Passes the Bechdel test
Babygirl
2024. Directed by Halina Reijn, written by Halina Reijn.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
12 women characters. 13 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 12 scenes out of 105. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
Romy, the head of a large company, accustomed to managing people, becomes the plaything of young intern Samuel. The rules are simple: she obeys all his orders, and he keeps her secret. But the passion that escapes outside the office threatens to destroy them both.
- Released
- 25 Dec 2024
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5.7 / 10
- Metascore
- 79 / 100
- Awards
- 11 wins & 25 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Romy 273 lines, woman
- Samuel 184 lines, man
- Jacob 74 lines, man
- Esme 43 lines, woman
- Isabel 28 lines, woman
- Mr. Missel 10 lines, man
- Esme O.S 6 lines, woman
- Nora 6 lines, woman
- Hazel 4 lines, woman
- Brack 3 lines, man
Full cast, 25 people
- Nicole Kidman as Romy
- Harris Dickinson as Samuel
- Antonio Banderas as Jacob
- Esther McGregor as Isabel
- Sophie Wilde as Esme
- Vaughan Reilly as Nora
- Victor Slezak as Mr. Missel
- Leslie Silva as Hazel
- Gaite Jansen as Hedda / Scarlett
- Robert Farrior as Brack / Stephen
- Bartley Booz as Tom
- Anoop Desai as Robert
- Mary Ann Lamb as Hannah
- Gabrielle Policano as Mary
- Gabriela Torres as Intern
- Izabel Mar as Intern
- Max O'Herlihy as Intern
- Michael Kirchmann as Ari
- Mareau Hall as Raver
- Dolly Wells as Therapist
- Tess McMillan as Ophelia
- Skyler Matthews as Girl
- Molly Price as Mrs. Holbrook
- Maxwell Whittington-Cooper as Josh
- Maryann Urbano as Mother
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 1% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 105
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 to 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 to 9 | 18 | 5 |
| 10 to 12 | 14 | 2 |
| 13 to 15 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 to 18 | 20 | 10 |
| 19 to 21 | 21 | 8 |
| 22 to 24 | 4 | 8 |
| 25 to 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 to 30 | 15 | 10 |
| 31 to 33 | 5 | 0 |
| 34 to 36 | 20 | 23 |
| 37 to 39 | 4 | 0 |
| 40 to 42 | 20 | 14 |
| 43 to 45 | 2 | 3 |
| 46 to 48 | 6 | 4 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 to 54 | 19 | 25 |
| 55 to 57 | 9 | 14 |
| 58 to 60 | 11 | 13 |
| 61 to 63 | 3 | 5 |
| 64 to 66 | 9 | 8 |
| 67 to 69 | 32 | 39 |
| 70 to 72 | 16 | 29 |
| 73 to 75 | 4 | 1 |
| 76 to 78 | 25 | 6 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 to 84 | 11 | 6 |
| 85 to 87 | 38 | 21 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 to 93 | 15 | 20 |
| 94 to 96 | 3 | 0 |
| 97 to 99 | 4 | 0 |
| 100 to 102 | 13 | 0 |
| 103 to 105 | 3 | 7 |
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.
ISABEL: So what are you going to wear? ISABEL: Did you give them to Ed? ROMY: Who’s Ed? NORA: The homeless woman downstairs-
ROMY: It’s not scary, it’s exciting! ISABEL: It’s not scary it’s exciting!
ESME: I am so sorry about that, do you want me to- ROMY: Yes? Oh! Of course we should dissect that a little though- It was an excellent day... a very successful beginning-
ROMY: Being a CEO is- being a collaborator- a nurturer. I see myself as a strategy expert but also- a human expert. ROMY: At the same time, one day shipping dramatically upped the stakes. The demand for what we do is huge. People are waiting for us to buckle und… HAZEL: Don’t use “weakness” to describe yourself. It’s a positive to be vulnerable, not a negative– ROMY: Got it.
ROMY: Go change please. ISABEL: Your face looks really weird! ISABEL: You look like a dead fish!
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 57 are women's.
374 lines from women, 284 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
12 women and 6 men in the cast. 13 women and 8 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 2 of 666.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 14 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 61% of the words (3,434), men 39% (2,221). Women have 57% 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
21
Two men
6
Exhibit F: behind the camera
5 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 41% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Halina Reijn (woman)
- Written by
- Halina Reijn (woman)
- Produced by
- David Hinojosa (man), Halina Reijn (woman), Julia Oh (woman)
- Shot by
- Jasper Wolf (man)
- Edited by
- Matthew Hannam (man)
- Music by
- Cristóbal Tapia de Veer (man)
- Production design by
- Stephen H. Carter (man)
- Costumes by
- Bart Mueller (man), Kurt Swanson (man)
- Cast by
- Avy Kaufman (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
7 women, 2 men, 10 not listed
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Other crew
4 women, 10 men, 3 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 2 men, 12 not listed
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Sound
5 women, 7 men, 3 not listed
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Art
3 women, 3 men, 8 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 5 men, 8 not listed
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Directing
2 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 0 men, 6 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 35 on average. Men: 54 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Vaughan Reilly 13, Esther McGregor 23, Sophie Wilde 27, Gaite Jansen 33, Leslie Silva 56, Nicole Kidman 57
Men
Harris Dickinson 28, Robert Farrior 55, Antonio Banderas 64, Victor Slezak 67
Exhibit H: the money
It made 3.0 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $20 million
- Box office
- $60.9 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 105 scenes and 666 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
