Passes the Bechdel test
Bill & Ted Face the Music
2020. Directed by Dean Parisot, written by Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
19 women characters. 4 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 74. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
Once told they'd save the universe during a time-traveling adventure, two would-be rockers from San Dimas, California find themselves as middle-aged dads still trying to crank out a hit song and fulfill their destiny.
- Released
- 28 Aug 2020
- Genres
- Adventure, Comedy, Music
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 5.9 / 10
- Metascore
- 65 / 100
- Awards
- 12 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Ted 264 lines, man
- Bill 230 lines, man
- Logan 43 lines, man
- 55 Yr Old Bill 29 lines, man
- 55 Yr Old Ted 28 lines, man
- Deacon 26 lines, man
- Rollins 23 lines, man
- Bill/Ted 19 lines, man
- Elizabeth 16 lines, woman
- 50 Yr Old Ted 15 lines, man
Full cast, 78 people
- Keanu Reeves as Ted
- Alex Winter as Bill
- Kristen Schaal as Kelly
- Samara Weaving as Thea
- Jack Haven as Billie
- William Sadler as Death
- Anthony Carrigan as Dennis Caleb McCoy
- Erinn Hayes as Elizabeth
- Jayma Mays as Joanna
- Hal Landon Jr. as Chief Logan
- Beck Bennett as Deacon
- Kid Cudi as Kid Cudi
- Amy Stoch as Missy
- Holland Taylor as The Great Leader
- Jillian Bell as Dr. Taylor Wood
- Dave Grohl as Dave Grohl
- DazMann Still as Jimi Hendrix
- Jeremiah Craft as Louis Armstrong
- Sharon Gee as Ling Lun
- Patty Anne Miller as Grom
- George Carlin as Rufus Hologram (archive footage)
- Piotr Michael as Rufus (voice)
- Shoshana Bean as First Noble
- Sharon K. London as Second Noble
- Al Vicente as Lead Scientist
- Jared Bankens as Jesus / Young Ted
- Ed Solomon as Stupid Demon
- Chris Matheson as Ugly Demon
- Kelly Carlin-McCall as Head Technician
- Mickey Gooch Jr. as Clete
- Billy Slaughter as Young Bill
- Reece Loustalot as Babe Ruth
- William E. Harris as George Washington
- Kimberly Stockton as Queen Elizabeth
- Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah as Noble
- Bridget Andrews as Cleopatra
- Artis Burney as Buddha
- Gretchen Byers as Renaissance Lady
- Georgia Cohran as Harriet Tubman
- David Calloway as Roman Soldier
- John Devilman as Roman Soldier
- Bailie Duzaut as Female Celt
- Andrea Garcia as Gypsy
- Gabriel Derrick as Gypsy
- Maddison Nicolosi as Gypsy
- Kallie Glidewell as Flapper
- Xavier Leblanc as Pharaoh
- Joseph Martin as Elizabethan Nobleman
- Kharismisa Morris as Josephine Baker
- Ned Yousef as Gandhi
- Eliana Ruiz as Indira Gandhi
- Tommie Wong as Kubla Khan
- Lindy Ariff as Amelia Earhart
- Diana Barnes as Frida
- Alberto Corrales as Spanish Count
- Scott Gelpi as Native Chief
- Andrian Harabaru as Cellist
- Dylan Langlois as Rifleman
- Nick Garrison as Hendrix Band Member
- Jeff Pagano as Noelle Redding
- Dijon Lodree as Caveman
- Jeremy Thomas as Caveman
- Alexis Long as Cavewoman
- Suzy Cole as Scientist
- Alex Halpern as Scientist
- Kierra Luv as Scientist
- Bill Prady as Scientist
- Nicolas Bosc as Caveman (uncredited)
- Daniel Dorr as Mozart (uncredited)
- Gregory Hobson as Tough Prisoner (uncredited)
- 'Weird Al' Yankovic as Guy Playing Accordion (uncredited)
- William Buster Benefield as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
- Michael Biss as Umpire (uncredited)
- Maydelle Clarice as Renaissance Dancer (uncredited)
- Guillermo Rodriguez as Guy in Shower (uncredited)
- Matt Gorman as Fan Playing Air Guitar (uncredited)
- John Morzen as Man in Lounge (uncredited)
- Julia Holt as Tambourine Player (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 6% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 74
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 65 |
| 5 to 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 to 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 to 12 | 0 | 29 |
| 13 to 14 | 6 | 47 |
| 15 to 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 17 |
| 19 to 20 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 58 |
| 23 to 24 | 1 | 7 |
| 25 to 26 | 12 | 26 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 45 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 22 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 to 36 | 0 | 51 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 2 |
| 39 to 40 | 0 | 27 |
| 41 to 42 | 0 | 15 |
| 43 to 44 | 0 | 1 |
| 45 to 46 | 0 | 2 |
| 47 to 48 | 0 | 2 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 56 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 22 |
| 53 to 54 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 44 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 22 |
| 59 to 60 | 0 | 19 |
| 61 to 62 | 2 | 25 |
| 63 to 64 | 1 | 29 |
| 65 to 66 | 3 | 4 |
| 67 to 68 | 0 | 62 |
| 69 to 70 | 4 | 25 |
| 71 to 72 | 3 | 28 |
| 73 to 74 | 0 | 1 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scene
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
JOANNA: Look, the point is, they took it seriously - they take it seriously. ELIZABETH: They really care, and they work hard. It’s pretty much all they do, actually. JOANNA: But they’ve found ways.. Certain, whatever, ‘hobbies,’ you know, to cope.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 5 are women's.
45 lines from women, 824 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
19 women and 45 men in the cast. 4 women and 41 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 23 of 921.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 352 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 6% of the words (468), men 94% (7,976). Women have 5% 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
6
Two men
81
Exhibit F: behind the camera
5 of the 16 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 24% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Dean Parisot (man)
- Written by
- Ed Solomon (man), Chris Matheson (man)
- Produced by
- Scott Kroopf (man), Alex Lebovici (man), Steve Ponce (gender not listed), David Haring (man), Ed Solomon (man)
- Shot by
- Shelly Johnson (man)
- Edited by
- Don Zimmerman (man)
- Music by
- Mark Isham (man)
- Production design by
- Melanie Jones (woman)
- Costumes by
- Jennifer Starzyk (woman)
- Cast by
- Nicole Abellera Hallman (woman), Jeanne McCarthy (woman), Leslie Woo (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Visual Effects
4 women, 11 men, 79 not listed
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Other crew
1 women, 18 men, 48 not listed
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Art
4 women, 5 men, 47 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
11 women, 6 men, 34 not listed
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Production
9 women, 23 men, 16 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 13 men, 22 not listed
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Sound
3 women, 14 men, 7 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 2 men, 16 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 39 on average. Men: 59 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Samara Weaving 28, Jayma Mays 41, Kristen Schaal 42, Erinn Hayes 44
Men
Anthony Carrigan 37, Keanu Reeves 55, Alex Winter 55, William Sadler 70, Hal Landon Jr. 79
Exhibit H: the money
It made 25% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $25 million
- Box office
- $6.3 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 74 scenes and 921 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
