Roofman: parents' guide
Best for ages 15 and up. Rated R for language, nudity and brief sexuality.
A warm, offbeat true-crime comedy-drama that works for older teens watching with a parent. Channing Tatum plays a real Army veteran who robbed fast-food restaurants by cutting through their roofs, then escaped prison and secretly lived inside a toy store. Violence is limited to gunpoint robberies, a pistol-whipping and police takedowns. The bigger issues are language, with about 15 f-words and two uses of the n-word, and sexual content: a brief sex scene under the covers, a long look at a man's bare backside and a glimpse of a breast. That is why we suggest 15.
What's in it
Violence
ModerateJeffrey robs restaurants at gunpoint, herds employees into a freezer and pistol-whips a guard, who bleeds from the head. A man is punched unconscious, an office is set on fire, police tackle Jeffrey twice, and an ink bomb blows up in a manager's face.
Language
StrongPlugged In counted 15 f-words and 10 s-words, plus 'motherf---er,' two uses of the n-word and several misuses of God's and Jesus' names. Milder words like 'hell,' 'dumbass' and 'goddamn' fill in the rest.
Sex and nudity
ModerateJeffrey and Leigh have a brief, nongraphic sex scene under a sheet, with her in a bra. He runs naked from a bathroom, showing his backside at length, a nipple is briefly glimpsed, and there are a few sexual jokes.
Drinking, drugs and smoking
ModerateA couple of supporting characters smoke cigarettes (one reviewer thought some of it might be marijuana), and there is brief beer drinking. No one is shown drunk, and no drug use is clearly shown.
Scary or intense scenes
MildSome tension during robberies, escapes and arrests, and a five-year-old watches her father's violent arrest. The tone stays light and sympathetic, with little that would scare a teen.
Worth talking about
The film makes Jeffrey likable even while he lies to the people who love him. Can someone be charming and kind and still do real harm?
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Checked October 13th, 2026 against Common Sense Media, Plugged In, the MPA, movieguide.org, Wikipedia. The age is our judgment, not an official rating, and every family draws its lines differently: read the notes, not just the number. Spotted something we missed? Tell us. How we rate.