Passes the Bechdel test
Batman & Robin
1997. Directed by Joel Schumacher, written by Bob Kane and Akiva Goldsman.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
14 women characters. 16 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 168. -
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 2 out of 3.
The film
Batman and Robin are back working side-by-side to stop the villains of Gotham City, but is there tension appearing between them, especially when one villainess who calls herself Poison Ivy can make anyone fall in love with her...literally. Along with Poison Ivy, the icy Mr. Freeze is freezing anything which gets in his way from achieving his goal.
- Released
- 20 Jun 1997
- Genres
- Action, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 3.8 / 10
- Metascore
- 29 / 100
- Awards
- 11 wins & 22 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Freeze 66 lines, man
- Bruce 57 lines, man
- Batman 52 lines, man
- Robin 40 lines, man
- Ivy 39 lines, woman
- Alfred 34 lines, man
- Dick 32 lines, man
- Barbara 30 lines, woman
- Pamela 22 lines, woman
- Batgirl 20 lines, woman
Full cast, 93 people
- George Clooney as Batman / Bruce Wayne
- Chris O'Donnell as Robin / Dick Grayson
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze / Dr. Victor Fries
- Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy / Dr. Pamela Isley
- Alicia Silverstone as Batgirl / Barbara Wilson
- Michael Gough as Alfred Pennyworth
- Pat Hingle as Commissioner Gordon
- John Glover as Dr. Jason Woodrue
- Elle Macpherson as Julie Madison
- Vivica A. Fox as Ms. B. Haven
- Vendela Kirsebom as Nora Fries
- Elizabeth Sanders as Gossip Gerty
- Jeep Swenson as Bane
- John Fink as Aztec Museum Guard
- Michael Reid MacKay as Antonio Diego / Bane
- Eric Lloyd as Young Bruce Wayne
- Jon Simmons as Young Alfred
- Christian Boeving as Snowy Cones Thug #1
- Stogie Kenyatta as Snowy Cones Thug #2
- Andy LaCombe as Snowy Cones Thug #3
- Joe Sabatino as Frosty
- Michael Paul Chan as Observatory Scientist
- Kimberly Scott as Observatory Associate
- Jay Luchs as Observatory Reporter
- Roger Nehls as Observatory Reporter
- Anthony E. Cantrell as Observatory Press
- Alex Daniels as Observatory Guard
- Peter Navy Tuiasosopo as Observatory Guard
- Harry Van Gorkum as M.C.
- Sandra Taylor as Debutante
- Elizabeth Guber as Debutante
- Jack Betts as Party Guest
- Marc Glimcher as Party Guest
- Mark Leahy as Party Guest
- Jim McMullan as Party Guest
- Patrick Leahy as Senator Patrick Leahy
- Jesse Ventura as Arkham Asylum Guard
- Ralf Moeller as Arkham Asylum Guard
- Doug Hutchison as Golum
- Tobias Jelinek as Motorcycle Gang Memeber
- Greg Lauren as Motorcycle Gang Member
- Dean Cochran as Motorcycle Gang Member
- Coolio as Banker
- Nicky Katt as Spike
- Lucas Berman as Tough Boy Biker
- Uzi Gal as Cop #1
- Howard Velasco as Cop #2
- Bruce Roberts as Handsome Cop
- John Ingle as Doctor
- Gene LeBell as Arkham Asylum Property Room Guard
- Azikiwee Anderson as Ice Thug
- Michael Bernardo as Ice Thug
- Steve Blalock as Ice Thug
- Steve Boyles as Ice Thug
- David Cardoza as Ice Thug
- Christopher Caso as Ice Thug
- Mark Chadwick as Ice Thug
- Danny Costa as Ice Thug
- Simon Kim as Ice Thug
- Todd Grossman as Ice Thug
- Jim Hardy as Ice Thug
- Steven Ito as Ice Thug
- Dennis Keiffer as Ice Thug
- Stephan Desjardins as Ice Thug
- James Kim as Ice Thug
- Dennis Lefevre as Ice Thug
- Jean-Luc Martin as Ice Thug
- Cory M. Miller as Ice Thug
- Chris C. Mitchell as Ice Thug
- Christopher Nelson as Ice Thug
- Jim Palmer as Ice Thug
- Jeff Podgurski as Ice Thug
- Robert Powell as Ice Thug
- Chris Sayour as Ice Thug
- Don Sinnar as Ice Thug
- Paul Sklar as Ice Thug
- Takis Triggelis as Ice Thug
- Corey Haim as Biker Gang Member (uncredited)
- Greg Bronson as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Spitfire Brown as Ice Thug (uncredited)
- Johnathan Brownlee as Black Tie (uncredited)
- Ryan Allen Carrillo as Ice Thug (uncredited)
- Ellen Dunning as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Eva Ford as Observatory Reporter (uncredited)
- Earnest Hart Jr. as Ice Thug (uncredited)
