Avatar: The Way of Water

critic Reviews

, 76% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • Narratively, it might be fairly standard stuff -- but visually speaking, Avatar: The Way of Water is a stunningly immersive experience.
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    Matthew LickonaSan Diego Reader
    It would be missing the point to call the proceedings indulgent to the point of self-infatuation: Cameron has built a new world from the remixed bits of this one, and he seems determined that we should not simply visit Pandora, we should live in it.
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    Dwight BrownDwightBrownInk.com
    It’s more than you can possibly imagine. A fantasy world so vivid and real it commands your full attention for 3h 12m. And when it’s done, you’ll still want to linger in this heightened state of make believe.
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    tt stern-enziWXIX-TV (Cincinnati, OH)
    We get a story this time... that part of it was great, but at 3 hours and 15 minutes, it's just too long.
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    Christy LemireFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
    If you go just for the escape and spectacle, you will be in awe.
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    Dylan RothObserver
    The film’s focus is split in so many directions that none of its characters feel whole, even after three full hours.
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    Peter RainerChristian Science Monitor
    [James Cameron] remains very much at the center of his obsession. He may not be a great artist, or a visionary, but in its look, and its feeling for family, this behemoth enterprise still has an ardent, cornball grandeur to it.
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    Christian EulinbergInSession Film
    The preservation of our woods is the central topic of the first Avatar film and the topic of Avatar: The Way Of Water is ocean preservation. To summarize, don’t doubt James Cameron.
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    Michael CookKARK-TV
    The special effects are breathtaking...Like all sequels, the original was a bit better.
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    Rick BentleyKGET-TV (Bakersfield, CA)
    Technology used to make the film is so compelling and masterful that everything else is an afterthought.
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    Ilan PreskovskyChannel24 (South Africa)
    Whatever may be wrong with it, Avatar: The Way of Water is pure, unabashed cinema, with some of the most glorious visuals ever put to screen and an endlessly absorbing soundtrack.
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