Passes the Bechdel test
American Milkshake
2013. Directed by David Andalman and Mariko Munro, written by David Andalman and Mariko Munro.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
4 women characters. 3 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 106. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Jolie is an avid hip-hop fan who romanticizes the tough backgrounds of rappers like Tupac Shakur, dreams of being a rich basketball star, in order to support his African American girlfriend, Henrietta, who is pregnant with another man's baby. He makes the team due to a large donation from his well-off father, and believes that he is one step closer to becoming the one thing that he is not: Black.
- Released
- 20 Jan 2013
- Genres
- Comedy
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 4.7 / 10
- Metascore
- 30 / 100
- Awards
- 1 nomination
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Jolie 317 lines, man
- Haroon 100 lines, man
- Henrietta 96 lines, woman
- Christine 52 lines, woman
- Arius 51 lines, man
- Mr. Aaronson 25 lines, man
- Coach Dale 24 lines, man
- Wendel 20 lines, man
- Elliott 13 lines
- Principal Ganus 13 lines, man
Full cast, 12 people
- Leo Fitzpatrick as Mr. McCarty
- Shareeka Epps as Henrietta
- Danny Burstein as Coach
- Tyler Ross as Jolie
- Georgia Ford as Christine
- Nuri Hazzard as Arius
- Anna Friedman as Jeanette, the Grunge Girl
- Eshan Bay as Haroon
- Hannah Bronfman as Hot Cheerleader
- Julia Nolan as Westbranch Magnet Geek
- Aseun Townsend as Westbranch Blazer
- Abubakarr Bangura as Arius' Little Brother
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 7% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 106
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 to 6 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 10 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 9 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 9 |
| 25 to 27 | 4 | 24 |
| 28 to 30 | 1 | 15 |
| 31 to 33 | 13 | 10 |
| 34 to 36 | 13 | 15 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 8 |
| 40 to 42 | 8 | 17 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 14 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 18 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 21 |
| 52 to 54 | 30 | 33 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 50 |
| 58 to 60 | 4 | 41 |
| 61 to 63 | 14 | 18 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 to 69 | 12 | 23 |
| 70 to 72 | 6 | 12 |
| 73 to 75 | 1 | 25 |
| 76 to 78 | 3 | 7 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 6 |
| 82 to 84 | 14 | 29 |
| 85 to 87 | 3 | 9 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 3 |
| 91 to 93 | 6 | 17 |
| 94 to 96 | 1 | 16 |
| 97 to 99 | 3 | 34 |
| 100 to 102 | 9 | 26 |
| 103 to 105 | 0 | 14 |
| 106 to 106 | 10 | 12 |
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.
HENRIETTA: Hey, can I bum a cigarette? REDHEAD GRUNGE KID: Aren't you pregnant? HENRIETTA: Whatever. REDHEAD GRUNGE KID: Hold up. Here.
HENRIETTA: You think I'm a fool? I watched you make out with her on the Power-pad two second ago! CHRISTINE: All this time you've been hooking up with some pregnant girl failing out of school. I am so fucking humiliated right now. Don't you ever, ev…
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 21 are women's.
158 lines from women, 577 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
4 women and 5 men in the cast. 3 women and 5 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 8 of 794.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 80 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 22% of the words (1,671), men 78% (5,810). Women have 21% 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
3
Two men
48
Exhibit F: behind the camera
None of the 3 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 0% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- David Andalman (gender not listed)
- Written by
- David Andalman (gender not listed)
- Shot by
- Ian Bloom (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
-
Writing
0 women, 0 men, 2 not listed
-
Camera
0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
-
Other crew
0 women, 1 men
-
Directing
0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 23 on average. Men: 36 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Julia Nolan 21, Shareeka Epps 24
Men
Tyler Ross 24, Leo Fitzpatrick 35, Danny Burstein 49
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 106 scenes and 794 lines of dialogue. How the test works
