What age is Moneyball appropriate for?

Rated PG-13 in the US. 13, alone or 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 Moneyball not recommended under 13?

What's in it: the official rating, first; some swearing, a tired father; a film of conversations. The detail, fact by fact, is in the zinema guide, which reads the work itself (images, sound, dialogue).

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Moneyball: what age is it for? 13, alone or with a parent

From 13, alone or with a parent.

Movie · 2011 · 2 h 13 · drama

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

Official US rating: PG-13. In France, zinema would say 9.

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What it's about

The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.

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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Some swearing, a tired fatherSome twenty swear words, a manager who snaps a bat in anger and throws chairs; a divorced father who rarely sees his daughter and hides his worries from her.
A film of conversationsDim offices, games on the radio, numbers on a whiteboard: nothing frightening, and plenty that bores before ten unless baseball is already a passion.

What the movie brings

Winning with less than the others by looking at what nobody looks at: a lesson that serves well beyond sport.
A man who failed as a player and refuses to fail as a manager.
A daughter singing her father a song he never forgets: tenderness among the numbers.

Watching it together

Before

Explain two rules of baseball beforehand, or the film stays a string of offices; the rest explains itself.

After

at 13 and up

Billy refuses to watch his own team's games: why, do you think?

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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