Avatar: The Way of Water

Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

Return to Pandora.

Release:2022
Runtime:3h 12m
Country:United States
Director:James Cameron
Language:English

Genre

ActionAdventureScience Fiction
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Keywords

Dying And DeathLoss Of Loved OneAlien Life FormResurrectionDysfunctional FamilySequelAlien PlanetDistant Future

Avatar: The Way of Water rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.5/10· 601K votes
Rotten Tomatoes76%
Metacritic67%
TMDb7.593/10· 14K votes

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

    Sam Worthington

    as Jake Sully

  • Zoe Saldaña

    Zoe Saldaña

    as Neytiri

  • Sigourney Weaver

    Sigourney Weaver

    as Kiri

  • Stephen Lang

    Stephen Lang

    as Colonel Miles Quaritch

  • Kate Winslet

    Kate Winslet

    as Ronal

  • Cliff Curtis

    Cliff Curtis

    as Tonowari

  • Joel David Moore

    Joel David Moore

    as Norm Spellman

  • CCH Pounder

    CCH Pounder

    as Mo'at

  • Edie Falco

    Edie Falco

    as General Frances Ardmore

  • Jemaine Clement

    Jemaine Clement

    as Dr. Ian Garvin

  • Giovanni Ribisi

    Giovanni Ribisi

    as Parker Selfridge

  • Britain Dalton

    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.

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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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