What age is Captain America: Civil War appropriate for?

Rated PG-13 in the US. 13, alone or with a parent; 12 in France. The whole movie, watched in full: what's in it, and how to talk about it with your child.

Why is Captain America: Civil War not recommended under 13?

What's in it: the official rating, first; tony's parents murdered on a video; bombings and a gun under the chin; twenty-nine swear words. The detail, fact by fact, is in the zinema guide, which reads the work itself (images, sound, dialogue).

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Captain America: Civil War: what age is it for? 13, alone or with a parent

From 13, alone or with a parent.

Movie · 2016 · 2 h 28 · adventure, action, science fiction

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not yetwith an adult, or to talk about afteralonethe sweet spot

The official US rating is PG-13, and we never go below it. Alone from 13, and not before, even with an adult.

The sweet spot: around 13-14, when you know the heroes, can watch parents killed on a video, and accept that nobody is right. Why a sweet spot?

Official US rating: PG-13. In France, zinema would say 12.

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What it's about

Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarizes opinion amongst the Avengers, causing two factions to side with Iron Man or Captain America, which causes an epic battle between former allies.

Why 13

The official rating, firstRated PG-13 in the US (parents strongly cautioned, some material may be inappropriate for children under 13). zinema never goes below the country's rating: it explains it.
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Tony's parents murdered on a videoA 1991 video shows Bucky, conditioned, killing Tony's parents on a road, the mother strangled with bare hands; Tony, Steve and Bucky then fight to the death in a bunker, blood on their lips, an arm torn off. The hardest scene in the film.
Bombings and a gun under the chinAn explosion in Lagos that kills aid workers, a bomb in Vienna that kills a king in front of his son; Zemo puts a gun under his chin and is stopped. An airport battle played for laughs, a friend paralysed after a fall.
Twenty-nine swear wordsSuperhero swearing; nothing sexual, one kiss.

What the movie brings

Two friends who are each right: the film does not say who is wrong, and that is what makes it good.
The airport battle, the most joyful in all of Marvel, with a fifteen-year-old Spider-Man.
Bucky, a man who did evil without wanting to: guilt explained to a child.

Watching it together

Before

Warn about the parents' video and the bunker fight; the rest is a battle between friends an eleven-year-old will follow with you.

After

at 13 and up

Bucky killed Tony's parents without wanting to, under control: is he guilty?

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The latest guides

A zinema reading from September 21, 2026 · the whole movie, watched in full · the age by zinema's rules for the US and France, and a human reading · report an error · how this guide is made