Titanic (TV Mini Series) Episode #1.1 (2012) User Reviews

Jenna-Louise Coleman steals the so far poor show

[851222 · 6/10 · 27 March 2012]

Greetings from Lithuania.

I love 1997 "Titanic", i thing it's an amazing movie. I'm a Titanic buff, i've read a lot of stuff about this ship, the tragedy and so on. I watched the first episode with an open mind. And i'm disappointed. It's clear that creators didn't have a lot of money of creating it, and you can feel that. Good actor Toby Jones had only a couple of minutes, and he clearly didn't new what to do in this show. BUT there is one surprisingly good performance in this show so far, and it's Jenna-Louise Coleman. She was totally unknown for me so far, but she did the best job in the first episode. Sadly, she only appeared for couple of minutes and but i will looking forward to see her in the next episodes. What a beautiful and talented actress!

Overall, the first episode wasn't anything special, but, it's quite nice stuff for what it is.

Solid opener

[Woodyanders · 8/10 · 14 January 2021]

Director Jon Jones offers a flavorsome evocation of the era, nicely captures the breathtaking opulence of the legendary ship, and conveys a strong sense of gut-wrenching urgency once the Titanic hits the iceberg. Writer Julian Fellowes presents an interesting and colorful array of characters from many different walks of life as well as a very clear and strictly drawn delineation with the caste system amongst the passengers on the ship (the haughtiness of the first-class passengers in particular is deliciously snarky and spot-on). Moreover, there's uniformly fine acting from a sturdy cast, with especially praiseworthy work from Toby Jones as obsequious lawyer John Batley, Maria Doyle Kennedy as his fed-up wife Muriel, James Wilby as a smarmy corner-cutting J. Bruce Ismay, Perdita Weeks as the brash Georgiana, David Eisner as a suave Benjamin Guggenheim, Sophie Winkleman as sweet and modest actress Dorothy Gibson, and Steven Waddington as a flawed, but noble Charles Lightoller.