What age is Role Play appropriate for?

Rated R in the US. 17, alone or with a parent; 15 in France. The whole movie, watched in full: what's in it, and how to talk about it with your child.

Why is Role Play not recommended under 17?

What's in it: the official rating, first; a hitwoman, blood in close-up; a sexual role play and alcohol; about thirty swear words, children in danger. The detail, fact by fact, is in the zinema guide, which reads the work itself (images, sound, dialogue).

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Role Play: what age is it for? 17, alone or with a parent

From 17, alone or with a parent.

Movie · 2023 · 1 h 41 · action, comedy, romance

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

The official US rating is R, and we never go below it. Alone from 17, and not before, even with an adult.

The sweet spot: around 17, when you like action comedies, and can watch a mother kill without it becoming a model. Why a sweet spot?

Official US rating: R. In France, zinema would say 15.

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What it's about

Emma has a wonderful husband and two kids in the suburbs of New Jersey, she also has a secret life as an assassin for hire, a secret that her husband David discovers when the couple decide to spice up their marriage with a little role play.

Why 17

The official rating, firstRated R in the US (restricted, under 17 requires an accompanying parent). zinema never goes below the country's rating: it explains it.
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A hitwoman, blood in close-upExecutions recounted and shown, half a minute of gunfire, a bloody final fight in a house, a man killed with a knife; about thirty seconds of close-up wounds.
A sexual role play and alcoholThe film opens on a couple playing at seducing each other as strangers in a hotel bar; innuendo, a suggested bed scene; alcohol is everywhere in the dialogue.
About thirty swear words, children in dangerAbout thirty swear words in English, eleven in French; children threatened by their mother's enemies, a husband tied up and questioned.

What the movie brings

An action comedy about what we hide from those we love.
Kaley Cuoco as a mother who knows how to kill, Bill Nighy as a courteous villain.
A short entertainment, for those who liked Mr. & Mrs. Smith.

Watching it together

Before

Warn that the film starts as a couple's comedy and ends in blood.

After

at 17 and up

Emma lies to her husband to protect him: can you lie to someone for their own good?

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The latest guides

A zinema reading from September 20, 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