
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
Return to Pandora.
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Avatar: The Way of Water rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
With 76% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.5/10 on IMDb and 67/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.
About Avatar: The Way of Water
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.
Cast of Avatar: The Way of Water

Sam Worthington
as Jake Sully

Zoe Saldaña
as Neytiri

Sigourney Weaver
as Kiri

Stephen Lang
as Colonel Miles Quaritch

Kate Winslet
as Ronal

Cliff Curtis
as Tonowari

Joel David Moore
as Norm Spellman

CCH Pounder
as Mo'at

Edie Falco
as General Frances Ardmore

Jemaine Clement
as Dr. Ian Garvin

Giovanni Ribisi
as Parker Selfridge

Britain Dalton
as Lo'ak
Avatar: The Way of Water facts
- Budget
- $350M
- Box office
- $2.4B
- Collection
- Avatar Collection
Our take on Avatar: The Way of Water
James Cameron's 2022 sequel picks up more than a decade after the first film to follow the Sully family: Jake, Neytiri and their children. As trouble returns to hunt them, the story centers on how far parents and kids will go to keep one another safe, the battles they must fight to stay alive and the losses they endure along the way. Cameron pushes the scale toward the oceans of Pandora, foregrounding family bonds within his sweeping science-fiction spectacle. Emotionally direct and built for immersion, it suits viewers who want grand visual adventure anchored by a story about protection and belonging, and who enjoy long, world-filling epics.
Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources
Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Groundbreaking visual effects create immersive alien world exploration
- •Ambitious scope delivers epic adventure with strong family themes
- •Cameron demonstrates technical mastery of complex cinematic spectacle
What the audience disliked
- •Familiar narrative beats follow predictable blockbuster formula closely
- •Dialogue occasionally feels shallow despite visual grandeur
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