Passes the Bechdel test
Animal Kingdom
2010. Directed by David Michôd, written by David Michôd.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
6 women characters. 5 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 4 scenes out of 179. -
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 1 out of 3.
The film
Despite being no saint herself, Julia Cody has shielded her seventeen year old son, Joshua "J" Cody, from her Melbourne-based criminal relatives who they have not seen in years. After Julia dies in front of J's eyes from a self-inflicted heroin overdose, J, who is slightly detached from life, feels he has no choice but to contact his maternal grandmother, Janine "Smurf" Cody, the family matriarch, for a place to live. Smurf rules the family with a borderline incestuous love over her three sons, the quietly menacing Andrew "Pope" Cody, the hyperactive Craig Cody, and the barely of age Darren Cody. Pope and his best friend, Barry "Baz" Brown, are armed robbers, with Darren their up and coming apprentice, while Craig is a mid level drug dealer. Melbourne's Armed Robbery Squad is after specifically Pope, who is hiding out. But when the standoff between the Codys and the Armed Robbery Squad is brought up a notch, an all out war ensues, with some casualties and J caught in the middle. The only grounding in J's life is his girlfriend, Nicky Henry. With those casualties comes an investigation by Homicide Detective Senior Sergeant Nathan Leckie, who knows the Codys are involved in some of those deaths. As Leckie tries to get J on his side, J has to figure out how best to get himself out from the middle, where he trusts neither side. J also wants to figure out how to exact what he considers justice in an all around bad situation.
- Released
- 03 Jun 2010
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 83 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 39 wins & 60 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Smurf 111 lines, woman
- Pope 110 lines, man
- Craig 103 lines, man
- Leckie 91 lines, man
- J 90 lines, man
- Darren 54 lines, man
- Baz 53 lines, man
- Nicky 44 lines, woman
- Catherine 27 lines, woman
- Ezra 20 lines, man
Full cast, 31 people
- Ben Mendelsohn as Andrew 'Pope' Cody
- Joel Edgerton as Barry 'Baz' Brown
- Guy Pearce as Nathan Leckie
- Luke Ford as Darren Cody
- Jacki Weaver as Janine 'Smurf' Cody
- Sullivan Stapleton as Craig Cody
- James Frecheville as Joshua 'J' Cody
- Dan Wyllie as Ezra White
- Anthony Hayes as Detective Justin Norris
- Laura Wheelwright as Nicky Henry
- Mirrah Foulkes as Catherine Brown
- Justin Rosniak as Detective Randall Roache
- Susan Prior as Alicia Henry
- Clayton Jacobson as Gus Emery
- Anna Lise Phillips as Barrister Justine Hopper
- Josh Helman as Const. Peter Simmons
- Tim Phillipps as Const. Daniel Hordern
- Kieran Darcy-Smith as John Harrop
- Jack Heanly as Andy Emery
- Andy McPhee as Richard Collis
- Christina Azucena as Dacinta Collis
- Jacqueline Brennan as Sarah Leckie
- Ben Ouwehand as Scott Leckie
- Bert LaBonté as PSG Santo
- James Saunders as PSG Gary
- Dom Phelan as PSG Tom
- Anthony Ahern as Armed Robbery Detective
- Michael Valamios as Hood #1
- Chris Weir as Hood #2
- Brenda Palmer as Smurf's Neighbour
- David Michôd as Reporter
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 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 179
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 to 8 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 to 12 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 to 16 | 12 | 23 |
| 17 to 20 | 5 | 14 |
| 21 to 24 | 10 | 48 |
| 25 to 28 | 16 | 40 |
| 29 to 32 | 6 | 17 |
| 33 to 36 | 0 | 6 |
| 37 to 40 | 3 | 3 |
| 41 to 44 | 18 | 11 |
| 45 to 48 | 9 | 0 |
| 49 to 52 | 12 | 8 |
| 53 to 56 | 0 | 27 |
| 57 to 60 | 0 | 14 |
| 61 to 64 | 0 | 10 |
| 65 to 68 | 0 | 4 |
| 69 to 72 | 0 | 10 |
| 73 to 76 | 0 | 28 |
| 77 to 80 | 22 | 34 |
| 81 to 84 | 4 | 4 |
| 85 to 88 | 3 | 19 |
| 89 to 92 | 6 | 37 |
| 93 to 96 | 7 | 31 |
| 97 to 100 | 1 | 25 |
| 101 to 104 | 13 | 37 |
| 105 to 108 | 11 | 20 |
| 109 to 112 | 0 | 2 |
| 113 to 116 | 2 | 24 |
| 117 to 120 | 1 | 6 |
| 121 to 124 | 1 | 14 |
| 125 to 128 | 0 | 0 |
| 129 to 132 | 0 | 0 |
| 133 to 136 | 0 | 4 |
| 137 to 140 | 8 | 21 |
| 141 to 144 | 7 | 6 |
| 145 to 148 | 0 | 10 |
| 149 to 152 | 0 | 4 |
| 153 to 156 | 8 | 4 |
| 157 to 160 | 5 | 12 |
| 161 to 164 | 0 | 1 |
| 165 to 168 | 21 | 20 |
| 169 to 172 | 2 | 5 |
| 173 to 176 | 3 | 6 |
| 177 to 179 | 4 | 3 |
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.
NICKY: I missed? You missed. SMURF: Deal's a deal. Give her the money.
NICKY: So maybe you can think about that. ALICIA: What is going on here?
ALICIA: You could set the table. ALICIA: How was your day today? ALICIA: It was good. Dinner’s ready. Can you take those plates? ALICIA: How was your friend's funeral?
HOPPER: But you want your uncles put away for it. Even though you didn’t see them do it and she was justifiably upset on this particular night becau… HOPPER: You’re looking for someone to blame for something you feel responsible for. Would you agree with that? Blah blah blah. HOPPER: That's good, mate. You feel OK? SMURF: Are you OK, sweetheart?
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 26 are women's.
221 lines from women, 631 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
6 women and 20 men in the cast. 5 women and 20 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 35 of 919.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 136 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 28% of the words (2,408), men 72% (6,138). 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
8
Two men
30
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 8 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 29% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- David Michôd (man)
- Written by
- David Michôd (man)
- Produced by
- Liz Watts (woman)
- Shot by
- Adam Arkapaw (man)
- Edited by
- Luke Doolan (man)
- Music by
- Antony Partos (man)
- Production design by
- Josephine Ford (gender not listed)
- Costumes by
- Cappi Ireland (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
0 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
-
Production
2 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 0 men, 2 not listed
-
Sound
0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
-
Art
1 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 1 men
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Directing
0 women, 1 men
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Editing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 41 on average. Men: 34 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Laura Wheelwright 19, Jacki Weaver 63
Men
James Frecheville 19, Luke Ford 29, Sullivan Stapleton 32, Anthony Hayes 32, Joel Edgerton 35, Dan Wyllie 40, Ben Mendelsohn 41, Guy Pearce 42
Exhibit H: the money
It made 20% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $5 million
- Box office
- $1 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 179 scenes and 919 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
