Fails the Bechdel test

Blindspotting

Name: Blindspotting
Released: 2018

2018. Directed by Carlos López Estrada, written by Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

1 / 3

Fails

Yes 1. At least two women
8 women characters. 4 of them speak.
No 2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other.
No 3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.

The film

Collin (Daveed Diggs) must make it through his final three days of probation for a chance at a new beginning. He and his troublemaking childhood best friend Miles (Rafael Casal) work as movers and are forced to watch their old neighborhood become a trendy spot in the rapidly-gentrifying Bay Area. When a life-altering event causes Collin to miss his mandatory curfew, the two men struggle to maintain their friendship as the changing social landscape exposes their differences. Explores the intersection of race and class set against the backdrop of Oakland.

Released: 27 Jul 2018
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Rated: R
IMDb: 7.4 / 10
Metascore: 75 / 100
Awards: 5 wins & 23 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Collin 263 lines, man
Miles 243 lines, man
Val 51 lines, woman
Ashley 48 lines, woman
Rin 25 lines, man
Patrick 24 lines, man
Dez 16 lines, man
Nancy 13 lines, woman
Yorkie 12 lines, man
Couch Man 10 lines, man

Full cast, 51 people

Daveed Diggs as Collin
Rafael Casal as Miles
Janina Gavankar as Val
Jasmine Cephas Jones as Ashley
Ethan Embry as Officer Molina
Tisha Campbell as Mama Liz
Utkarsh Ambudkar as Rin
Kevin Carroll as James
Nyambi Nyambi as Yorkie
Jon Chaffin as Dezz
Wayne Knight as Patrick
Margo Hall as Nancy
Ziggy Baitinger as Sean 'Ziggy' Jones
Leland Orser as Judge
Travis Parker as Randall Marshall
Lance Holloway as Curtis 'Cuttie' Cutworth
Justin Chu Cary as Tin
Casey Adams as Chet
Michael Rhys Kan as Marty
Justin Liu as Jimmy
Aviel Ayoung as Terry
Rolanda D. Bell as Nak
John K. Moeslein as Sid
Sarah Kay as Angela
George Watsky as Tanner
Kendra Andrews as Rachel Molina
Eduardo Ambriz DeColosio as Tel
Zack Duhame as Officer Farmer
Amanda Encelan as Tina
Rahul Gupta as Clerk
Matt McAbee as Eddie
Cameron Foxly as Tall Biker
Luis Carlos Muñoz as Officer in Car
Chris Harding as Bunny Skylar
Rashida Clendening as Beauty Shop Patron (uncredited)
Peter Fitzsimmons as Another Addict (uncredited)
Tina Gilton as Woman with ID (uncredited)
Cassie Hendry as Bar Patron (uncredited)
Camryn Howard as Kes (uncredited)
Dawayne Jordan as Cemetery Man (uncredited)
Kelli McCrann as Couch Girl (uncredited)
Sean Michael McGrory as Diner Patron (uncredited)
Brandon H. Morgan as Bartender (uncredited)
Geoffrey Quan as Herbert G. (uncredited)
Molly Shaiken as Bar Patron (uncredited)
Steven Wiig as Uptight Guy (uncredited)
Tywain Willis as Ghost (uncredited)
Rayna Angélique as Hair Salon Customer (uncredited)
Brian Sampson as Oakland Police Officer (uncredited)
Jonathan Groff as Man by Fence (uncredited)
Emmy Raver-Lampman as Woman by Fence (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 114

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	0	3
4 to 6	0	70
7 to 9	0	6
10 to 12	0	1
13 to 15	0	3
16 to 18	0	1
19 to 21	7	18
22 to 24	0	14
25 to 27	0	0
28 to 30	8	19
31 to 33	0	44
34 to 36	0	3
37 to 39	0	5
40 to 42	0	9
43 to 45	15	31
46 to 48	6	18
49 to 51	24	22
52 to 54	3	6
55 to 57	0	21
58 to 60	0	0
61 to 63	4	11
64 to 66	0	28
67 to 69	0	2
70 to 72	0	79
73 to 75	0	11
76 to 78	1	29
79 to 81	8	15
82 to 84	13	18
85 to 87	0	43
88 to 90	0	12
91 to 93	0	44
94 to 96	13	14
97 to 99	0	1
100 to 102	8	8
103 to 105	5	9
106 to 108	4	4
109 to 111	0	2
112 to 114	0	35

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 15 are women's.

119 lines from women, 659 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit B: who's in it

8 women and 25 men in the cast. 4 women and 15 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 91 of 799. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 154 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 17% of the words (1,435), men 83% (6,845). Women have 15% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.

Exhibit D: 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 E: behind the camera

4 of the 15 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 17% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Carlos López Estrada (man)
Written by: Rafael Casal (man), Daveed Diggs (man)
Produced by: Keith Calder (man), Jessica Wu (woman), Rafael Casal (man), Daveed Diggs (man)
Shot by: Robby Baumgartner (man)
Edited by: Gabriel Fleming (man)
Music by: Jonathan Snipes (man), Michael Yezerski (man)
Production design by: Tom Hammock (man)
Costumes by: Emily Batson (woman)
Cast by: Kimberly Hardin (woman), Nina Henninger (woman)