Passes the Bechdel test
Big Time Adolescence
2020. Directed by Jason Orley, written by Jason Orley.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
11 women characters. 8 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 109. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
A suburban teenager comes of age under the destructive guidance of his best friend, an aimless college dropout.
- Released
- 13 Mar 2020
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.9 / 10
- Metascore
- 64 / 100
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Mo 405 lines, man
- Zeke 320 lines, man
- Sophie 69 lines, woman
- Epstein 55 lines, man
- Sherri 39 lines, woman
- Reuben 34 lines, man
- Holly 33 lines, woman
- Kate 25 lines, woman
- Nick 20 lines, man
- Doug 14 lines, man
Full cast, 36 people
- Griffin Gluck as Monroe
- Pete Davidson as Zeke
- Jon Cryer as Reuben
- Sydney Sweeney as Holly
- Emily Arlook as Kate
- mgk as Nick
- Thomas Barbusca as Stacey
- Oona Laurence as Sophie
- Esteban Benito as Doug
- Julia K. Murney as Sherri
- Larry John Meyers as Principal Clarke
- Michael Devine as Officer Peters
- John Villanueva as Teacher
- Aiden Arthur as Younger Monroe
- Susan Atwood as Drive Thru Lady
- Clare Lopez as Girl at Bar
- Sheirel Mordaunt as Customer
- Omar Brunson as Danny
- Cameron August as Josh
- Jordan Rock as Jordan
- Brielle Barbusca as Lisa
- Grace Tiso as Michelle
- Nick Ziobro as Chad
- Nick Darmstaedter as Grocery Store Manager
- Alexander Low as Grocery Store Clerk
- Kimberly G. Grader as Alison
- Joseph Vincent Gay as Ricky
- Jon Freda as Grandfather
- Patsy Meck as Grandmother
- Nick Antonello as Pitcher
- Bill Cregg as Umpire
- Shaun Woodland as Officer Robinson
- Danny Reuben as Officer Munguia
- Brandon Carrillo as Officer Nelson
- Laura Stisser as Receptionist
- Dannielle Rose as Fast Food Manager (uncredited)
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 109
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 to 12 | 2 | 14 |
| 13 to 15 | 3 | 6 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 29 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 4 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 to 27 | 4 | 74 |
| 28 to 30 | 12 | 60 |
| 31 to 33 | 12 | 46 |
| 34 to 36 | 31 | 65 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 65 |
| 40 to 42 | 4 | 31 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 to 48 | 3 | 5 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 13 |
| 52 to 54 | 5 | 39 |
| 55 to 57 | 3 | 6 |
| 58 to 60 | 0 | 46 |
| 61 to 63 | 5 | 14 |
| 64 to 66 | 18 | 69 |
| 67 to 69 | 1 | 1 |
| 70 to 72 | 13 | 15 |
| 73 to 75 | 0 | 1 |
| 76 to 78 | 9 | 31 |
| 79 to 81 | 17 | 85 |
| 82 to 84 | 18 | 25 |
| 85 to 87 | 8 | 24 |
| 88 to 90 | 3 | 15 |
| 91 to 93 | 3 | 9 |
| 94 to 96 | 3 | 10 |
| 97 to 99 | 9 | 15 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 28 |
| 103 to 105 | 0 | 9 |
| 106 to 108 | 3 | 16 |
| 109 to 109 | 0 | 21 |
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.
SOPHIE: Yeah, there are fewer awkward silences. SHERRI: Mo.
SOPHIE: Yeah. SHERRI: Is that a girl?
SHERRI: Sorry, I’m going. SOPHIE: Your shot?
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 17 are women's.
189 lines from women, 903 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
11 women and 19 men in the cast. 8 women and 8 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 27 of 1,127.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 72 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 14% of the words (1,371), men 86% (8,396). Women have 17% 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
3
Two men
80
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 15 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 37% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Jason Orley (man)
- Written by
- Jason Orley (man)
- Produced by
- Jeremy Garelick (man), Mickey Liddell (man), Mason Novick (man), Will Phelps (man), Pete Shilaimon (man), Glen Trotiner (man)
- Shot by
- Andrew Huebscher (gender not listed)
- Edited by
- Waldemar Centeno (gender not listed)
- Music by
- Zachary Dawes (man), Nick Sena (man)
- Production design by
- Kathrin Eder (woman)
- Costumes by
- Samantha Hawkins (woman)
- Cast by
- Amey René (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
10 women, 12 men, 3 not listed
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Sound
3 women, 12 men, 1 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 7 men, 5 not listed
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Art
3 women, 2 men, 6 not listed
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Other crew
2 women, 5 men, 2 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
4 women, 0 men, 3 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 0 men, 3 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 30 on average. Men: 29 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Oona Laurence 17, Sydney Sweeney 22, Emily Arlook 29, Julia K. Murney 51
Men
Thomas Barbusca 17, Griffin Gluck 19, Pete Davidson 26, mgk 29, Jon Cryer 54
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 109 scenes and 1,127 lines of dialogue. How the test works
