---
title: 'Avatar (2009)'
type: 'film'
director: 'James Cameron'
released: '2009-12-16'
runtime_minutes: 162
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/avatar-2009'
review_count: 1
fandom_rating: '7.50/10'
fandom_stars: '3.75/5'
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499549/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Avatar (2009)

2009 · PG-13 · 162 min · Action, Adventure, Science Fiction · United States

Part of: Avatar

## Synopsis

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. The expansion of the mining colony threatens the existence of a local tribe of Na'vi, a humanoid species indigenous to Pandora. The title of the film refers to an "avatar", which is a genetically engineered Na'vi body remotely operated from the brain of a human, and which is used to interact with the Na'vi.

## Credits

- **Director:** [James Cameron](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-cameron)
- **Screenplay:** [James Cameron](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-cameron)
- **Producer:** [James Cameron](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-cameron), [Jon Landau](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-landau)
- **Editor:** [James Cameron](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-cameron), [John Refoua](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-refoua), [Stephen E. Rivkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-e-rivkin)
- **Original Music Composer:** [James Horner](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-horner), [Simon Franglen](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-franglen)
- **Director of Photography:** [Mauro Fiore](https://cinepixo.com/people/mauro-fiore)

## Cast

- [Anthony Ingruber](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-ingruber)
- [Joel David Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-david-moore) as Norm Spellman
- [Peter Mensah](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-mensah) as Akwey
- [Matt Gerald](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-gerald) as Lyle Wainfleet
- [Sigourney Weaver](https://cinepixo.com/people/sigourney-weaver) as Grace Augustine
- [Zoe Saldaña](https://cinepixo.com/people/zoe-saldana) as Neytiri
- [Dileep Rao](https://cinepixo.com/people/dileep-rao) as Max Patel
- [Stephen Lang](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-lang) as Miles Quaritch
- [Ilram Choi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilram-choi) as Ka'ani
- [Sam Worthington](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-worthington) as Jake Sully
- [Scott Lawrence](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-lawrence) as Venture Star Crew Chief
- [Giovanni Ribisi](https://cinepixo.com/people/giovanni-ribisi) as Parker Selfridge
- [Wes Studi](https://cinepixo.com/people/wes-studi) as Eytukan
- [Michelle Rodriguez](https://cinepixo.com/people/michelle-rodriguez) as Trudy Chacón
- [Alicia Vela-Bailey](https://cinepixo.com/people/alicia-vela-bailey) as Ikeyni

## Criticism on CinePixo

Fandom rating: **7.50/10** (3.75 of 5) from 1 review — the plain average of every published rating.

- **7.5/10** — [The World as a Beautiful Arrangement](https://cinepixo.com/reviews/the-world-as-a-beautiful-arrangement) by Vera Lindqvist, 2026-07-29
  > James Cameron’s Avatar is most convincing when it lets Pandora occupy the frame before the machinery of plot and persuasion begins to close around it.

Official site: https://www.avatar.com/movies/avatar
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/avatar-2009
Film facts: Wikidata (Q24871); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.