Passes the Bechdel test
Baywatch
2017. Directed by Seth Gordon, written by Michael Berk and Douglas Schwartz and Gregory J. Bonann.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
19 women characters. 9 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 5 scenes out of 43. -
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
In sun-kissed Emerald Bay, the vigorous Lieutenant Mitch Buchannon and Baywatch, his elite team of hand-picked and perfectly tanned lifeguards, protect the bay, keeping both sunbathers and beach lovers safe. However, this summer, two new eager trainees will join the demanding life-saving program, as well as an insubordinate former Olympic swimmer, who are all called to prove their worth on the lifeguard towers just on time when a new synthetic street drug begins to infest the Emerald Bay: the flakka. Without a doubt, this calls for some serious undercover teamwork action, as the badgeless heroes in spandex comb the beach for shady newcomers and nefarious entrepreneurs with hidden agendas of their own. Can Mitch's band save the bay?
- Released
- 25 May 2017
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5.5 / 10
- Metascore
- 37 / 100
- Awards
- 5 wins & 12 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Mitch 250 lines, man
- Brody 194 lines, man
- Ronnie 61 lines, man
- Braxton Leeds 49 lines, woman
- Stephanie 48 lines, woman
- Summer 46 lines, woman
- Victoria 43 lines, woman
- Cj 33 lines, woman
- Captain Thorpe 13 lines, man
- Ellerbee 9 lines, man
Full cast, 59 people
- Dwayne Johnson as Mitch Buchanan
- Zac Efron as Matt Brody
- Priyanka Chopra Jonas as Victoria Leeds
- Alexandra Daddario as Summer Quinn
- Kelly Rohrbach Walton as CJ Parker
- Ilfenesh Hadera as Stephanie Holden
- Jon Bass as Ronnie Greenbaum
- Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Sgt. Ellerbee
- Hannibal Buress as Dave the Tech
- Rob Huebel as Captain Thorpe
- Amin Joseph as Frankie
- Jack Kesy as Leon
- Oscar Nuñez as Councilman Rodriguez
- David Hasselhoff as The Mentor
- Pamela Anderson as Casey Jean Parker
- Clem Cheung as Murray Chen
- Belinda as Carmen
- Charlotte McKinney as Julia
- Izabel Goulart as Amber
- Arian Foster as Arian Foster
- Vernon Davis as Vernon Davis
- Eros Exarhiou as Frosty
- Maxie G. Rosales as Pier Teenage Girl
- Karin Silvestri as Pier Mom
- Vincenzo Hinckley as Pete
- Brandon Larracuente as Skateboarder
- Kelvin Witherspoon as Skateboarder
- Welder Santos as Huntley Club Member
- David Weiss as Cell Phone Customer
- Damien LaRoy as Kite Surfer
- Peter Anaya as Huntley Waiter
- L.J. Ruth as Pier Boy
- Brenda Lowe as Surfer
- Jackson Geach as Billy
- Brandon Thomas Lee as Scull Rower
- James A. Sutton as Huntley Security Guard
- Juliette Mathis as High Chair Baby Girl
- Samantha Harris as Interviewer
- Seth Gordon as Helicopter Pilot
- John Cenatiempo as Sergeant (uncredited)
- Shay Davila as Bikini Girl (uncredited)
- Bria Danielle Davis as Beach Goer (uncredited)
- Ana Flavia Gavlak as Lifeguard (uncredited)
- Whitney Goin as Doctor (uncredited)
- Apollo GT as Beach Goer (uncredited)
- Lee Hodge as Lifeguard (uncredited)
- Angelique Kenney as Surfer beach babe (uncredited)
- Matthew Kosto as Shark Bite Boy (uncredited)
- Casey McCullum as Beach Goer (uncredited)
- Earl Poitier as The Kitchen Worker (uncredited)
- Damon Preston as Lifeguard #1 (uncredited)
- Kelly Róisín as Party Goer / Beach Goer (uncredited)
- Cody Scott as Crewman (uncredited)
- Haviland Stillwell as Allegre (uncredited)
- Zachary Vazquez as Lifeguard (uncredited)
- Barbara Vincent as Yachter (uncredited)
- Maegan Vogel as Bikini Model (uncredited)
- Acoryé White as Kitchen Staff (uncredited)
- Frank Tedesco as Beachgoer (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 1 scene, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 5% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 43
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 to 2 | 11 | 47 |
| 3 to 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 to 4 | 14 | 19 |
| 5 to 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 to 6 | 5 | 22 |
| 7 to 7 | 27 | 49 |
| 8 to 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 to 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 to 10 | 4 | 3 |
| 11 to 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 to 12 | 26 | 61 |
