In 1912, aboard the RMS Titanic, the wealthy Winfield family heads to the United States; 20-year-old Edwina enjoys her engagement to Charles Fitzgerald and she is surrounded by her parents Kate and Bert, her brothers George and Teddy, and younger sister Alexis, who is celebrating her sixth birthday.

She is advised to send the children away to their aunt, but she is determined to raise them alone, not wanting to neglect the family newspaper company.

George is planning on dropping out of high school to become a theater director and Alexis runs away from home for a night when she learns that her mother had a chance to go on a lifeboat, but chose to stay with her husband.

Edwina refuses a proposal from a man named Ben Jones, explaining she still isn't over the death of her fiancée.

Filming took place in Montreal and Los Angeles,[1] and had been scheduled to wrap up in early January 1995[5] but was still reported as ongoing later that month.

[3] Variety's Todd Everett found the acting to be "adequate" and felt that Heffron, Mignot and production designer Normand Sarrazin incorporated the filming locations well.

And while he commented that Culver's script was sometimes witty, he also noted that it was historically incongruous with respect to interpersonal interactions and character motivation.

[1] John Martin of The New York Times, gave a biting review, beginning with saying "No Duller Movie" would be a more fitting title.

Martin commented that while the scenes involving the Titanic were better than expected, the film became overly dramatic and ended abruptly.

Nicewonger commented that the film fell short of the tone of sacrifice it meant to strike as Edwina made it clear that she required substantial wealth to consider a suitor.

[11] Mike Hughes' column, as printed in the Lansing State Journal, began by calling the movie "awful" and proceeded to lambast the film and the script, as well as Rutherford's acting.