titanic buffs.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Stephen Hunter Washington Post (Top Critic)
    Besides the considerable technological magic of the film, it's blessedly done without a spirit of vanity.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Ty Burr Boston Globe (Top Critic)
    100
    It's a unique trip that flirts with hokeyness at the surface but that grows more compelling, awe-inspiring, and tragic the deeper you go.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Edward Crouse Village Voice (Top Critic)
    Aside from his CGI ghostcraft unwittingly co-opting Pat O'Neill's last feature, Cameron is entirely predictable in a marines T-shirt, exhorting, 'Next stop, Titanic -- rock 'n' roll!'
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News (Top Critic)
    75
    One of the rare Imax movies in which the 3-D effects are completely melded into the picture, rather than simply used as a gimmick.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Bruce Westbrook Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)
    75
    Ghosts doesn't need gimmicks to sell itself. Titanic's watery grave is awe-inspiring enough.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Philip Wuntch Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)
    75
    It explores the remains of the marathon ship with such intimacy that you expect all the characters in [Titanic's] ethereal final scene to suddenly appear and offer handshakes.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)
    75
    The result is often spellbinding, and to mention some of the sights we see is to praise the film's ambition.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Kevin M. Williams Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)
    50
    A trip to the bottom of the sea that has no real purpose save to flog the wreck of the Titanic, Cameron's cash cow.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Ted Shen Chicago Reader (Top Critic)
    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.
    Full Review » 2 years ago
  • Richard Nilsen Arizona Republic (Top Critic)
    60
    A pedestrian film by a hack director that is still worth seeing for the fascination of its subject matter.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Robert Koehler Variety (Top Critic)
    Though quite routine on the logistics of deep-sea exploring, pic develops a visual style as it replays the events of the sinking.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Lou Lumenick New York Post (Top Critic)
    88
    Not your usual snoozy IMAX documentary.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Daphne Gordon Toronto Star (Top Critic)
    60
    The footage from the dives shows perfectly preserved details from the inside of the ship.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Liam Lacey Globe and Mail (Top Critic)
    75
    Cameron proves himself modest here, finding an unexpectedly low-key approach to a monumental subject.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Charles Taylor Salon.com (Top Critic)
    We're watching a kid playing video games at a tomb.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Kirk Honeycutt Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)
    The footage of the old ship, whose ghostly grandeur is still apparent despite nearly 90 years of existence underwater, speaks volumes.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Peter Travers Rolling Stone (Top Critic)
    88
    Despite over-ripe narration and an understandable urge to cram too much in, Ghosts of the Abyss is a thrilling documentary.
    Full Review » 9 years ago
  • Alice Tynan Concrete Playground
    Go and marvel at this spectacular piece of visual history; it's 60 minutes very well spent.
    Full Review » 1 year ago
  • Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed
    38
    What's the point of this documentary?
    Full Review » 3 years ago
  • Urban Cinefile Critics Urban Cinefile
    This is a brilliant showcase for IMAX and Cameron who offer an entertaining and fascinating glimpse of history to us all.
    Full Review » 4 years ago
  • Olly Richards Empire Magazine
    40
    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.
    Full Review » 5 years ago
  • Time Out
    It may not have the organisation of 'art', but it's quite some postcard.
    Full Review » 6 years ago
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