
Avatar: The Way of Water
2022 · Movie · PG-13 · 192 min · ★ 7.6 · 72% critics
More than a decade after the first film, the story follows a family trying to stay safe as danger closes in. As they endure battles for survival and mourn what they lose, they search for ways to protect each other, even when the world around them refuses to calm down.
Also known as Avatar 2 · Avatar 2: The Way of Water · Avatar : la voie de l'eau · Avatar 2 - The Way of Water
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Details
- Years
- 2022
- Release date
- 2022-12-14
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 192 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 72/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 (14,167 votes)
- Box office
- $2,176,229,105
- Budget
- $250,000,000
About
You’ll probably enjoy this if you loved Avatar’s big, immersive thrills and want more time with its breathtaking world and family stakes; Not for you if you only want an original, tightly written plot—similar disappointment appears in Jurassic World and Star Trek Into Darkness.
Pros: stunning underwater visuals; strong family tension; memorable emotional moments | Cons: basic/recycled story; long, slow pacing; divisive character focus
Themes
- dying and death
- loss of loved one
- alien life-form
- resurrection
- dysfunctional family
- sequel
- alien planet
- distant future
- transhumanism
- adopted child
- rebirth
- motion capture
- +10 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Visual Effects · 2023
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2023 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Sound · 2023 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Production Design · 2023 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Motion Picture – Drama · 2023 · nominated
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- Kids' Choice Award — Favorite Movie · 2023 · nominated
Cast & crew

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
Directed by James Cameron