- Matthew Hurley as Main Street Musician (uncredited)
- Valentina Marie Lomborg as Waitress (uncredited)
- Khristian Lupo as Ice Thug (uncredited)
- Julie Michaels as Jane (uncredited)
- David Novak as Senator (uncredited)
- Gloria Koehn Straube as Gotham City Resident (uncredited)
- Dick Shawn as Snow Miser (archive sound) (uncredited)
- Deron McBee as Hockey Thug (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 11% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 168
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 to 8 | 0 | 23 |
| 9 to 12 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 to 16 | 0 | 9 |
| 17 to 20 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 to 24 | 4 | 15 |
| 25 to 28 | 1 | 18 |
| 29 to 32 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 to 36 | 4 | 14 |
| 37 to 40 | 9 | 29 |
| 41 to 44 | 6 | 4 |
| 45 to 48 | 1 | 2 |
| 49 to 52 | 24 | 31 |
| 53 to 56 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 to 60 | 0 | 5 |
| 61 to 64 | 0 | 1 |
| 65 to 68 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 to 72 | 0 | 13 |
| 73 to 76 | 1 | 4 |
| 77 to 80 | 11 | 6 |
| 81 to 84 | 8 | 7 |
| 85 to 88 | 3 | 6 |
| 89 to 92 | 4 | 13 |
| 93 to 96 | 1 | 1 |
| 97 to 100 | 1 | 7 |
| 101 to 104 | 8 | 9 |
| 105 to 108 | 14 | 10 |
| 109 to 112 | 2 | 17 |
| 113 to 116 | 3 | 11 |
| 117 to 120 | 13 | 10 |
| 121 to 124 | 0 | 2 |
| 125 to 128 | 1 | 2 |
| 129 to 132 | 2 | 2 |
| 133 to 136 | 0 | 2 |
| 137 to 140 | 1 | 0 |
| 141 to 144 | 9 | 15 |
| 145 to 148 | 0 | 1 |
| 149 to 152 | 0 | 3 |
| 153 to 156 | 1 | 6 |
| 157 to 160 | 4 | 7 |
| 161 to 164 | 1 | 6 |
| 165 to 168 | 1 | 9 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
IVY -: I really am to die for. IVY: Well, I, my most unabominable Snowman, have been impressed by you.” In fact I propose a pairing. So I'm She kisses first one, then the other…
IVY: Let there be light. BARBARA: Only family can be trusted?
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 29 are women's.
138 lines from women, 338 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
14 women and 57 men in the cast. 16 women and 27 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 51 of 536.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 50 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 32% of the words (2,321), men 68% (5,044). Women have 29% 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
10
Two men
48
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 11 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 33% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Joel Schumacher (man)
- Written by
- Akiva Goldsman (man)
- Produced by
- Peter Macgregor-Scott (man)
- Shot by
- Stephen Goldblatt (man)
- Edited by
- Mark Stevens (man), Dennis Virkler (man)
- Music by
- Elliot Goldenthal (man)
- Production design by
- Barbara Ling (woman)
- Costumes by
- Ingrid Ferrin (woman), Robert Turturice (gender not listed)
- Cast by
- Mali Finn (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
20 women, 35 men, 19 not listed
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Art
4 women, 9 men, 9 not listed
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Production
4 women, 6 men, 12 not listed
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Sound
6 women, 8 men, 7 not listed
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Visual Effects
2 women, 4 men, 12 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 5 men, 7 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 5 men, 7 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 2 men, 5 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 28 on average. Men: 53 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Alicia Silverstone 20, Uma Thurman 27, Vivica A. Fox 32, Elle Macpherson 33
Men
Chris O'Donnell 26, George Clooney 36, Arnold Schwarzenegger 49, John Glover 52, Pat Hingle 72, Michael Gough 80
Exhibit H: the money
It made 1.9 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $125 million
- Box office
- $238 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 168 scenes and 536 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
