Fails the Bechdel test
Alex Cross
2012. Directed by Rob Cohen, written by Marc Moss and Kerry Williamson and James Patterson.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
2 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
11 women characters. 3 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
Women do talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Dr. Alex Cross is on his last police duty to track down an assassin called Picasso, who's been torturing and killing rich businessmen in Detroit. Soon when the mission gets personal, Cross is pushed to the edge of his moral and psychological limits to end this once and for all.
- Released
- 19 Oct 2012
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Mystery
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 5.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 30 / 100
- Awards
- 4 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Alex 286 lines, man
- Sullivan 133 lines, man
- Tommy 89 lines, man
- Jimmy 50 lines, man
- Dawson 32 lines, man
- Nana 25 lines, woman
- Ryan 21 lines, woman
- Maggione 19 lines, man
- Maria 19 lines, woman
- Bronson 18 lines, man
Full cast, 54 people
- Tyler Perry as Dr. Alex Cross
- Edward Burns as Tommy Kane
- Matthew Fox as Picasso
- Rachel Nichols as Monica Ashe
- Carmen Ejogo as Maria Cross
- Jean Reno as Gilles Mercier
- John C. McGinley as Richard Brookwell
- Giancarlo Esposito as Daramus Holiday
- Cicely Tyson as Nana Mama
- Chad Lindberg as Vincent Dardis
- Stephanie Jacobsen as Fan Yau
- Sonny Surowiec as Hans Friedlich
- Yara Shahidi as Janelle Cross
- Simon Rhee as Fan Yau Bodyguard #3
- Alexandra Ruddy as Brookwell Aide
- Christian 'Trick Trick' Mathis as Fight Manager
- Werner Daehn as Erich Nunemacher
- Sayeed Shahidi as Damon Cross
- Bonnie Bentley as Detective Jody Klebanoff
- Keith Cameron as Bodyguard
- Simenona Martinez as Pop Pop Jones
- Jessalyn Wanlim as Paramita Megawati
- Tim Holmes as Referee
- Ingo Rademacher as Ingo Sacks
- Tiren Jhames as Guard Manning Station
- Darcy Leutzinger as Bomb Squad Head
- Peter Lawson Jones as Minister
- Christopher Stadulis as Soon to Be Dead Man #1
- Timothy J. Richardson as Soon to Be Dead Man #2
- Steffen Dziczek as Soon to Be Dead Man #3
- Ideene Dehdashti as Screaming Girl
- Dave Bender as Lieutenant Max
- Marcelo Tubert as Cloche
- Rory Markham as Nenad Stanisic
- Ray Goodwin as Fan Yau Bodyguard #1
- Danny Wynands as Fan Yau Bodyguard #2
- Andrew Comrie-Picard as Mercier's Driver
- Tim Sitarz as Packard Plant Rapist
- Anthony Akins as Patron in Restaurant (uncredited)
- Nikky Smedley as MMA Fight Fan (uncredited)
- Mel Chude as K-Rash (uncredited)
- Ron Causey as MMA Fight Fan (uncredited)
- Jennifer James Davies as Police Detective (uncredited)
- Dominic Ryan Gabriel as MMA Fight Fan (uncredited)
- Aswan Harris as Detective (uncredited)
- Sherry Hudak as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
- Robert Graziosi as Attorney in Courthouse (uncredited)
- Bridget Ogundipe as Principal (uncredited)
- Rance Martin as Detective (uncredited)
- John Newkirk as Forensic Photographer (uncredited)
- Janine Sarnowski as Pedestrian Extra (uncredited)
- Benny Tjandra as Indonesian Driver / Soldier (uncredited)
- Brent Reichert as Police Officer (uncredited)
- Takesha L. Walker as Screaming Woman (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 5 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 6% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 233
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 to 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 to 15 | 0 | 9 |
| 16 to 20 | 0 | 33 |
| 21 to 25 | 10 | 18 |
| 26 to 30 | 0 | 17 |
| 31 to 35 | 0 | 35 |
| 36 to 40 | 15 | 18 |
| 41 to 45 | 0 | 20 |
| 46 to 50 | 1 | 39 |
| 51 to 55 | 2 | 0 |
| 56 to 60 | 4 | 6 |
| 61 to 65 | 2 | 7 |
| 66 to 70 | 2 | 6 |
| 71 to 75 | 0 | 6 |
| 76 to 80 | 8 | 48 |
| 81 to 85 | 3 | 27 |
| 86 to 90 | 3 | 29 |
| 91 to 95 | 0 | 3 |
| 96 to 100 | 0 | 10 |
| 101 to 105 | 3 | 25 |
| 106 to 110 | 11 | 43 |
| 111 to 115 | 1 | 10 |
| 116 to 120 | 3 | 11 |
| 121 to 125 | 0 | 12 |
| 126 to 130 | 0 | 18 |
| 131 to 135 | 1 | 12 |
| 136 to 140 | 1 | 6 |
| 141 to 145 | 0 | 11 |
| 146 to 150 | 2 | 9 |
| 151 to 155 | 0 | 3 |
| 156 to 160 | 0 | 1 |
| 161 to 165 | 0 | 1 |
| 166 to 170 | 0 | 8 |
| 171 to 175 | 0 | 17 |
| 176 to 180 | 8 | 22 |
| 181 to 185 | 6 | 11 |
| 186 to 190 | 8 | 38 |
| 191 to 195 | 1 | 14 |
| 196 to 200 | 0 | 1 |
| 201 to 205 | 0 | 5 |
| 206 to 210 | 0 | 5 |
| 211 to 215 | 0 | 1 |
| 216 to 220 | 0 | 16 |
| 221 to 225 | 0 | 22 |
| 226 to 230 | 1 | 12 |
| 231 to 233 | 4 | 18 |
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.
100 lines from women, 685 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
11 women and 30 men in the cast. 3 women and 7 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 55 of 836.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 66 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 12% of the words (871), men 88% (6,190). Women have 13% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
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
1
Two men
74
Exhibit E: behind the camera
3 of the 16 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 30% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Rob Cohen (man)
- Written by
- Marc Moss (man), Kerry Williamson (woman)
- From the novel by
- James Patterson (man)
- Produced by
- Bill Block (man), Steve Bowen (man), Randall Emmett (man), Paul Hanson (gender not listed), James Patterson (man), Leopoldo Gout (man)
- Shot by
- Ricardo Della Rosa (man)
- Edited by
- Matthew Diezel (man), Thom Noble (man)
- Music by
- John Debney (man)
- Production design by
- Laura Fox (woman)
- Cast by
- Ronna Kress (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Art
2 women, 4 men, 20 not listed
-
Production
3 women, 13 men, 6 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
6 women, 1 men, 12 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 4 men, 13 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 2 men, 11 not listed
-
Other crew
1 women, 3 men, 7 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 3 men
-
Writing
1 women, 2 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 52 on average. Men: 48 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Rachel Nichols 32, Carmen Ejogo 38, Cicely Tyson 87
Men
Chad Lindberg 35, Tyler Perry 43, Edward Burns 44, Matthew Fox 46, John C. McGinley 53, Giancarlo Esposito 54, Jean Reno 64
Exhibit G: the money
It made 67% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $45 million
- Box office
- $30.4 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 233 scenes and 836 lines of dialogue. How the test works
