Jane Eyre (2011)

Jane Eyre parents guide

Nothing past what a PG-13 promises: no sex or nudity and no swearing.

Rated PG-13, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 7.

Scare

Not scary

Jump scares

None noted

Gore

No gore

Violence

Some violence

Some fighting or peril.

Sex and nudity

None noted

Language

None noted

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What is Jane Eyre about?

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

Cast and crew

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• “a movie that will make me cry”
• “a thriller with a twist, no spoilers”
• “funny but not stupid, under two hours”

Lists with the same feel: Melancholy and Date night.