Passes the Bechdel test
25th Hour
2003. Directed by Spike Lee, written by David Benioff.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
13 women characters. 7 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 86. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 2 out of 3.
The film
The 25th Hour depicts the last day of freedom for a young man before he begins serving a seven-year jail term for drug dealing. Prowling through the city until dawn with his two close male friends and his girlfriend, he is forced to re-examine his life and how he got himself into his predicament, which leads to a shocking, disturbing finale.
- Released
- 10 Jan 2003
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.6 / 10
- Metascore
- 69 / 100
- Awards
- 4 wins & 17 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Monty 237 lines, man
- Jakob 119 lines, man
- Slattery 92 lines, man
- Mary 59 lines, woman
- Naturelle 59 lines, woman
- Kostya 54 lines, man
- Mr. Brogan 46 lines, man
- Mont Y 29 lines, man
- Uncle Blue 29 lines, man
- Agent Brzowski 17 lines, man
Full cast, 66 people
- Edward Norton as Monty Brogan
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Jacob Elinsky
- Barry Pepper as Frank Xavier Slaughtery
- Rosario Dawson as Naturelle Riviera
- Anna Paquin as Mary D'Annuzio
- Brian Cox as James Brogan
- Isiah Whitlock Jr. as Agent Flood
- Tony Siragusa as Kostya Novotny
- Levan Uchaneishvili as Uncle Nikolai
- Tony Devon as Agent Allen
- Misha Kuznetsov as Senka Valghobek
- Michael Genet as Agent Cunningham
- Patrice O'Neal as Khari
- Al Palagonia as Salvatore Dominick
- Aaron Stanford as Marcuse
- Marc H. Simon as Schultz
- Armando Riesco as Phelan
- Brad Williams as Trader #1
- Rodney "Bear" Jackson as Trader #2
- Keith Nobbs as Luke
- Felicia Finley as Jody
- Radu Spinghel as Zakharov
- Dania Ramirez as Daphne
- Oleg Prudius as Russian Hood #1
- Igor Zhivotovsky as Russian Hood #2
- Paul Diomede as Simon
- Cynthia Darlow as Ruth
- Michole Briana White as Coventry Administrator
- Vanessa Ferlito as Lindsay Jamison
- Coati Mundi as Louis Volandes
- Larissa Drekonja as Dasha
- Christine Pepe as Female Jogger
- Lawrence Bullock as Chelsea Man #1
- Patrick Illig as Chelsea Man #2
- Maja Niles as Woman on Park Avenue
- Daniel Reton as Wall Street Guy #1
- Ed Rubeo as Hasidic Jeweler
- Peter James Kelsch as Panhandler
- A.J. McCoy as Squeegee Man
- R.L. Brazil as Bouncer
- Howard Crowns as Tattoo Parlor Worker
- DJ Cipha Sounds as DJ Dusk
- Jamil Mullen as Lady with Baby
- Louis Modafferi as Brogan's Bar Patron
- Alan Taraseiwicz as Brogan's Bar Patron
- Nicholas Rossomodo as Brogan's Bar Patron
- Jeffrey Palazzo as Brogan's Bar Patron
- Douglas Miller as Brogan's Bar Patron
- Mike Fiore as Brogan's Bar Patron
- Andre Fletcher as Brogan's Bar Patron
- Carl Bini as Brogan's Bar Patron
- Joseph Mascall as Brogan's Bar Patron
- John Bergen as Brogan's Bar Patron
- Mark Alan as Bar Patron (uncredited)
- Keith Bright as Bar Patron / Truck Driver (uncredited)
- Gabe Castillo as Dancer (uncredited)
- Tonya Cornelisse as Prep Student (uncredited)
- Alexander Emmert as Russian Gangster (uncredited)
- Guy A. Fortt as Bouncer (uncredited)
- Jason Horton as Co-Worker (uncredited)
- King Orba as Bartender (uncredited)
- Greg Orvis as Stock Broker (uncredited)
- Jason Pierce as Head Stockbroker (uncredited)
- Rumaisa Rahman as Dancer (uncredited)
- Arloa Reston as Prep Student (uncredited)
- Stacy Lynn Spierer as Club Dancer (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 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 86
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 24 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 24 |
| 5 to 6 | 10 | 9 |
| 7 to 8 | 19 | 35 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 to 12 | 2 | 39 |
| 13 to 14 | 7 | 29 |
| 15 to 16 | 3 | 27 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 27 |
| 19 to 20 | 2 | 18 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 to 24 | 0 | 17 |
| 25 to 26 | 0 | 26 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 17 |
| 29 to 30 | 2 | 2 |
| 31 to 32 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 26 |
| 35 to 36 | 0 | 50 |
| 37 to 38 | 12 | 7 |
| 39 to 40 | 1 | 16 |
| 41 to 42 | 15 | 49 |
| 43 to 44 | 14 | 77 |
| 45 to 46 | 20 | 40 |
| 47 to 48 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 to 50 | 7 | 9 |
| 51 to 52 | 13 | 23 |
| 53 to 54 | 0 | 42 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 4 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 to 60 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 to 62 | 5 | 6 |
| 63 to 64 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 38 |
| 67 to 68 | 2 | 9 |
| 69 to 70 | 3 | 15 |
| 71 to 72 | 0 | 6 |
| 73 to 74 | 1 | 2 |
| 75 to 76 | 0 | 10 |
| 77 to 78 | 0 | 1 |
| 79 to 80 | 0 | 3 |
| 81 to 82 | 0 | 2 |
| 83 to 84 | 0 | 2 |
| 85 to 86 | 0 | 4 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scene
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
NATURELLE: This is my last one . LINDSAY: I've met you before, haven't I?
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 16 are women's.
139 lines from women, 738 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
13 women and 30 men in the cast. 7 women and 18 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 54 of 918.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 92 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 14% of the words (1,415), men 86% (8,954). Women have 16% 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
2
Two men
41
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 21% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Spike Lee (man)
- Written by
- David Benioff (man)
- From the novel by
- David Benioff (man)
- Produced by
- Spike Lee (man), Jon Kilik (man), Tobey Maguire (man), Julia Chasman (woman)
- Shot by
- Rodrigo Prieto (man)
- Edited by
- Barry Alexander Brown (man)
- Music by
- Terence Blanchard (man)
- Production design by
- James Chinlund (man)
- Costumes by
- Sandra Hernandez (woman)
- Cast by
- Aisha Coley (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
1 women, 20 men, 6 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 7 men, 6 not listed
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Art
2 women, 7 men, 4 not listed
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Production
2 women, 5 men, 4 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
6 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Other crew
0 women, 4 men, 2 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 22 on average. Men: 42 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Anna Paquin 20, Rosario Dawson 23
Men
Barry Pepper 32, Edward Norton 33, Philip Seymour Hoffman 35, Tony Siragusa 35, Levan Uchaneishvili 44, Isiah Whitlock Jr. 48, Tony Devon 51, Brian Cox 56
Exhibit H: the money
It made 4.8 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $5 million
- Box office
- $23.9 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 86 scenes and 918 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
