What age is Spider-Man: Homecoming appropriate for?

Rated PG-13 in the US. 13, alone or with a parent; 10 in France. The whole movie, watched in full: what's in it, and how to talk about it with your child.

Why is Spider-Man: Homecoming not recommended under 13?

What's in it: the official rating, first; a man vaporised, a teenager under rubble; the Vulture; thirty-seven high-school swear words. The detail, fact by fact, is in the zinema guide, which reads the work itself (images, sound, dialogue).

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Spider-Man: Homecoming: what age is it for? 13, alone or with a parent

From 13, alone or with a parent.

Movie · 2017 · 2 h 13 · action, adventure, science fiction

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The trailer

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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, when you are about to start secondary school, and can watch a fifteen-year-old hero cry under rubble before getting up. Why a sweet spot?

Official US rating: PG-13. In France, zinema would say 10.

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What it's about

Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York City, with fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man as a new threat, the Vulture, emerges.

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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A man vaporised, a teenager under rubbleA henchman disintegrated by mistake by an alien weapon, one second; Peter buried under a collapsed building, in tears, calling for help before getting up alone: the scene that touches children. A ferry cut in two, a plane crashing on a beach.
The VultureA family man who sells weapons and threatens Peter, calmly, in a car before a dance; mechanical wings, four jump scares, two hundred and sixty screaming faces in school and fights.
Thirty-seven high-school swear wordsTeenage swearing, jokes about girls; nothing shown.

What the movie brings

A Spider-Man who is really fifteen, who fails and tries again.
The father of the girl you love is the villain: the car scene, a model of tension without a blow.
A hero who learns to get up alone, under rubble, without his suit.

Watching it together

Before

Nothing really hard; the rubble scene may bring tears, stay close. A nine-year-old will follow the rest with you.

After

at 13 and up

Tony Stark tells Peter that if he is nothing without the suit, he does not deserve it: what are you worth without your tools?

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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