Fails the Bechdel test

8-Bit Christmas

Name: 8-Bit Christmas
Released: 2021

2021. Directed by Michael Dowse, written by Kevin Jakubowski.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

1 / 3

Fails

Yes 1. At least two women
12 women characters. 6 of them speak.
No 2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other.
No 3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.

Second opinion

Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.

The film

Jake Doyle has come home for Christmas. He tells his daughter the story of how he got a Nintendo Entertainment System on Christmas Day in 1988 and his sister got a "real" Cabbage Patch doll. Telling him that video games are bad for kids will not stop young Jake and his friends. How far will they go?

Released: 24 Nov 2021
Genres: Comedy, Family
Rated: PG
IMDb: 6.7 / 10
Metascore: 66 / 100
Awards: 4 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Adult Jake 210 lines, man
Jake 196 lines, man
John Doyle 112 lines, man
Josh Farmer 58 lines, man
Patty Doyle 58 lines, man
Mikey Trotter 53 lines, man
Lizzy Doyle 52 lines, man
Evan Olsen 48 lines, man
Annie 45 lines, woman
Dan Delund 32 lines, man

Full cast, 48 people

Winslow Fegley as Jake Doyle
Neil Patrick Harris as Adult Jake Doyle / Narrator
Steve Zahn as John Doyle
June Diane Raphael as Kathy Doyle
Bellaluna Resnick as Lizzy Doyle
Sophia Reid-Gantzert as Annie Doyle
Che Tafari as Mikey Trotter
Santino Barnard as Evan Olsen
Max Malas as Jeff Farmer
Brielle Rankins as Tammy Hodges
Braelyn Rankins as Teddy Hodges
Cyrus Arnold as Josh Jagorski
Chandler Dean as Timmy Keane
Jacob Laval as Connor Stump
Katia Smith as Tiffany Keane
Tom Rooney as Dr. Timothy Keane Sr.
David Cross as Dealer
Kathryn Greenwood as Mrs. Hugo
Louise Nicol as Miss Sherman
Erica Levene as Mrs. Trotter
David MacInnis as Mr. Halberg
Monica Dottor as Mrs. Keane
Jordan Oladimeji as Boy #1 (Toy Aisle)
William Poulin as Grumpy Wreath Man
Sofie Michal Maiuri as Katie Sorrentino
Alex Spencer as Officer Masejewski
James McDougall as Santa Claus
Michael Dyson as Old Janitor
Dan Darin Zanco as School Bus Driver
Gordon Fulton as Old Man with Dentures
Jackson Reid as Kid #1 (Bus)
Maya Misaljevic as Kid #2 (Bus)
Danielle Bourgon as Reporter
Peter Gail Williams as Clerk (Cosmetics)
Kevin Dennis as Weatherman
Miles Kerim as Frankie Wattendorf
Luca Doulgeris as Charlie Doyle
Mike Wilmot as Coach Wallach
José Arias as Annoying Elf Caroler
Christy Bruce as Katie Doyle
Dwight Ireland as News Anchor
Amanda Smith as Old Woman in Blue
Agi Gallus as Timmy's Grandmother
Smillie Buckland as Old Man
Peter Deiwick as Dad #1 (PTA)
Lorna Wilson as Old Woman (Cosmetics)
Christopher Marren as Toy Aisle Robot (voice)
Brenda Somers as Old Woman

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 5% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 95

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 2	0	0
3 to 4	4	10
5 to 6	15	22
7 to 8	3	7
9 to 10	2	1
11 to 12	0	40
13 to 14	0	15
15 to 16	0	2
17 to 18	0	12
19 to 20	0	42
21 to 22	1	55
23 to 24	0	3
25 to 26	9	43
27 to 28	0	14
29 to 30	0	10
31 to 32	0	41
33 to 34	7	38
35 to 36	0	8
37 to 38	0	27
39 to 40	3	56
41 to 42	0	43
43 to 44	0	7
45 to 46	0	18
47 to 48	0	80
49 to 50	0	4
51 to 52	0	2
53 to 54	1	30
55 to 56	0	66
57 to 58	0	5
59 to 60	5	23
61 to 62	6	42
63 to 64	1	28
65 to 66	4	24
67 to 68	3	32
69 to 70	2	17
71 to 72	0	4
73 to 74	0	3
75 to 76	0	5
77 to 78	0	2
79 to 80	0	3
81 to 82	1	7
83 to 84	0	8
85 to 86	0	11
87 to 88	0	5
89 to 90	0	6
91 to 92	0	38
93 to 94	6	25
95 to 95	0	10

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, 7 are women's.

73 lines from women, 994 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit B: who's in it

12 women and 25 men in the cast. 6 women and 17 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 2 of 1,118. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 192 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 7% of the words (618), men 93% (8,814).

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

Two men

Exhibit E: behind the camera

1 of the 13 people in these jobs is a woman. Across the whole crew, 17% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Michael Dowse (man)
Written by: Kevin Jakubowski (man)
Produced by: Allan Mandelbaum (man), Tim White (man), Trevor White (man), Jonathan Sadowski (man), Nick Nantell (man)
Shot by: Samy Inayeh (man)
Edited by: Trevor Ambrose (man)
Music by: Joseph Trapanese (man)
Production design by: Andrew M. Stearn (man)
Costumes by: Avery Plewes (woman)
Cast by: Rich Delia (man)