Passes the Bechdel test
All the Money in the World
2017. Directed by Ridley Scott, written by David Scarpa and John Pearson.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
12 women characters. 5 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 3 scenes out of 189. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 2 out of 3.
The film
Rome, 1973. Masked men kidnap a teenage boy named John Paul Getty III (Charlie Plummer). His grandfather, John Paul Getty (Christopher Plummer), is the richest human in the world, a billionaire oil magnate, but he's notoriously miserly. His favorite grandson's abduction is not reason enough for him to part with any of his fortune. All the Money in the World (2017) follows Gail, (Michelle Williams), Paul's devoted, strong-willed mother, who unlike Getty, has consistently chosen her children over his fortune. Her son's life in the balance with time running out, she attempts to sway Getty even as her son's mob captors become increasingly more determined, volatile and brutal. When Getty sends his enigmatic security man Fletcher Chace (Mark Wahlberg) to look after his interests, he and Gail become unlikely allies in this race against time that ultimately reveals the true and lasting value of love over money.
- Released
- 25 Dec 2017
- Genres
- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.8 / 10
- Metascore
- 72 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 15 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Gail 242 lines, woman
- Chace 201 lines, man
- Getty 117 lines, man
- Cinquanta 80 lines, man
- Paul 77 lines, man
- Del Rovere 35 lines, man
- Hinge 23 lines, man
- Mammoliti 16 lines, man
- Corvo 15 lines, man
- Iacovoni 15 lines, man
Full cast, 41 people
- Michelle Williams as Gail Harris
- Mark Wahlberg as Fletcher Chase
- Christopher Plummer as Jean Paul Getty
- Charlie Plummer as John Paul Getty III
- Romain Duris as Cinquanta
- Timothy Hutton as Oswald Hinge
- Charlie Shotwell as John Paul Getty III (Age 7)
- Andrew Buchan as John Paul Getty II
- Marco Leonardi as Saverio Mammoliti
- Giuseppe Bonifati as Giovanni Iacovoni
- Nicolas Vaporidis as Il Tamia 'Chipmunk'
- Andrea Piedimonte Bodini as Corvo
- Guglielmo Favilla as Piccolino
- Adele Tirante as Maria
- Stacy Martin as Nancy
- Maya Kelly as Aileen Getty (Age 6)
- Anna Devlin as Aileen Getty (Age 15)
- Kit Cranston as Mark Getty (Age 4)
- Stanley Treshansky as Mark Getty (Age 13)
- Ginevra Migliore as Ariadne Getty (Age 2)
- Josie Sayers as Ariadne Getty (Age 11)
- Olivia Grant as Millicent
- Charlotte Beckett as Annie
- Roy McCrerey as Attorney
- Giulio Base as Coroner
- Nicola Di Chio as Kidnap Van Driver
- Alessandra Roca as Prostitue #1
- Francesca Inaudi as Prostitute #2
- Francesco Bomenuto as Rome Hotel Butler
- Ghassan Massoud as Arab Sheikh
- Clive Wood as Bullimore
- Jonathan Aris as Conservator
- Oliver Ryan as BBC Reporter
- Cherise Silvestri as Secretary Getty Oil
- Enzo Attanasio as Barn Man
- Monica Nappo as Barn Woman
- Gino Nardella as Villager #1
- Chantal Ughi as Villager #2
- Riccardo De Torrebruna as Carabinieri Captain
- David Brooks as Playboy Interviewer
- Giannina Facio as Otto Lam's Assistant
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 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 189
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 to 8 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 to 12 | 3 | 7 |
| 13 to 16 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 to 20 | 4 | 2 |
| 21 to 24 | 11 | 11 |
| 25 to 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 to 32 | 9 | 38 |
| 33 to 36 | 2 | 12 |
| 37 to 40 | 14 | 21 |
| 41 to 44 | 8 | 9 |
| 45 to 48 | 4 | 3 |
| 49 to 52 | 5 | 27 |
| 53 to 56 | 8 | 21 |
| 57 to 60 | 9 | 40 |
| 61 to 64 | 12 | 28 |
| 65 to 68 | 16 | 36 |
| 69 to 72 | 8 | 1 |
| 73 to 76 | 4 | 39 |
| 77 to 80 | 0 | 39 |
| 81 to 84 | 4 | 16 |
| 85 to 88 | 4 | 9 |
| 89 to 92 | 1 | 13 |
| 93 to 96 | 3 | 37 |
| 97 to 100 | 12 | 24 |
| 101 to 104 | 6 | 6 |
| 105 to 108 | 0 | 10 |
| 109 to 112 | 2 | 3 |
| 113 to 116 | 4 | 9 |
| 117 to 120 | 9 | 13 |
| 121 to 124 | 6 | 0 |
| 125 to 128 | 0 | 13 |
| 129 to 132 | 11 | 14 |
| 133 to 136 | 12 | 5 |
| 137 to 140 | 5 | 6 |
| 141 to 144 | 6 | 5 |
| 145 to 148 | 25 | 34 |
| 149 to 152 | 17 | 13 |
| 153 to 156 | 1 | 22 |
| 157 to 160 | 0 | 7 |
| 161 to 164 | 2 | 10 |
| 165 to 168 | 0 | 4 |
| 169 to 172 | 1 | 8 |
| 173 to 176 | 1 | 7 |
| 177 to 180 | 0 | 6 |
| 181 to 184 | 8 | 8 |
| 185 to 188 | 5 | 6 |
| 189 to 189 | 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.
ARIADNE: Are we going home now? GAIL: One last stop, darling.
GAIL: Right now I'd rather have a billionaire's money. SECRETARY: Ms Getty, they're ready for you now.
ARIADNE: They always hide the words backwards. GAIL: You don't have to do that.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 29 are women's.
271 lines from women, 654 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
12 women and 21 men in the cast. 5 women and 21 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 11 of 1,014.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 60 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 26% of the words (2,940), men 74% (8,258). Women have 29% 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
6
Two men
58
Exhibit F: behind the camera
5 of the 18 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 27% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Ridley Scott (man)
- Written by
- David Scarpa (man)
- Produced by
- Ridley Scott (man), Dan Friedkin (man), Quentin Curtis (gender not listed), Bradley Thomas (man), Mark Huffam (man), Chris Clark (man) and 1 more
- Shot by
- Dariusz Wolski (man)
- Edited by
- Claire Simpson (woman)
- Music by
- Daniel Pemberton (man)
- Production design by
- Arthur Max (man)
- Costumes by
- Janty Yates (woman)
- Cast by
- Carmen Cuba (woman), Lara Atalla (gender not listed), Teresa Razzauti (woman), Kate Ringsell (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
5 women, 10 men, 3 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 4 men, 8 not listed
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Art
2 women, 4 men, 2 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 0 men, 5 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 5 men, 1 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 5 men
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Other crew
0 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
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Writing
0 women, 2 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 37 on average. Men: 42 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Michelle Williams 37
Men
Charlie Shotwell 10, Charlie Plummer 18, Giuseppe Bonifati 32, Andrew Buchan 38, Romain Duris 43, Mark Wahlberg 46, Marco Leonardi 46, Timothy Hutton 57, Christopher Plummer 88
Exhibit H: the money
It made 1.1 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $50 million
- Box office
- $57 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 189 scenes and 1,014 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
