Avatar

Channel4 Film“The best visual use of performance capture and 3D technology in cinema...” In Avatar he both experiments with new tech to dazzling effect and creates a highly watchable, full-throttle piece of entertainment, and nothing can diminish that achievement...

Empire“Avatar is a hugely rewarding experience: rich, soulful and exciting...” If you can wrap a pair of 3D glasses round your peepers, this becomes a transcendent, full-on five-star experience that's the closest we'll ever come to setting foot on a strange new world...

Guardian“What an indie-freaky idea it is...” The effects of Avatar are certainly something to see, especially on an Imax screen the size of an upended football field. But it's difficult to tell if the game has really been changed or not...

Little White Lies“Weak narrative or not, Avatar is no disappointment...” It’s hard not to admire the work that has gone into this. Not only has the world, the Na’vi people and a new language been created, but the detail in each plant, animal and entire landscape is meticulous...

The Telegraph“Those in search of a cinematic thrill-ride will be in seventh heaven...” The film’s heart is firmly in the right place. The performances are committed. And, for heaven’s sake, just look at it. Every few seconds, something simply wonderful materialises on screen...

Total Film “An audacious, awe-inspiring work of modern art...” Cameron has taken the techniques of 3D film above and beyond the standard jabbing and jutting gimmickery. Every frame is dripping with sumptuous foreground detail - swirling ambient debris, needle-sharp textural subtleties...

Time Out film“A quantum leap forward in visual effects...” From the bluntly expositional nature of the early scenes to the gung-ho, sub-‘Aliens’ banter of Jake’s fellow soldiers, this is screenwriting on autopilot, cobbling together unripe ideas without a scrap of originality or emotional resonance...

Variety“The most expensive and technically ambitious film ever made...” James Cameron's long-gestating epic pitting Earthly despoilers against a forest-dwelling alien race delivers unique spectacle, breathtaking sights, narrative excitement and an overarching anti-imperialist, back-to-nature theme...

The Times“Cameron adds a thought-provoking political dimension to the story...” Movie events don’t get bigger than this. James Cameron’s long-awaited follow-up to Titanic, the most successful film to date, is immense in every way: from the ambition and scope of its vision, to the ground-breaking technological wizardry...

The Independent“One of the most anticipated films of recent years...” his decision to make Avatar in 3D was a risky one – and it's paid off in spades. As with most 3D films, less is more. Surprisingly, for a film this rich in action and this beautiful to watch, Cameron doesn't overegg the 3D-ness of it all...