Fails the Bechdel test
Aladdin
1992. Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, written by Ron Clements and John Musker and Ted Elliott.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
0 / 3
Fails
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No
1. At least two women
Fewer than two women characters. -
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
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 0 out of 3.
The film
Aladdin is a poor street urchin who spends his time stealing food from the marketplace in the city of Agrabah. His adventures begin when he meets a young girl who happens to be Princess Jasmine, whose wacky, estranged father is forcing her to get married. Aladdin's luck suddenly changes when he retrieves a magical lamp from the Cave of Wonders. What he unwittingly gets is a fun-loving genie who only wishes to have his freedom. Little do they know that the Sultan's sinister advisor Jafar has his own plans for both Aladdin and the lamp.
- Released
- 25 Nov 1992
- Genres
- Animation, Adventure, Comedy
- Rated
- G
- IMDb
- 8 / 10
- Metascore
- 86 / 100
- Awards
- Won 2 Oscars. 36 wins & 22 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Aladdin 60 lines, man
- Jafar 30 lines, man
- Jasmine 21 lines, woman
- Genie 20 lines, man
- Iago 16 lines, man
- Sultan 16 lines, man
- Abu 12 lines, man
- Guard 5 lines, man
- Prince 4 lines, man
- Cave 3 lines, man
Full cast, 24 people
- Scott Weinger as Aladdin (voice)
- Robin Williams as Genie / Peddler (voice)
- Linda Larkin as Jasmine (voice)
- Jonathan Freeman as Jafar (voice)
- Gilbert Gottfried as Iago (voice)
- Douglas Seale as Sultan (voice)
- Frank Welker as Abu / Cave of Wonders / Rajah (voice)
- Brad Caleb Kane as Aladdin (singing voice)
- Lea Salonga as Jasmine (singing voice)
- Bruce Adler as Peddler (singing voice)
- Charlie Adler as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jack Angel as Additional Voices (voice)
- Corey Burton as Additional Voices (voice)
- Philip L. Clarke as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jim Cummings as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jennifer Darling as Additional Voices (voice)
- Debi Derryberry as Additional Voices (voice)
- Bruce Gooch as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jerry Houser as Additional Voices (voice)
- Vera Lockwood as Additional Voices (voice)
- Sherry Lynn as Additional Voices (voice)
- Mickie McGowan as Additional Voices (voice)
- Patrick Pinney as Additional Voices (voice)
- Phil Proctor as Additional Voices (voice)
Who talks, scene by scene
We couldn't read who says what in this film's script, so there's no dialogue chart for it yet.
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, 13 are women's.
25 lines from women, 175 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
7 women and 17 men in the cast. 1 women and 9 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 18 of 214.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 45 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 13% of the words (940), men 87% (6,160).
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
0
Two men
21
Exhibit E: behind the camera
2 of the 28 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 16% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Ron Clements (man), John Musker (man)
- Written by
- Ron Clements (man), Ted Elliott (man), Terry Rossio (man), John Musker (man)
- Story by
- Burny Mattinson (man), Roger Allers (man), Daan Jippes (man), Kevin Harkey (man), Sue C. Nichols (woman), Francis Glebas (man) and 10 more
- Produced by
- Ron Clements (man), John Musker (man)
- Edited by
- H. Lee Peterson (man)
- Music by
- Alan Menken (man)
- Production design by
- R.S. vander Wende (gender not listed)
- Cast by
- Albert Tavares (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
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Writing
2 women, 19 men, 1 not listed
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Art
2 women, 6 men, 11 not listed
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Sound
3 women, 13 men, 1 not listed
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Other crew
0 women, 8 men, 4 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 5 men, 5 not listed
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Visual Effects
1 women, 7 men, 2 not listed
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Editing
2 women, 1 men, 5 not listed
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Production
2 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 22 on average. Men: 41 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Lea Salonga 21, Linda Larkin 22
Men
Scott Weinger 17, Brad Caleb Kane 19, Gilbert Gottfried 37, Robin Williams 41, Jonathan Freeman 42, Frank Welker 46, Bruce Adler 47, Douglas Seale 79
Exhibit G: the money
It made 18.0 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $28 million
- Box office
- $504 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 1 scenes and 214 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
