Grudge Match (2013) Parents Guide: Is the movie OK for kids?

Bontent's parent guide suggests Grudge Match is best for ages 13+. It's rated PG-13. Grudge Match is a sports comedy starring Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone as aging rivals returning to the ring to settle a decades-old score. The film is rated PG-13 primarily for sustained sports-related…

Grudge Match is officially rated PG-13. Bontent's independent parent guide recommends it for ages 13+.

Grudge Match is a sports comedy starring Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone as aging rivals returning to the ring to settle a decades-old score. The film is rated PG-13 primarily for sustained sports-related violence, crude sexual humor, and pervasive profanity. Parents should be aware of a scene involving an…

The film features several crude jokes, references to sexual acts, and a scene where a man and woman are caught together in the back of a vehicle. Women are also shown wearing bikinis during boxing ring segments.

Moderate sports violence includes frequent boxing matches where characters are struck, bruised, and bloodied. A chaotic fight in a recording studio results in property damage, and there is a sudden, intense car accident involving a passenger.

Frequent use of coarse language, including multiple instances of 'shit,' 'goddamn,' and the frequent use of 'pussy.' The film also includes a singular use of the f-word.

Alcohol consumption occurs in social settings and at a bar where a child is left unattended. There is also occasional smoking by background characters.

The story centers on long-term rivalry, abandonment, and the emotional complexity of rekindling broken family relationships. Themes of regret, physical decline, and professional failure are central to the protagonists' arcs.

Grudge Match runs 113 minutes, directed by Peter Segal, released in 2013.

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