Passes the Bechdel test
42
2013. Directed by Brian Helgeland, written by Brian Helgeland.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
7 women characters. 8 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 124. -
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
In 1946, Jackie Robinson is a Black League baseball player who never takes racism lying down. Branch Rickey is a Major League team executive with a bold idea. To that end, Rickey recruits Robinson to break the unspoken color line as the first modern African American Major League player. As both anticipate, this proves a major challenge for Robinson and his family as they endure unrelenting racist hostility on and off the field, from player and fan alike. As Jackie struggles against his nature to endure such abuse without complaint, he finds allies and hope where he least expects it.
- Released
- 12 Apr 2013
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, Sport
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 7.5 / 10
- Metascore
- 62 / 100
- Awards
- 3 wins & 21 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Rickey 179 lines, man
- Jack 166 lines, man
- Rachel 88 lines, woman
- Smith 58 lines, man
- Durocher 29 lines, man
- Reese 24 lines, man
- Parrott 22 lines, man
- Walker 21 lines, man
- Branca 17 lines, man
- Chapman 17 lines, man
Full cast, 84 people
- Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson
- Harrison Ford as Branch Rickey
- Nicole Beharie as Rachel Robinson
- Christopher Meloni as Leo Durocher
- Ryan Merriman as Dixie Walker
- Lucas Black as Pee Wee Reese
- André Holland as Wendell Smith
- Alan Tudyk as Ben Chapman
- Hamish Linklater as Ralph Branca
- T. R. Knight as Harold Parrott
- John C. McGinley as Red Barber
- Toby Huss as Clyde Sukeforth
- Max Gail as Burt Shotton
- Brad Beyer as Kirby Higbe
- James Pickens Jr. as Mr. Brock
- Gino Anthony Pesi as Joe Garagiola
- Brett Cullen as Clay Hopper
- Jesse Luken as Eddie Stanky
- Jamey Holliday as Pete Reiser
- Derek Phillips as Bobby Bragan
- Jamie Ruehling as Spider Jorgensen
- Blake Sanders as Gene Hermanski
- Johnny Knight as Carl Furillo
- Clint O'Brien as Hugh Casey
- Dusan Brown as Ed Charles
- Cherise Boothe as Ed's Mother
- Friedel Pinkston as Birmingham Catcher
- Linc Hand as Fritz Ostermueller
- Thomas Helgeland as Everett McCooey
- Matt Clark as Luther
- Peter MacKenzie as Happy Chandler
- Joe Inscoe as Bob Cooke
- Monnae Michaell as Mallie
- Karole Foreman as Duff Harris
- C.J. Nitkowski as Dutch Leonard
- Scott Callaway as Andy Seminick
- James Rackley as Phillie One
- Aaron Farb as Phillie Two
- Anthony S. Goolsby as Monarch Batter
- Lou Criscuolo as Reporter One
- Ross Hughes as Reporter Two
- Joe Knezevich as Reporter Three
- Mark Harelik as Herb Pennock
- Kenny Cook as Fan One
- David Sweeney as Fan Two
- Rhoda Griffis as Miss Bishop
- Daniel Fenlon as Babe Hamburger
- Maury Covington as Policeman
- Henry Friedman as Freckles
- Holden Hansen as Freckle's Dad
- Dan Mengini as Spectator One
- Jon Kohler as Spectator Two
- Marc Gowan as Doctor
- Jackson Walker as Jimmy Powers
- Danny Vinson as Eddie Dyer
- Ari Blinder as Photographer
- William Flaman as Cracker
- Denise Moyé as Older Woman
- Peter Jurasik as Hotel Manager
- Michael H. Cole as Another Reporter
- Janet Metzger as Jane Ann
- Dax Griffin as Racist City Island Fan
- Jayson Warner Smith as White Gas Station Attendant
- Jeremy Ray Taylor as Boy
- Christopher Harvey as Bus Driver
- Kelley Jakle as Alice
- Jud Tylor as Laraine Day
- Tobias Michael Finn as Panamanian Kid
- Ercell A. Grimes Jr. as Shouting Fan
- Dwight Houser as City Island Umpire
- Barry Suttle as Roosevelt Home Umpire
- Andrew B. Roberts as Ball One Umpire
- Jimmie L. Coleman as Negro League Umpire
- Steve Hicks as Umpire One
- Wayne Hickey as Umpire Two
- Andrew C. Mullins as Umpire Three
- Dennis A. Spears as Umpire Four
- Gary Miller as Umpire Five
- Todd Wilson as Reporter Four
- David Thoms as Enos Slaughter
- Richard Tavernaro as Deland Umpire
- Hunter Clowdus as Dodger Bat Boy
- Colman Domingo as Lawson Bowman (uncredited)
- Benjamin C. Graham as Dodgers fan
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 9% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 124
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 24 |
| 7 to 9 | 1 | 23 |
| 10 to 12 | 12 | 43 |
| 13 to 15 | 7 | 4 |
| 16 to 18 | 3 | 7 |
| 19 to 21 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 to 24 | 5 | 18 |
| 25 to 27 | 3 | 10 |
| 28 to 30 | 3 | 36 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 18 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 12 |
| 37 to 39 | 5 | 31 |
| 40 to 42 | 2 | 23 |
| 43 to 45 | 9 | 7 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 10 |
| 49 to 51 | 5 | 22 |
| 52 to 54 | 0 | 32 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 24 |
| 58 to 60 | 0 | 36 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 9 |
| 64 to 66 | 3 | 0 |
| 67 to 69 | 2 | 11 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 14 |
| 73 to 75 | 0 | 23 |
| 76 to 78 | 6 | 2 |
| 79 to 81 | 5 | 43 |
| 82 to 84 | 6 | 18 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 9 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 13 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 9 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 18 |
| 97 to 99 | 19 | 22 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 34 |
| 103 to 105 | 0 | 17 |
| 106 to 108 | 0 | 30 |
| 109 to 111 | 0 | 32 |
| 112 to 114 | 9 | 17 |
| 115 to 117 | 0 | 8 |
| 118 to 120 | 0 | 6 |
| 121 to 123 | 1 | 4 |
| 124 to 124 | 2 | 1 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scene
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
MALLIE: Look after each other. RACHEL: We will. She reaches in her bag, brings out a cardboard SHOEBOX; it's ever so slightly greasy at the bottom. MALLIE: Take this. It's chicken.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 13 are women's.
110 lines from women, 735 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
7 women and 44 men in the cast. 8 women and 59 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 67 of 927.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 133 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 (1,404), men 90% (12,237). Women have 13% 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
1
Two men
73
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 10 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 22% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Brian Helgeland (man)
- Written by
- Brian Helgeland (man)
- Produced by
- Thomas Tull (man)
- Shot by
- Don Burgess (man)
- Edited by
- Peter McNulty (man), Kevin Stitt (man)
- Music by
- Mark Isham (man)
- Production design by
- Richard Hoover (man)
- Costumes by
- Caroline Harris (woman)
- Cast by
- Victoria Thomas (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
2 women, 10 men, 2 not listed
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Production
2 women, 5 men, 3 not listed
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Art
3 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 6 men
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Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 1 men, 2 not listed
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Other crew
0 women, 3 men
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Editing
0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 28 on average. Men: 41 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Nicole Beharie 28
Men
Ryan Merriman 30, Lucas Black 30, André Holland 33, Chadwick Boseman 36, Hamish Linklater 36, T. R. Knight 40, Alan Tudyk 42, Christopher Meloni 52, Harrison Ford 70
Exhibit H: the money
It made 2.4 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $40 million
- Box office
- $95 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 124 scenes and 927 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
