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Avatar

2009 · Movie · 162 min

Scores

  • Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer81%as of 2026-01-11
  • Rotten Tomatoes average7.4/10as of 2022-04-18
  • Metacritic83/100as of 2026-01-09

What it is

Avatar is a 2009 epic science fiction film written and directed by James Cameron. It features an ensemble cast including Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, and Sigourney Weaver. It is the first installment in the Avatar film series. It is set in the mid-22nd century, when humans are colonizing Pandora, a lush habitable moon, in order to mine the valuable mineral unobtanium.

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Genres
Science fiction / Action / Adventure
Original language
English

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