| 13 to 13 | 12 | 19 |
| 14 to 14 | 18 | 32 |
| 15 to 15 | 7 | 0 |
| 16 to 16 | 6 | 6 |
| 17 to 17 | 32 | 29 |
| 18 to 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 to 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 to 20 | 16 | 33 |
| 21 to 21 | 0 | 15 |
| 22 to 22 | 0 | 4 |
| 23 to 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 to 24 | 2 | 31 |
| 25 to 25 | 0 | 16 |
| 26 to 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 to 27 | 10 | 15 |
| 28 to 28 | 0 | 7 |
| 29 to 29 | 1 | 10 |
| 30 to 30 | 0 | 5 |
| 31 to 31 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 to 32 | 0 | 3 |
| 33 to 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 to 34 | 8 | 4 |
| 35 to 35 | 0 | 23 |
| 36 to 36 | 3 | 24 |
| 37 to 37 | 0 | 14 |
| 38 to 38 | 0 | 2 |
| 39 to 39 | 4 | 7 |
| 40 to 40 | 0 | 15 |
| 41 to 41 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 to 42 | 28 | 41 |
| 43 to 43 | 3 | 13 |
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.
SUMMER: You want something nice on the sand that’s about 5-10k a month... STEPHANIE: OK, now take off your shirt.
STEPHANIE: Baywatch isn’t just a job. It’s a calling. So if you aren’t here for the right reasons... ...you might as well leave now. CJ? CJ: There are a maximum of three spots available for the summer season. So, big bummer, the rest of you will have to wait til next year.
STEPHANIE: Hold your position, we’re on our way! Over. VICTORIA: Uhh... OK. I won’t be able to see you coming, but I’ll be here, waving my arms... Over.
BRAXTON LEEDS: How are you liking the party, CJ? CJ: Fantastic. How about you give me the grand tour? And do you have a gift shop? My friend Stephanie needs a new suit -- BRAXTON LEEDS: Of course! Right this way --
CJ: See, Stephanie -- I’d told you you’d look amazing in one of my dresses! STEPHANIE: When would you even wear something like this?! CJ: Sunday Brunch.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 30 are women's.
242 lines from women, 573 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
19 women and 28 men in the cast. 9 women and 12 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 6 of 862.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 48 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 (2,816), men 72% (7,124). Women have 30% of the lines, so their lines run shorter 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
19
Two men
60
Exhibit F: behind the camera
1 of the 19 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 30% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Seth Gordon (man)
- Written by
- Damian Shannon (man), Mark Swift (man)
- Story by
- Jay Scherick (man), David Ronn (man), Thomas Lennon (man), Robert Ben Garant (man)
- Produced by
- Michael Berk (man), Gregory J. Bonann (man), Beau Flynn (man), Ivan Reitman (man), Douglas Schwartz (man)
- Shot by
- Eric Steelberg (man)
- Edited by
- Peter S. Elliot (man)
- Music by
- Christopher Lennertz (man)
- Production design by
- Shepherd Frankel (man)
- Costumes by
- Dayna Pink (woman)
- Cast by
- John Papsidera (man), Brent Caballero (man)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
19 women, 36 men, 12 not listed
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Sound
5 women, 15 men, 6 not listed
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Production
7 women, 16 men, 1 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
7 women, 0 men, 10 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 8 men, 6 not listed
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Visual Effects
1 women, 5 men, 7 not listed
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Art
1 women, 6 men, 3 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 3 men, 4 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 31 on average. Men: 35 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Kelly Rohrbach Walton 27, Alexandra Daddario 31, Ilfenesh Hadera 31, Priyanka Chopra Jonas 34
Men
Jon Bass 27, Zac Efron 29, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II 30, Hannibal Buress 34, Dwayne Johnson 45, Rob Huebel 47
Exhibit H: the money
It made 2.6 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $69 million
- Box office
- $178 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 43 scenes and 862 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
