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Is Spider-Man: Homecoming OK for a 9 Year Old?

Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) · the answer, age by age

Written by FilmScout, reviewed by Ben Fedyniak · Updated October 26, 2026

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45 MILD ScoutScore

For most 9 year olds, Spider-Man: Homecoming is an easy yes, since the movie keeps its hero exactly as young and overwhelmed as its audience. It scores 45 on the ScoutScore, in the Mild tier, from a ferry splitting in half, Peter trapped under rubble in the scene everyone remembers, and a villain who threatens Peter's loved ones directly. The bullying and name-calling at school are the most frequent flag, more common than anything violent. May finding out Peter's secret closes the movie on a lighter note.

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Age by age

Under 6 RISKY

Risky. The ferry splitting apart and Peter trapped under collapsed rubble are both intense stretches, even though Peter is never really in danger of losing. The in-school bullying may also need a word.

Ages 6 to 8 DEPENDS

Depends on how your kid handles seeing their hero scared and stuck. The rubble scene in particular shows Peter panicking before he gets free, which lands harder on sensitive kids than the ferry does.

Ages 9 to 11 LIKELY FINE

The target age. Peter's awkwardness and his fights with Tony and May read as relatable rather than heavy, and the villain's menace stays PG-13 without turning cruel.

Ages 12 and up LIKELY FINE

Little to manage, and the school-set half of the movie lands as comedy at this age even more than the action does, with nothing here that needs a second look.

By the year

The same verdicts, by the exact age you are asking about.

4 year old	RISKY	Risky.
5 year old	RISKY	Risky.
6 year old	DEPENDS	Depends on how your kid handles seeing their hero scared and stuck.
7 year old	DEPENDS	Depends on how your kid handles seeing their hero scared and stuck.
8 year old	DEPENDS	Depends on how your kid handles seeing their hero scared and stuck.
9 year old	LIKELY FINE	The target age.
10 year old	LIKELY FINE	The target age.
11 year old	LIKELY FINE	The target age.
12 year old	LIKELY FINE	Little to manage, and the school-set half of the movie lands as comedy at this age even more than the action does, with nothing here that needs a second look.
13 year old	LIKELY FINE	Little to manage, and the school-set half of the movie lands as comedy at this age even more than the action does, with nothing here that needs a second look.

Where the big moments land

The three scenes below are the movie's three biggest action beats, all in the back half, and the rubble scene is the one where Peter is visibly scared rather than just busy fighting.

1:14:20	Caution	Staten Island Ferry splits in half
1:41:45	Caution	Toomes buries Spider-Man under rubble
1:44:56	Caution	Plane heist and final Vulture battle

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The bottom line

Homecoming works because its hero is scared at exactly the right moments, under the rubble most of all, rather than treating every fight like a given win. Yes at 9, and the rubble scene is the one to watch your kid's face during.

Content map

How the scenes we flagged in this movie divide up by kind. These are shares of what was flagged, not a level, and not a promise about anything we did not flag: a movie with very little flagged content can still be 80% one kind.

Flagged for violence and action with scary and dark.

Scary and dark	34%
Violence and action	39%
Themes	21%
Sexual content	none flagged
Substances	none flagged
Language	6%
All flagged content	100%

Direction is the kind of content flagged. Reach is the ScoutScore, which is how much there is: green at the centre, yellow, orange, then red at the dotted line, which is 100. The scale has no ceiling, so a shape can cross it.

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