Passes the Bechdel test

A Good Person

Name: A Good Person
Released: 2023

2023. Directed by Zach Braff, written by Zach Braff.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
13 women characters. 11 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 14 scenes out of 93.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

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The film

Allison is a promising young woman with a thriving career, a loving fiancé, and a close-knit circle of family and friends. But her life takes a sudden turn for the worse when she experiences a harrowing tragedy that leaves her battling an addiction to opiates and grappling with unresolved sorrow. Despite the challenges that lie ahead, she finds solace and strength in an unexpected relationship with her would-be father-in-law, who becomes her unlikely ally in the journey towards healing and recovery.

Released: 24 Mar 2023
Genres: Drama
Rated: R
IMDb: 7.1 / 10
Metascore: 50 / 100
Awards: 2 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Allison 295 lines, woman
Daniel 196 lines, man
Ryan 115 lines, man
Diane 74 lines, woman
Nathan 70 lines, man
Mark 29 lines, man
Simone 21 lines, woman
Diego 17 lines, man
Quinn 16 lines, man
Becka 13 lines, woman

Full cast, 34 people

Florence Pugh as Allison
Morgan Freeman as Daniel
Molly Shannon as Diane
Celeste O'Connor as Ryan
Chinaza Uche as Nathan
Zoe Lister-Jones as Simone
Nichelle Hines as Molly
Toby Onwumere as Jesse
Ignacio Diaz-Silverio as Quinn
Oli Green as Thomas
Alex Wolff as Mark
Brian Rojas as Diego
Ryann Redmond as Becka
Sydney Morton as Joelle
Mike Menendez as Statetrooper
Chip Hamilton as Chip
Drew Gehling as Max
Dudney Joseph Jr. as Bouncer
Mark Thudium as Waiter
Victor Cruz as Alberto Reyes
Jessie Mueller as Sandra Keen
Emilia Suárez as Gabriella
Anthony Cedeño as Jarvis
Shirley Rumierk as Dr. Gonzalez
Soojeong Son as Pharmacist Carla
Julia Greer as ICU Nurse
Cary Brothers as Cary Brothers
Charlene Kaye as Bassist
Alex Mandell as Mauro
Preston Truman Boyd as Trevor Thudium
Jackie Hoffman as Belinda
Alexander Nicastro as Referee
Jessica Rose Weiss as Keyboardist
Tanner Vernotzy as Elvis

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 3% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 93

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Show the numbers

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

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.

MOLLY: Well, you better go, girl! ALLISON: Always be closing. MOLLY: Absolutely. Welcome to the family.

ICU NURSE: I'm sorry to interrupt, but the police are here to collect a blood sample. DIANE: Now is not a good time, she's in a lot of pain.

ALLISON: Fatalities? DIANE: She hasn't been told! You fucking asshole. She didn't know. ALLISON: Mom? What's going on?

DIANE: Allie! What the hell is all of this? You have got to stop buying all this crap. You promised me you were gonna... ALLISON: Well one of them is a do-it- yourself acrylic nail set that I'm sure you're gonna appreciate more than me. And the other ones are ankl e wei… DIANE: Oh my God. Allison! What the hell did you do to your hair? ALLISON: It's makeover Monday.

DIANE: You get right ba ck here, you little brat. What the hell do you think you're doing?! Get out of here! ALLISON: Get off me! DIANE: Look at yourself! What the hell is the matter with you?! ALLISON: You are hurting me!

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 48 are women's.

437 lines from women, 470 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

13 women and 12 men in the cast. 11 women and 9 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 4 of 937. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 40 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 48% of the words (4,651), men 52% (5,100).

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

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

5 of the 14 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 33% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Zach Braff (man)
Written by: Zach Braff (man)
Produced by: Pamela Koffler (woman), Noah Segal (man), Christine Vachon (woman), Christina Piovesan (woman), Zach Braff (man), Florence Pugh (woman)
Shot by: Mauro Fiore (man)
Edited by: Dan Schalk (man)
Music by: Bryce Dessner (man)
Production design by: Merissa Lombardo (woman)
Costumes by: Tere Duncan (gender not listed)
Cast by: Douglas Aibel (man)