What age is Ferdinand appropriate for?

7 alone, 6 with a parent; 7 in France. The whole movie, watched in full: what's in it, and how to talk about it with your child.

Why is Ferdinand not recommended under 7?

What's in it: our reading; the slaughterhouse and the arena; a bullfight at the end; tears. The detail, fact by fact, is in the zinema guide, which reads the work itself (images, sound, dialogue).

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Ferdinand: what age is it for? 7 alone, 6 with a parent

7 alone, 6 with a parent.

Movie · 2017 · 1 h 47 · animation, family, adventure, comedy

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The trailer

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not yetwith an adult, or to talk about afteralone

The official US rating is PG; we never go below it, and here we go above: 7. Alone from 7; from 6, with an adult or by talking about it afterwards.

Official US rating: PG; zinema says 7. In France, zinema would say 7.

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What it's about

Ferdinand, a little bull, prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree just smelling the flowers versus jumping around, snorting, and butting heads with other bulls. As Ferdinand grows big and strong, his temperament remains mellow. But one day five men come to choose the "biggest, fastest, roughest bull" for the bullfights in Madrid, and Ferdinand is mistakenly chosen.

Why 7

Our readingThe slaughterhouse and the arena are told without being shown, and a father does not come back: seven, six with an adult.
reading
The slaughterhouse and the arenaBulls that will not fight are sent to the slaughterhouse, and the film shows it from a distance: a factory, hooks, a friend who disappears. Ferdinand's father went into the arena and never came back; children understand.
A bullfight at the endThe matador and his lances, the crowd, festive gunshots; Ferdinand is hurt without blood. Growling and taunts between bulls throughout.
TearsSeveral partings, a bull crying for his father, a dog losing his master: little ones need a hand.

What the movie brings

A bull who prefers flowers to fighting, and wins without fighting: gentleness as strength.
What is done to fighting animals, said clearly but without a hard image.
A goat coach and thieving hedgehogs, humour that keeps the little ones going.

Watching it together

Before

Warn that Ferdinand's dad does not come back, and simply say why; the slaughterhouse is shown from afar, one word is enough.

After

at 7 and up

Ferdinand refuses to fight even when everyone asks him to: is that courage?

See the facts

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A zinema reading from September 19, 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