Avatar: The Way of Water

"A soggy, twee, trillion-dollar screensaver."

"A hugely entertaining follow-up..."

"On more than one occasion we’re told that “the way of water has no beginning and no end.” No kidding."

"I can’t say that I cared all that much about its story, its themes, or its characters, but its unimpeachable effects work made it feel like I’d locked eyes with the future."

"A meticulous world-building as astonishing and enveloping as anything we've ever seen on screen..."

"Cameron’s all-encompassing style has a way of making other blockbusters feel small, vague."

"More compelling as a visceral experience than an emotionally nuanced tale."

"The only part of me that was moved was my eyeballs."

"The Way of Water is the wave of the future, rolling in whether you like it or not."

"Magnificently out-there, endearingly sincere and unlike just about any other modern day blockbuster you’ll see."

"(Feels) like being waterboarded with turquoise cement."

"Cameron pulls you down so deep, and sets you so gently adrift, that at times you don’t feel like you’re watching a movie so much as floating in one."

"A sometimes surreal, always spectacular sensory hit..."

"Borderline corny but visually spectacular."

"Like the original, it’s Dances with Wolves in outer space. Only dumber."

"A staggering improvement over the original..."

"A feat of coldly-precise engineering, but not a good movie."

"Wildly entertaining..."

"A clear improvement on its predecessor..."

"It’s more of a technological win than... a cinematic or narrative one."

"A phantasmagorical, fully immersive waking dream of a movie in which something impossible is happening on-screen at almost every moment."

"The ingenious sequel we’ve been waiting for."

"If Cameron’s worldbuilding is exhausting, it also has an epic sincerity far from the lazy cash grab of most sequels."

"This sequel is tremendous fun, even bigger and better than the original, but by golly it will test your bladder."

"Emotionally-charged..."

"A stunning sequel..."

"A truly dazzling cinematic experience..."

"The Way of Water rekindles the wonder in a way that demands to be seen."

"Overstuffed and exciting..."

"An exhaustingly splendid return..."