What age is Tuner 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 Tuner not recommended under 17?

What's in it: the official rating, first; burglaries that go wrong; the language of crooks; the spiral. The detail, fact by fact, is in the zinema guide, which reads the work itself (images, sound, dialogue).

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

From 17, alone or with a parent.

Movie · 2026 · 1 h 49 · crime, drama, thriller

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The trailer

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

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

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What it's about

A gifted piano tuner's meticulous skills for tuning pianos lead him to discover an unexpected aptitude for cracking safes, turning his life upside down.

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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Burglaries that go wrongA young piano tuner with perfect pitch is recruited by criminals to open safes, and each job is more dangerous than the last: some sixty shots of guns, wounded, deaths spoken of several times.
The language of crooksA hundred and thirty swear words, constant insults and cigarettes in every gang scene.
The spiralThe hero chooses nothing and slowly loses control; the tension rises in jolts, and the film does not say whether he gets out until the end.

What the movie brings

A talent nobody can see, hearing, as superpower and as trap.
What a first yes to someone who means you harm ends up costing.
A heist thriller without blood on display, where fear comes from listening more than from guns.

Watching it together

Before

Warn that the language is very crude; the rating comes from the words more than the images.

After

at 17 and up

The hero says yes the first time out of curiosity: at what point could he still have said no?

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For the same age, on zinema

Drive – The Pretenders 17
Once Upon a Time 12, 11 with a parent
La Bataille de Gaulle : J’écris ton nom 13, 12 with a parent
Matchbox the Movie 13

The latest guides

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