Avatar [2009] 4.5/5

Avatar [2010]

Sci-fi epic set in the year 2154: Humanity has exhausted the Earth and are now mining planet Pandora, which has its own humanoid species, the peaceful Na'vi. A paraplegic war veteran (Sam Worthington) accepts as his mission to infiltrate the native population by assuming a genetically engineered Na'vi avatar, and soon finds his loyalty to his own species challenged. Also with Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi and Joel David Moore. Directed by James Cameron. [2:41 - PG-13]

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DUELING CRITICS

	"Avatar is entertainment of the highest order. It's the best movie of 2009...Avatar is the most engaging and enthralling motion picture I have experienced this year - and 'experience' is the appropriate word."
- James Berardinelli

	"The movie is hardly a historical event, or even a grand achievement. It is a very expensive-looking, very flashy entertainment, albeit one that groans under the weight of clumsy storytelling in the second half and features some of the most godawful dialogue this side of Attack of the Clones."
- Stephanie Zacharek

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