Avatar (2009)

Avatar rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.9/10· 1.5M votes

Rotten Tomatoes81%

Metacritic83%

TMDb7.605/10· 34K votes

With 81% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.9/10 on IMDb and 83/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Avatar

In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.

Cast of Avatar

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  Sam Worthington

  as Jake Sully

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  Zoe Saldaña

  as Neytiri

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  Sigourney Weaver

  as Dr. Grace Augustine

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  Stephen Lang

  as Colonel Miles Quaritch

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  Michelle Rodriguez

  as Trudy Chacon

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  Giovanni Ribisi

  as Parker Selfridge

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  Joel David Moore

  as Norm Spellman

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  CCH Pounder

  as Mo'at

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  Wes Studi

  as Eytukan

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  Laz Alonso

  as Tsu'Tey

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  Dileep Rao

  as Dr. Max Patel

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  Matt Gerald

  as Corporal Lyle Wainfleet

Avatar facts

Budget

$237M

Box office

$2.9B

Collection

Avatar Collection

Our take on Avatar

James Cameron's action-adventure science-fiction takes place in the 22nd century, when a paraplegic Marine is sent to the moon Pandora on a singular mission and finds himself torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization. Cameron uses the premise to stage a sweeping tale of a human immersed in an unfamiliar world, weighing loyalty to his own side against a growing bond with the people and place he was sent to survey. The draw is scale and immersion: an invented ecosystem rendered as a full sensory world. It suits viewers who want big-canvas spectacle and a clear-cut story of conscience, and who enjoy world-building over narrative subtlety.