Passes the Bechdel test

Blades of Glory

Name: Blades of Glory
Released: 2007

2007. Directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck, written by Craig Cox and Jeff Cox and Busy Philipps.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
18 women characters. 6 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 95.
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

When rivalry between the world's best men's figure skaters - sex addicted, improvisational Chazz Michael Michaels and germophobic, precise Jimmy MacElroy - breaks into a fight on the awards platform, they're banned from the event for life. Three years later, desire for a gold medal and a careful reading of the rules lead them to compete as skating's first male-male pair. Can they overcome mutual dislike, limited time to prepare, their coach's secret past, and the dirty tricks of their main opponents, the Van Waldenberg siblings? The key to victory or defeat may lie in the attraction of the virginal Jimmy toward Katie, the Van Waldenbergs' little sister.

Released: 30 Mar 2007
Genres: Comedy, Sport
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 6.3 / 10
Metascore: 64 / 100
Awards: 3 wins & 10 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Chazz 216 lines, man
Jimmy 186 lines, man
Coach 85 lines, man
Katie 67 lines, woman
Stranz 57 lines, man
Fairchild 30 lines, woman
Darren 18 lines, man
Kim 14 lines, man
Dick Button 12 lines
Hector 12 lines, man

Full cast, 70 people

Will Ferrell as Chazz Michael Michaels
Jon Heder as Jimmy MacElroy
Will Arnett as Stranz Van Waldenberg
Amy Poehler as Fairchild Van Waldenberg
Jenna Fischer as Katie Van Waldenberg
William Fichtner as Darren MacElroy
Craig T. Nelson as Coach
Romany Malco as Jesse
Nick Swardson as Hector
Scott Hamilton as Sports Anchor
Andy Richter as Mountie
Greg Lindsay as Mountie
Rob Corddry as Bryce
Nick Jameson as PA Announcer
Tom Virtue as Floor Manager
Ben Wilson as Fox
William Daniels as Commissioner Ebbers
Zachary Ferren as Young Jimmy
Rémy Girard as Father St. Pierre
Steven M. Gagnon as Rink Official World Games
Christopher Reed as World Games Paramedic
Luciana Carro as Sam
Nancy Kerrigan as Attractive Official
Smalls as Frank the Security Guard
Luke Wilson as Sex Class Counselor
Katharine Towne as Female Sex Addict
David Pressman as Reporter - Montreal
James M. Connor as Surly Reporter - Montreal
Craig Gellis as Jail Cell Inmate
Angela Chee as Newswoman
Hans Uder as Usher
Chad Brennan as Chazz Skate Double
Ethan Burgess as Jimmy Skate Double
Patrick Hancock as Stranz Skating Double
Tiffany Scott as Fairchild Skating Double
Brian Boitano as Federation Judge
Dorothy Hamill as Federation Judge
Peggy Fleming as Federation Judge
Phil Reeves as Father
Mollie Marie Clinton as Alice
Matt Levin as Matt
Eloise Lynch as Female Fan
Fiona Gubelmann as Woodland Fairy
Smith Cho as Woodland Fairy
James P. Yorke as Skate Fox
Alysse Alcroft as Skate Woodland Fairy
Taylor Neff as Skate Woodland Fairy
Wendy Wilke as Skate Woodland Fairy
Matt Evers as Skate Tree
Keith Joe Dick as Skate Tree
Sunita Param as Reporter
Stephanie Courtney as Reporter at Sign Ups
Lisa Marie Allen as Middle-Aged Sweater Mom
Elliott Cho as Little Kid
Loretta Fox as Court Stenographer
Kyle Bornheimer as Rink PA Nationals
Jim Lampley as Co-Anchor
Sasha Cohen as Sasha Cohen
Alison Martin as Female Judge Stockholm
Griffin Armstorff as Finnish Skating Prodigy
Armen Saakian as Skate Acrobat Chazz Double
Akop Manoukian as Skate Acrobat Jimmy Double
Grant Thompson as Wallet Mountie
Kelly Gould as Crying Girl
Margaret Roblin as Female Judge Montreal
Lisa Paul as Catholic School Girl
Lora Starkman as Girl Who Kisses Chazz
J.D. Cantrell as Future Skater
Kerry Rossall as Fire Extinguisher
Stephen 'tWitch' Boss as Flamboyant Dancer (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 7% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 95

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 2	0	7
3 to 4	0	0
5 to 6	2	23
7 to 8	7	30
9 to 10	1	27
11 to 12	1	2
13 to 14	1	24
15 to 16	0	3
17 to 18	0	6
19 to 20	0	15
21 to 22	0	10
23 to 24	0	16
25 to 26	2	29
27 to 28	0	11
29 to 30	4	28
31 to 32	6	11
33 to 34	0	15
35 to 36	0	2
37 to 38	9	36
39 to 40	0	21
41 to 42	5	3
43 to 44	0	3
45 to 46	4	13
47 to 48	0	10
49 to 50	5	26
51 to 52	3	4
53 to 54	0	2
55 to 56	0	9
57 to 58	0	39
59 to 60	0	34
61 to 62	3	10
63 to 64	17	14
65 to 66	0	1
67 to 68	1	12
69 to 70	5	11
71 to 72	2	1
73 to 74	5	6
75 to 76	4	5
77 to 78	0	0
79 to 80	4	15
81 to 82	0	6
83 to 84	5	24
85 to 86	0	5
87 to 88	1	9
89 to 90	0	0
91 to 92	4	7
93 to 94	1	7
95 to 95	2	54

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.

KATIE: It's a chat line ... sort of. Part of your endorsement agreement is that you wear these hats at all media events and hold one phone party ev… FAIRCHILD: You said that we'd be endorsing cell phones! I want a Sidekick!

FAIRCHILD: Katie, how do you explain this? KATIE: It's the Kimspin. It's pretty radical ... FAIRCHILD: I know what it is! How do you explain the fact that you let them come up with a move that amazing?! KATIE: I cut their power. I'm really trying to mess them up, this just isn't my ...

KATIE: Isn't there some other way? FAIRCHILD: No.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 14 are women's.

104 lines from women, 646 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

18 women and 35 men in the cast. 6 women and 20 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 36 of 810. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 92 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 11% of the words (1,096), men 89% (9,149). Women have 14% 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

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

3 of the 19 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 27% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Will Speck (man), Josh Gordon (man)
Written by: John Altschuler (man), Craig Cox (man), Jeff Cox (man), Dave Krinsky (man)
Story by: Craig Cox (man), Jeff Cox (man), Busy Philipps (woman)
Produced by: Stuart Cornfeld (man), John Jacobs (man), Ben Stiller (man)
Shot by: Stefan Czapsky (man)
Edited by: Richard Pearson (man)
Music by: Theodore Shapiro (man)
Production design by: Stephen J. Lineweaver (man)
Costumes by: Julie Weiss (woman)
Cast by: Juel Bestrop (woman), Seth Yanklewitz (man)