Passes the Bechdel test

Ambulance

Name: Ambulance
Released: 2022

2022. Directed by Michael Bay, written by Chris Fedak and Laurits Munch-Petersen and Lars Andreas Pedersen.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
15 women characters. 10 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 292.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 2 out of 3.

The film

Decorated veteran Will Sharp, desperate for money to cover his wife's medical bills, asks for help from his adoptive brother Danny. A charismatic career criminal, Danny instead offers him a score: the biggest bank heist in Los Angeles history: $32 million.

Released: 08 Apr 2022
Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime
Rated: R
IMDb: 6.1 / 10
Metascore: 55 / 100
Awards: 11 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Danny 199 lines, man
Cam 164 lines, woman
Will 136 lines, man
Anson 97 lines, man
Monroe 62 lines, man
Mark 46 lines, man
Kathy 45 lines, woman
Scott 37 lines, man
Zach 31 lines, man
Colin 28 lines, man

Full cast, 44 people

Jake Gyllenhaal as Danny Sharp
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Will Sharp
Eiza González as Cam Thompson
Garret Dillahunt as Captain Monroe
Keir O'Donnell as FBI Agent Anson Clark
Jackson White as Officer Zach
Olivia Stambouliah as Lieutenant Dhazghig
Moses Ingram as Amy Sharp
Colin Woodell as EMT Scott
Cedric Sanders as Officer Mark
A Martinez as Papi
Jesse Garcia as Roberto
Jose Pablo Cantillo as Jesus
Wale Folarin as Castro
Devan Chandler Long as William Wallace
Victor Gojcaj as Victor
Briella Guiza as Lindsey
Brendan Miller as Trent
Remi Adeleke as Wade
Jamie McBride as SIS Undercover - Jay
Corey Portugal as SIS Undercover - Homeless Man
Jenn Proske as Lindseys's Mom
Kayli Tran as Kim Daniels
Paul Thoma as Lead Sniper
Nitro Zeus as Nitro the Dog
Justin Scott as Lieutenant #1
Brendan Robinson as Agent Clark's Husband
Annabelle Gurwitch as Therapist
Cici Lau as Woman in Elevator
Sharon Omi as Woman in Vault
Melody Melendez as Nurse #1
Jung Park as Nurse #2
Chelsea Harris as Bicycle Cop
Evan Metropoulos as Bank Manager
Jesse Gabbard as Papi's Tech
McColm Cephas Jr. as Young Will Sharp (uncredited)
Andy Favreau as Dr. Colin Waters (uncredited)
Max Ferro as Young Danny Sharp
Sheila Houlahan as Woman at Bus Stop (uncredited)
Chris Kalhoon as Helicopter News Reporter (uncredited)
Max Reeves as Bank Customer (uncredited)
Gary Sievers as Homeless Man (uncredited)
Tony Wade as Sniper #3 (uncredited)
Charlotte Xia as Alice Smith (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 7 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 292

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 7	11	11
8 to 14	23	36
15 to 21	7	29
22 to 28	7	18
29 to 35	2	30
36 to 42	0	10
43 to 49	5	7
50 to 56	8	20
57 to 63	7	16
64 to 70	7	11
71 to 77	1	22
78 to 84	13	16
85 to 91	9	10
92 to 98	2	13
99 to 105	4	5
106 to 112	0	14
113 to 119	0	9
120 to 126	16	54
127 to 133	11	31
134 to 140	11	23
141 to 147	7	18
148 to 154	5	24
155 to 161	3	11
162 to 168	2	17
169 to 175	0	2
176 to 182	5	24
183 to 189	1	31
190 to 196	23	53
197 to 203	3	8
204 to 210	0	2
211 to 217	1	6
218 to 224	2	6
225 to 231	0	6
232 to 238	2	2
239 to 245	1	19
246 to 252	5	52
253 to 259	5	3
260 to 266	6	3
267 to 273	0	3
274 to 280	8	19
281 to 287	18	26
288 to 292	16	8

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

Tap an exhibit to open it.

Exhibit A: the passing scene

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

LINDSEY: Is it still there? LINDSEY: I don't want to look at it. CAM: You don't have to. Look at me -- Okay? LINDSEY: Okay.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 26 are women's.

257 lines from women, 728 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

15 women and 25 men in the cast. 10 women and 13 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 5 of 1,078. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 58 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 27% of the words (1,999), men 73% (5,483). Women have 26% of the lines, so their lines run longer 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

Two men

Exhibit F: 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: Michael Bay (man)
Written by: Chris Fedak (man)
Produced by: James Vanderbilt (man), Bradley J. Fischer (man), William Sherak (man), Ian Bryce (man), Michael Bay (man)
Shot by: Roberto De Angelis (man)
Edited by: Pietro Scalia (man), Doug Brandt (gender not listed), Calvin Wimmer (man)
Music by: Lorne Balfe (man)
Production design by: Karen Frick (gender not listed)
Costumes by: Lisa Lovaas (woman)
Cast by: Denise Chamian (woman), Liz Ludwitzke (woman)