Fails the Bechdel test
15 Minutes
2001. Directed by John Herzfeld, written by John Herzfeld.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
2 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
28 women characters. 8 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
Women do talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
When European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts filming their activities, both legal and illegal. When they learn how the American media circus can make a remorseless killer look like the victim and make them rich, they target media-savvy NYPD Homicide Detective Eddie Flemming and media-naive FDNY Fire Marshal Jordy Warsaw, the cops investigating their murder and torching of their former criminal partner, filming everything to sell to the local tabloid TV show "Top Story."
- Released
- 09 Mar 2001
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.1 / 10
- Metascore
- 34 / 100
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Jordy 188 lines, man
- Eddie 165 lines, man
- Emil 147 lines, man
- Nicolette 62 lines, woman
- Oleg 58 lines, man
- Daphne 44 lines, woman
- Hawkins 42 lines, man
- Leon 38 lines, man
- Cutler 36 lines, man
- Korfin 34 lines, man
Full cast, 84 people
- Robert De Niro as Eddie Flemming
- Edward Burns as Jordy Warsaw
- Kelsey Grammer as Robert Hawkins
- Avery Brooks as Leon Jackson
- Melina Kanakaredes as Nicolette Karas
- Karel Roden as Emil Slovak
- Oleg Taktarov as Oleg Razgul
- Vera Farmiga as Daphne Handlova
- John DiResta as Bobby Korfin
- James Handy as Captain Duffy
- Darius McCrary as Tommy Cullen
- Bruce Cutler as Bruce Cutler
- Charlize Theron as Rose Hearn
- Kim Cattrall as Cassandra
- David Alan Grier as Mugger
- Vladimir Mashkov as Milos
- Arina Gasanova as Tamina
- Noelle Evans as Honey
- Mindy Marin as Maggie
- Christine Claibourne as Maggie's Assistant
- Paul Herman as Paulie
- Gabriel Casseus as Unique
- Joe Lisi as Police Captain
- Stephen Davis as Murphy
- William Stanton as Garcia
- Louis F. Garcia as Fire Chief
- Mike Camello as Fireman Camello
- Tygh Runyan as Stephen Geller
- Barry Blueian as Immigration Supervisor
- Ritchie Coster as News Stand Vendor
- Roseanne Barr as Roseanne
- Ashton Dane as Talk Show Father
- Gail Greaves as Talk Show Wife
- Bobby Field as Talk Show Son
- Anton Yelchin as Boy in Burning Building
- Lynette Ruiz as Sketch Artist
- Kurt Andon as Pizza Man
- Rikki Klieman as Daphne's Lawyer
- Sebastian Roché as Ludwig
- Kata Dobó as Redhead at Ludwigs
- Elma Vann as Linda
- Olga Morgunova as Escort Service Woman
- Dorit Sauer as Escort Service Woman
- Haik Garibyan as Emigrant
- Marco Khan as Emigrant
- Toni Kalem as Woman at Planet Hollywood
- Jorge H. Guzman as Bouncer
- Lennox Brown as Lookout Guy
- George Poulos as Greek Waiter
- Peter Arnett as Peter Arnett
- Sylvia Lopez as Newscaster
- Jane Velez-Mitchell as Newscaster
- Bryan Foster as Hawkins' Cameraman
- Alan Cohen as Hawkins' Sound Man
- Spero Stamboulis as Nicolette's Cameraman
- Joseph Alfieri as Reporter
- Barry Primus as Cab Driver
- Julieta Espinoza as Unique's Girlfriend
- Brantley Bush as Fireman
- Macy Merced as Paramedic
- Tracey Mulqueen as Paramedic
- Scott Dillin as Battery Park Policeman
- Dominic Maglione as Police Officer
- Ron Wall as Police Officer
- Michael Arthur as NYPD #2 (uncredited)
- William H. Burns as Uniformed Cop (uncredited)
- Jamie Burton-Oare as Reporter (uncredited)
- Giovanni Capitello as Police Officer (uncredited)
- Rose Colasanti as Woman in Bar (uncredited)
- Ben Fiore as Police Officer (uncredited)
- Celeste Gregoire as Girl in Restaurant (uncredited)
- Zuhair Haddad as Airport Passenger (uncredited)
- Philippe Hartmann as NY Daily News Reporter (uncredited)
- Everton Lawrence as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
- Riley G. Matthews, Jr. as NYPD Police Officer (uncredited)
- Dwayne Adway as Additional voices (voice) (uncredited)
- Phillip V. Caruso as Arguing Husband (uncredited)
- Mark Cheek as Cameraman (uncredited)
- Spencer Kayden as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- George F. Miller as TV News Reporter (uncredited)
- Floyd Resnick as NYPD Officer at Ludwig's (uncredited)
- Eric Rosenberg as Pedestrian in Times Sq. (uncredited)
- Erica Taylor as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- Ellen Whyte as Woman #2 at Planet Hollywood (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 6% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 72
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 45 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 30 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 to 12 | 0 | 26 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 21 |
| 15 to 16 | 5 | 42 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 5 |
| 19 to 20 | 1 | 18 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 29 |
| 23 to 24 | 9 | 40 |
| 25 to 26 | 1 | 45 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 32 |
| 29 to 30 | 4 | 11 |
| 31 to 32 | 12 | 9 |
| 33 to 34 | 2 | 21 |
| 35 to 36 | 9 | 21 |
| 37 to 38 | 8 | 36 |
| 39 to 40 | 36 | 31 |
| 41 to 42 | 11 | 14 |
| 43 to 44 | 0 | 35 |
| 45 to 46 | 1 | 39 |
| 47 to 48 | 9 | 33 |
| 49 to 50 | 6 | 7 |
| 51 to 52 | 9 | 21 |
| 53 to 54 | 4 | 18 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 30 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 19 |
| 59 to 60 | 0 | 20 |
| 61 to 62 | 0 | 7 |
| 63 to 64 | 0 | 5 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 40 |
| 67 to 68 | 3 | 14 |
| 69 to 70 | 3 | 3 |
| 71 to 72 | 8 | 36 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 15 are women's.
141 lines from women, 821 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
28 women and 51 men in the cast. 8 women and 24 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 202 of 1,019.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 201 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 16% of the words (1,641), men 84% (8,773). Women have 15% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.
Exhibit D: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
1
Two men
66
Exhibit E: behind the camera
3 of the 14 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 20% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- John Herzfeld (man)
- Written by
- John Herzfeld (man)
- Produced by
- John Herzfeld (man), Nick Wechsler (man), Keith Addis (man), David Blocker (man)
- Shot by
- Jean-Yves Escoffier (man)
- Edited by
- Steven Cohen (man)
- Music by
- J. Peter Robinson (man), Anthony Marinelli (man)
- Production design by
- Mayne Berke (man)
- Costumes by
- April Ferry (woman)
- Cast by
- Mindy Marin (woman), Gail Stevens (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
28 women, 134 men, 5 not listed
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Art
2 women, 26 men, 3 not listed
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Lighting
3 women, 23 men, 1 not listed
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Production
11 women, 13 men, 2 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 22 men, 1 not listed
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Sound
4 women, 19 men
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Costume & Make-Up
10 women, 5 men
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Editing
0 women, 5 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 30 on average. Men: 45 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Vera Farmiga 27, Melina Kanakaredes 33
Men
Edward Burns 33, Oleg Taktarov 33, Karel Roden 38, Kelsey Grammer 46, Avery Brooks 52, James Handy 55, Robert De Niro 57
Exhibit G: the money
It made 94% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $60 million
- Box office
- $56.4 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 72 scenes and 1,019 lines of dialogue. How the test works
