Passes the Bechdel test

Bones

Name: Bones
Released: 2001

2001. Directed by Ernest Dickerson, written by Adam Simon and Tim Metcalfe.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
10 women characters. 3 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 167.
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

The time is 1979. Jimmy Bones is respected and loved as the neighborhood protector. When he is betrayed and brutally murdered by a corrupt cop, Bones' elegant brownstone becomes his tomb, Twenty-two years later, the neighborhood has become a ghetto, and his home has turned into a Gothic ruin. Four teens renovate it as an after hours nightclub, unknowingly releasing Jimmy's tortured spirit. Its thrills and chills when blood spills when Jimmy's ghost sets about its frightful revenge, his killers unaware of the gruesome fate that awaits them. With each new victim, the terror mounts, and Bones' vengeance spins out of control, threatening everyone in his path, including his former lover, Pearl. Get ready for Bones!!!

Released: 24 Oct 2001
Genres: Crime, Fantasy, Horror
Rated: R
IMDb: 4.5 / 10
Metascore: 42 / 100
Awards: 1 nomination total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Patrick 119 lines, man
Pearl 78 lines, woman
Bones 71 lines, man
Jeremiah 62 lines, man
Bill 57 lines, man
Cinnabar 57 lines
Maurice 56 lines, man
Mack 37 lines, man
Lupovich 32 lines, man
Shotgun 23 lines, man

Full cast, 39 people

Snoop Dogg as Jimmy Bones
Pam Grier as Pearl
Michael T. Weiss as Al Lupovich
Clifton Powell as Jeremiah Peet
Ricky Harris as Eddie Mack
Bianca Lawson as Cynthia
Khalil Kain as Patrick
Merwin Mondesir as Bill
Sean Amsing as Maurice
Katharine Isabelle as Tia
Ron Selmour as Shotgun
Deezer D as Stank
Garikayi Mutambirwa as Weaze
Erin Wright as Snowflake
Josh Byer as Jason
Kirby Morrow as Palmer
Ellen Ewusie as The Death Lady
Lynda Boyd as Nancy
Boyan Vukelic as Young Cop
Marcus Moldowan as Young Patrick
Mavis D'Andrade as Old Woman (Street)
Colin Foo as Elderly Séance Man
Emy Aneke as Clubber
Randy Schooley as Investigator
Tracey Classen as Bones Shadow
Donny Lucas as Crackhead
Shanel Nelson-Murray as Skipping Girl
Chaynade Knowles as Skipping Girl
Brittany Moldowan as Skipping Girl
Helena Yea as Seance Woman
Gladys Phillip as Seance Woman
D. Harlan Cutshall as Seance Man
Joe Costa as Seance Man
Jeni Le Gon as Window Granny
Chaka White as Foxy Lady
Keith Provost as Cop
Brantley Bush as Cop
Linda Chow as Jeremiah's First Wife
Charles Jones Jr. as Elderly Man

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 12% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 167

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 4	0	0
5 to 8	0	17
9 to 12	0	13
13 to 16	0	7
17 to 20	2	10
21 to 24	3	39
25 to 28	11	28
29 to 32	4	17
33 to 36	6	25
37 to 40	0	44
41 to 44	1	21
45 to 48	2	10
49 to 52	0	0
53 to 56	1	0
57 to 60	6	0
61 to 64	0	0
65 to 68	0	0
69 to 72	2	0
73 to 76	7	34
77 to 80	1	2
81 to 84	1	2
85 to 88	10	4
89 to 92	2	6
93 to 96	1	13
97 to 100	2	46
101 to 104	5	12
105 to 108	0	3
109 to 112	0	2
113 to 116	0	0
117 to 120	4	7
121 to 124	2	11
125 to 128	5	23
129 to 132	4	12
133 to 136	0	15
137 to 140	3	5
141 to 144	1	6
145 to 148	1	3
149 to 152	8	8
153 to 156	1	7
157 to 160	4	9
161 to 164	4	9
165 to 167	2	34

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.

PEARL: They won't do you no good. NANCY: What are you doing? I've just called the police and 911.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 17 are women's.

106 lines from women, 504 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

10 women and 19 men in the cast. 3 women and 19 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 40 of 694. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 80 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 19% of the words (1,303), men 81% (5,477). Women have 17% 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

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

3 of the 15 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 27% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Ernest R. Dickerson (man)
Written by: Tim Metcalfe (man), Adam Simon (man)
Produced by: Peter Heller (man), Rupert Harvey (man), Lloyd Segan (man)
Shot by: Flavio Martínez Labiano (man)
Edited by: Michael N. Knue (man), Stephen Lovejoy (man)
Music by: Elia Cmiral (man)
Production design by: Douglas Higgins (man)
Costumes by: Dana Campbell (gender not listed)
Cast by: Anya Colloff (woman), Jennifer Pate (woman), Amy McIntyre Britt (woman)