Passes the Bechdel test
21 Jump Street
2012. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, written by Michael Bacall and Jonah Hill and Patrick Hasburgh.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
14 women characters. 11 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 98. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 2 out of 3.
The film
In 2005, Schmidt and Jenko are high school students, one an honor roll geek, the other a cool, athletic underachiever. By 2012, they are rookie cops, paired together, on bike patrol yearning to make arrests. After a screw up, they're sent undercover back to high school to find the source of a dangerous synthetic drug. They mix up their names, and Schmidt gets the no-brainer classes where he auditions for Peter Pan and falls in love with Wendy; Jenko gets AP classes where he falls in with high-achieving dweebs. This second chance at high school gives Schmidt delusions of grandeur, which threaten the operation. Can they sort out their relationship as they stumble onto the bad guys?
- Released
- 16 Mar 2012
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 69 / 100
- Awards
- 11 wins & 21 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Schmidt 316 lines, man
- Jenko 280 lines, man
- Eric 61 lines, man
- Molly 55 lines, woman
- Captain Dickson 40 lines, man
- Zack 35 lines, man
- Mr. Walters 27 lines, man
- Domingo 20 lines, man
- Annie 16 lines, woman
- Ms. Griggs 14 lines, woman
Full cast, 59 people
- Jonah Hill as Schmidt
- Channing Tatum as Jenko
- Brie Larson as Molly Tracey
- Dave Franco as Eric Molson
- Rob Riggle as Mr. Walters
- DeRay Davis as Domingo
- Ice Cube as Captain Dickson
- Dax Flame as Zack
- Chris Parnell as Mr. Gordon
- Ellie Kemper as Ms. Griggs
- Jake Johnson as Principal Dadier
- Nick Offerman as Deputy Chief Hardy
- Holly Robinson Peete as Officer Judy Hoffs
- Johnny Pemberton as Delroy
- Stanley Wong as Roman
- Justin Hires as Juario
- Brett Lapeyrouse as Amir
- Lindsey Broad as Lisa
- Caroline Aaron as Annie Schmidt
- Joe Chrest as David Schmidt
- Geraldine Singer as Phyllis
- Dakota Johnson as Fugazy
- Rye Rye as Jr. Jr.
- Valerie Tian as Burns
- Jaren Mitchell as Sanders
- Johnny Simmons as Billiam Willingham
- Keith Kurtz as DJ Ay Papi
- Randal Reeder as Karl
- Peter Epstein as One-Percenter #1
- Anthony Molinari as One-Percenter #2
- Luis Da Silva, Jr. as One-Percenter #3 - Luis
- Dominic 'Taz' Alexander as One-Percenter #4 - Lukas
- Mike Seal as One-Percenter #5 - Ed
- Spencer Boldman as French Samuels
- Joe Nin Williams as Scott
- Chad Hessler as Crazy
- Kevin Michael Murphy as Crazy
- Victor Paguia as Crazy
- Chanel Celaya as Melodie
- Carol Sutton as Hamilton Principal
- Andrea Frankle as Cinnamon
- Tiffney Wagoner as Prostitute
- Andrea Madison as Prostitute
- Hristo Birbochukov as Accompanist
- Candi Brooks as VW Bug Driver
- Turner Crumbley as EMT
- Haley Farris as Eric's Friend
- Brittney Alger as Eric's Friend
- Joshua Nelms as Naked Drama Threesome
- Courtney Jarrell as Naked Drama Threesome
- Melissa Cordero as Naked Drama Threesome
- Beau DeLatte as Adorable Boy
- Charles Ferrara as Janitor
- Mark Adams as Police Chief
- Brian H. Rossitto as Instructor
- Peter DeLuise as Officer Doug Penhall (uncredited)
- Johnny Depp as Officer Tom Hanson (uncredited)
- D.J. Mills as Scared Kid in Park (uncredited)
- Tony Longo as Flashback Middle School Teacher (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 4% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 98
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 3 | 65 |
| 4 to 6 | 3 | 37 |
| 7 to 9 | 4 | 42 |
| 10 to 12 | 7 | 48 |
| 13 to 15 | 1 | 39 |
| 16 to 18 | 7 | 28 |
| 19 to 21 | 7 | 16 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 39 |
| 25 to 27 | 0 | 23 |
| 28 to 30 | 1 | 15 |
| 31 to 33 | 4 | 33 |
| 34 to 36 | 15 | 40 |
| 37 to 39 | 2 | 52 |
| 40 to 42 | 3 | 41 |
| 43 to 45 | 4 | 46 |
| 46 to 48 | 1 | 12 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 8 |
| 52 to 54 | 1 | 9 |
| 55 to 57 | 5 | 11 |
| 58 to 60 | 12 | 31 |
| 61 to 63 | 5 | 14 |
| 64 to 66 | 4 | 6 |
| 67 to 69 | 0 | 5 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 21 |
| 73 to 75 | 0 | 20 |
| 76 to 78 | 2 | 11 |
| 79 to 81 | 1 | 25 |
| 82 to 84 | 2 | 10 |
| 85 to 87 | 8 | 17 |
| 88 to 90 | 5 | 75 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 3 |
| 94 to 96 | 4 | 33 |
| 97 to 98 | 1 | 4 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
FUGAZY: Fugazy. Northside. 33 felony arrests. BURNS: Burns. Also Northside. 56 arrests. JR. JR: Junior Junior, Easthaven. 29 felony collars.
FUGAZY: o Yeah. Wayyyy fucking better. Just D brought down a group of wannabe thugs stripping down cars in the Garfield High metal shop. Gonna be a … JR. JR: We’re basically killing it. Meanwhile you two are standing around fingerblasting each other’s assholes.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 11 are women's.
112 lines from women, 879 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
14 women and 34 men in the cast. 11 women and 27 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 14 of 1,035.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 100 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 10% of the words (1,279), men 90% (11,173). Women have 11% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
Exhibit E: 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
3
Two men
93
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 29% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Phil Lord (man), Christopher Miller (man)
- Written by
- Michael Bacall (man)
- Story by
- Michael Bacall (man), Jonah Hill (man)
- Produced by
- Stephen J. Cannell (man), Neal H. Moritz (man)
- Shot by
- Barry Peterson (man)
- Edited by
- Joel Negron (man)
- Music by
- Mark Mothersbaugh (man)
- Production design by
- Peter Wenham (man)
- Cast by
- Nicole Abellera Hallman (woman), Jeanne McCarthy (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
10 women, 37 men, 6 not listed
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Production
12 women, 11 men, 14 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 14 men, 13 not listed
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Sound
4 women, 17 men, 4 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
8 women, 4 men, 8 not listed
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Art
2 women, 9 men, 5 not listed
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Visual Effects
2 women, 2 men, 9 not listed
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Directing
2 women, 6 men, 2 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 27 on average. Men: 33 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Brie Larson 22, Ellie Kemper 31
Men
Dax Flame 20, Dave Franco 26, Jonah Hill 28, DeRay Davis 30, Channing Tatum 31, Rob Riggle 41, Ice Cube 42, Chris Parnell 45
Exhibit H: the money
It made 4.8 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $42 million
- Box office
- $202 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 98 scenes and 1,035 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
