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

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

"Forever is just the beginning."
ThumbScore
👍 79%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 36%
AdventureFantasyRomance

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Runtime
1h 57m
Rated
PG-13
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
6.2/10 (9,191 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
26%
Metacritic
45

Cast

Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan · 68% avg
Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen · 69% avg
Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black · 74% avg
Billy Burke as Charlie Swan · 72% avg
Peter Facinelli as Dr. Carlisle Cullen · 70% avg
Michael Sheen as Aro · 70% avg
Elizabeth Reaser as Esme Cullen · 71% avg
Kellan Lutz as Emmett Cullen · 67% avg

Is The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 good?

Most people think so. 79% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 36%, but audiences disagreed.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#580 / 1446 · Adventure
Rank in its year
#64 / 241 · 2011
Rank among its director's films
#2 / 8 · Bill Condon

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

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

About the Film

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 is a 2011 American romantic fantasy drama directed by Bill Condon, the first half of the final novel's adaptation. The film follows Bella and Edward's elaborate wedding, their honeymoon on a private Brazilian island, and the unexpected crisis that follows when Bella becomes pregnant with a half-vampire child that is growing at an alarming rate and literally consuming her from the inside. The pregnancy divides the Cullen family and the Quileute wolf pack, as Jacob breaks from his pack to protect Bella while the fetus threatens to kill her.

Breaking Dawn - Part 1 was the Twilight franchise's most tonally ambitious entry, with the pregnancy horror elements creating genuinely disturbing imagery as Bella's body deteriorated — bruised, skeletal, and sustained only by drinking blood. The film earned $712 million worldwide, validating the two-part split strategy. The wedding sequence, Bella's transformation into a vampire, and the imprinting reveal were designed as event moments for the franchise's devoted fanbase.

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