What age is The Pickup appropriate for?

Rated R in the US. 17, alone or with a parent; 12 in France. The whole movie, watched in full: what's in it, and how to talk about it with your child.

Why is The Pickup not recommended under 17?

What's in it: the official rating, first; two hundred swear words in English; a heist played for laughs, with real bullets; a hotel night, some beer. The detail, fact by fact, is in the zinema guide, which reads the work itself (images, sound, dialogue).

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The Pickup: what age is it for? 17, alone or with a parent

From 17, alone or with a parent.

Movie · 2025 · 1 h 34 · action, comedy, crime

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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 R, and we never go below it. Alone from 17, and not before, even with an adult.

The sweet spot: around 17, when you laugh at comedy duos, and no longer need to repeat swear words to find them funny. Why a sweet spot?

Official US rating: R. In France, zinema would say 12.

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What it's about

A routine cash pickup takes a wild turn when mismatched armored truck drivers Russell and Travis are ambushed by ruthless criminals led by savvy mastermind Zoe.

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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Two hundred swear words in EnglishThe dialogue is saturated with swearing, in English as in French, where more than eighty are counted; continuous insults and repeated sexual innuendo.
A heist played for laughs, with real bulletsAn ambush on an armoured truck, a minute of gunfire, a burning truck that loses its brakes, death threats; almost everything is filmed for laughs and nobody bleeds for long. A man who shot himself in the foot by accident.
A hotel night, some beerA weekend fling told with innuendo, beers and cigarettes; nothing shown.

What the movie brings

A classic comedy duo, the tired veteran and the chatty young one, who end up getting along.
A robber who steals from casinos: a discussion about who steals from whom.
Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson in an unpretentious action comedy.

Watching it together

Before

The language is the real limit: say that you hear it, and that the heist is a farce with real guns.

After

at 17 and up

Zoe says the casinos' money is already stolen: does that make her heist less serious?

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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