Passes the Bechdel test

Angel Eyes

Name: Angel Eyes
Released: 2001

2001. Directed by Luis Mandoki, written by Gerald Di Pego.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
7 women characters. 5 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 114.
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

While pursuing a suspect one night, Chicago Police officer Sharon Pogue nearly becomes the victim of a fatal ambush. A mysterious stranger, Catch intervenes, disarms the assassin and saves Sharon's life. Is it a stroke of luck? A twist of fate? Or just a concerned citizen who happened to pass by at the right time and wasn't afraid to get involved? Maybe, but Sharon and Catch have met once before. As the two fall in love, they discover the truth about each other and are forced to deal with the secrets from their past.

Released: 18 May 2001
Genres: Drama, Romance
Rated: R
IMDb: 5.7 / 10
Metascore: 39 / 100
Awards: 3 wins & 5 nominations
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Sharon 411 lines, woman
Catch 242 lines, man
Elanora 53 lines, woman
Larry 49 lines, man
Robby 36 lines, man
Mother 27 lines, woman
Pindella 23 lines, man
Ray 22 lines, man
Kathy 12 lines, woman
Mrs. Vander 9 lines, woman

Full cast, 29 people

Jennifer Lopez as Sharon Pogue
Jim Caviezel as Steven "Catch" Lambert
Jeremy Sisto as Larry Pogue Sr.
Terrence Howard as Robby
Sonia Braga as Josephine Pogue
Victor Argo as Carl Pogue
Monet Mazur as Kathy Pogue
Shirley Knight as Elanora Davis
Daniel Magder as Larry Pogue, Jr.
Guylaine St-Onge as Annie Lambert
Connor McAuley as Max Lambert
Jeremy Ratchford as Ray Micigliano
Peter MacNeill as Lieutenant Dennis Sanderman
Eldridge Hyndman as Jamal
Kari Matchett as Candace
Michael Cameron as Charlie
Marcello Thedford as Peebo
Dave Cox as K-Dog
Ron Payne as Priest
Dan Petronijevic as Fighting Kid
Stephen Kay as Tony Pindella
Grant Nickalls as Joe
Matt Birman as Driver
Chuck Campbell as Young Man
Stephanie Moore as Officer Vanessa
Darren Marsman as Suspect
Brian Jagersky as Police Officer
Paul A. MacFarlane as Security Guard
Jim Feather as Old Man

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 3% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 114

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	4	0
4 to 6	5	8
7 to 9	1	3
10 to 12	8	14
13 to 15	16	2
16 to 18	23	12
19 to 21	5	17
22 to 24	10	13
25 to 27	33	34
28 to 30	24	27
31 to 33	4	10
34 to 36	37	0
37 to 39	6	3
40 to 42	23	18
43 to 45	0	0
46 to 48	11	10
49 to 51	13	12
52 to 54	10	11
55 to 57	10	4
58 to 60	16	7
61 to 63	26	31
64 to 66	0	2
67 to 69	28	35
70 to 72	3	6
73 to 75	26	26
76 to 78	6	7
79 to 81	0	0
82 to 84	13	11
85 to 87	7	4
88 to 90	21	21
91 to 93	28	19
94 to 96	2	4
97 to 99	6	5
100 to 102	45	0
103 to 105	2	0
106 to 108	16	13
109 to 111	39	17
112 to 114	6	9

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.

KATHY: Hi! Look -- it's your Auntie Sharon. SHARON: Hey, Champ, my God, look how big.

PHOTOGRAPHER: All right. The whole family in this one. Just... SHARON: Where do you want me? SHARON: I'm the daughter. PHOTOGRAPHER: Oh! Oh, well, how about...

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 56 are women's.

533 lines from women, 415 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

7 women and 22 men in the cast. 5 women and 10 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

A woman speaks the first line. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 13 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 59% of the words (5,286), men 41% (3,636). Women have 56% 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 15 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 18% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Luis Mandoki (man)
Written by: Gerald Di Pego (man)
Produced by: James A. Holt (man), Elie Samaha (man), Jellybean Benítez (man), Mark Canton (man), Leslie Weisberg (gender not listed), Bruce Berman (man)
Shot by: Piotr Sobociński (man)
Edited by: Gerald B. Greenberg (man)
Music by: Marco Beltrami (man)
Production design by: Dean Tavoularis (man)
Costumes by: Marie-Sylvie Deveau (woman)
Cast by: Amanda Mackey (woman), Cathy Sandrich Gelfond (woman)

The crew, department by department

Production

2 women, 10 men, 1 not listed
Other crew

2 women, 4 men
Art

0 women, 3 men
Directing

0 women, 2 men
Camera

0 women, 1 men
Costume & Make-Up

1 women, 0 men
Editing

0 women, 1 men
Sound

0 women, 1 men

Women
Men
Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit G: how old the stars were

Women: 41 on average. Men: 33 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Monet Mazur 25, Jennifer Lopez 31, Guylaine St-Onge 36, Sonia Braga 50, Shirley Knight 64

Men

Daniel Magder 9, Jeremy Sisto 26, Jim Caviezel 32, Terrence Howard 32, Victor Argo 66

Exhibit H: the money

It made 56% of what it cost.

Budget: $53 million
Box office: $29.7 million

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 114 scenes and 974 lines of dialogue. How the test works

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