Dr. No poster

Dr. No (1962)

Film · 1h 50m · Rated PG

Action, Adventure, Thriller

A gritty agent races to Jamaica, battling a pulpy genius and his destructive plot against the space program.

Suspenseful. A party watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.

Streaming on Prime Video.

Dr. No parents guide

The thing to know: moderate sex and nudity, strong violence, and light gore, more than a PG usually carries. Beyond that, mild language and a few tense moments.

Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the PG suggests, because of the sex and nudity.

Scare
Mildly scary
A few tense or eerie moments.
Jump scares
None noted
Gore
Light gore
Some blood or injury, briefly.
Violence
Strong violence
Violence is frequent or intense.
Sex and nudity
Moderate
Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
Language
Mild
Mild words like damn, hell or crap.

How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.

Three questions

Is Dr. No scary?
Only a little. Dr. No has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
How gory is Dr. No?
Light gore and strong violence.
What is Dr. No rated, and is it OK for kids?
It is rated PG, but it runs warmer than that: strong violence, and moderate sex and nudity. Know your kid.

What is Dr. No about?

Agent 007 battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey Ryder, to confront a megalomaniacal villain in his massive island headquarters.

Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)

Yes. It lands on a happy note.

Cast and crew

Directed byTerence Young
StarringSean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman, Jack Lord, Anthony Dawson, Zena Marshall

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