What age is The Tuche Family (Les Tuche) appropriate for?

9 alone, 8 with a parent; 9 in France. The whole movie, watched in full: what's in it, and how to talk about it with your child.

Why is The Tuche Family (Les Tuche) not recommended under 9?

What's in it: our reading; wine and cigarettes everywhere; crude words, said often; loud, fast, and startling; adult jokes over their heads; shouting matches, not real danger. The detail, fact by fact, is in the zinema guide, which reads the work itself (images, sound, dialogue).

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The Tuche Family (Les Tuche): what age is it for? 9 alone, 8 with a parent

9 alone, 8 with a parent.

Movie · 2011 · 1 h 35 · comedy, family

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The trailer

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

Alone from 9; from 8, with an adult or by talking about it afterwards.

The sweet spot: around 10-12, when you start noticing what other families have and yours does not: the social gap becomes funny instead of invisible. Why a sweet spot?

In France, zinema would say 9.

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What it's about

Everyone in the village of Bouzolles knows the Tuche family, who live by the philosophy "Man is not made to work." Despite their lack of money, they strive to be happy... that is, until their hand-to-mouth existence is turned on its head. After winning the lottery, the Tuches get rich beyond their wildest dreams and move to Monaco. And while attempting to fit in in their swanky new homeland, they struggle to stay true to the same principles by which they've always lived.

Why 9

Our readingThere is a wine bottle on nearly every table and a cigarette in nearly every hand, and the film never says a word about it: it is this family's backdrop, not a pleasure being sold to you. Add three adult lines about desire in a couple, which sail over an eight year old's head and make a nine year old smile.
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Wine and cigarettes everywhereThere is a wine bottle on nearly every table and a cigarette in nearly every hand, and the film never comments on it. It is simply this family's everyday setting, not a pleasure being sold to you. Worth a word if your child is at the age of noticing.
Crude words, said oftenThe family swears the way some families do, casually and often: the French equivalents of damn, hell and worse turn up about a dozen times across the film, plus a few put-downs. It is played for laughs, never as cruelty.
Loud, fast, and startlingThe film cuts quickly and is rarely quiet: shouting, slamming doors, breaking glass, sudden bursts of sound after a beat of silence. Nothing frightening is happening, but a sound-sensitive younger child may jump.
Adult jokes over their headsThree or four lines about desire in a marriage, plus kisses and a couple of bedroom moments handled without anything shown. These sail past an eight year old and make a nine year old grin.
Shouting matches, not real dangerA few scuffles, raised voices and a handful of lines where someone talks about dying or threatens someone else. It all stays in the register of broad comedy, and the ending is a happy one.

What the movie brings

A warm portrait of a family that sticks together whatever happens.
A gentle nudge to think about what money does and does not change.
Humor built on affection rather than on humiliating anyone.

Watching it together

Before

You might say beforehand that grown-ups in this film smoke and drink all the time and the movie never says whether that's a good idea, so you two can decide together.

After

at 9 and up

The Tuches were happy before the money. What do you think they were most afraid of losing?

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