The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 poster

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)

Film · 1h 57m · Rated PG-13

Adventure, Fantasy, Romance

A newlywed's romantic bliss turns to melancholy as betrayals and tragedies threaten her epic new life.

Suspenseful. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.

Streaming on Netflix.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 parents guide

The thing to know: moderate sex and nudity, more than a PG-13 usually carries. Beyond that, mild language and some violence.

Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the PG-13 suggests, because of the sex and nudity.

Scare
Not scary
Jump scares
A couple
One or two sudden jolts.
Gore
Light gore
Some blood or injury, briefly.
Violence
Some violence
Some fighting or peril.
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

How gory is The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1?
Light gore and some violence.
What is The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 rated, and is it OK for kids?
For teens, mostly: it is rated PG-13, with moderate sex and nudity.

What is The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 about?

Bella Swan and Edward Cullen's honeymoon phase is abruptly disrupted by betrayals and unforeseen tragedies that endanger their world.

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

It leaves the ending open to interpretation.

Cast and crew

Directed byBill Condon
StarringKristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Michael Sheen

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