What age is The Intern 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 The Intern not recommended under 13?

What's in it: the official rating, first; a husband who cheats; innuendo and wine; a widower talking about his wife. The detail, fact by fact, is in the zinema guide, which reads the work itself (images, sound, dialogue).

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

From 13, alone or with a parent.

Movie · 2015 · 2 h 01 · comedy

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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

70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.

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 husband who cheatsThe hidden heart of the film is the affair of the boss's husband, discovered by the intern and then by her; it is handled discreetly, but a young child asks what is going on.
Innuendo and wineA few jokes about sex between colleagues, an enterprising masseuse, plenty of glasses of wine and one boozy evening. A kitchen knife, nothing else.
A widower talking about his wifeThe seventy-year-old intern has lost his wife and speaks of her gently; death is present, never shown.

What the movie brings

An old man who listens more than he talks, and becomes indispensable without ever asking to be.
A woman who runs a company and a family, and the film does not ask her to choose.
Respect between generations, shown in gestures: a handkerchief in the pocket, a pressed suit.

Watching it together

Before

Nothing to prepare; if your child asks what the husband is doing, just say he is lying, the film goes no further.

After

at 13 and up

Ben never tells Jules what he thinks: why does she listen to him anyway?

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