Passes the Bechdel test
Booty Call
1997. Directed by Jeff Pollack, written by Takashi Bufford and J. Stanford Parker.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
8 women characters. 6 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 4 scenes out of 61. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Bunz and Rushon are two best buddies who are looking forward to dating two ladies, Lysterine and Nikki. When the two boys get their lives altogether, they all fall in love. But will their lives stay peaceful?
- Released
- 26 Feb 1997
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5.5 / 10
- Metascore
- 54 / 100
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Buns 208 lines, man
- Rushon 154 lines, man
- Nikki 110 lines, woman
- Lysterine 66 lines, woman
- Rusbon 26 lines
- Chan 12 lines, man
- Singh 12 lines, man
- Lystbrine 11 lines
- Doctor Moore 10 lines, woman
- Chinese Man 8 lines, man
Full cast, 31 people
- Jamie Foxx as Bunz
- Tommy Davidson as Rushon
- Vivica A. Fox as Lysterine
- Tamala Jones as Nikki
- Scott LaRose as Singh
- Ric Young as Mr. Chiu
- Bernie Mac as Judge Peabody
- Olivia Yap as Judge's Woman
- Gedde Watanabe as Chan (uncredited)
- Art Malik as Akmed (uncredited)
- Amanda Tapping as Dr. Moore
- David Hemblen as Dr. Blade
- Karen Robinson as Admitting Nurse
- Amy Monique Waddell as Arguing Woman
- Wiley Moore as Arguing Man
- Kam Ray Chan as Ug Lee
- Ammie Sin as Yoyo
- John Moraitis as Greek Cabbie
- Bill MacDonald as Hold Up Man
- Donna Preising as Triage Nurse
- Johnie Chase as Guard
- Beatriz Pizano as Pregnant Woman
- J. Stanford Parker as Older Man (as Bootsie)
- James Mainprize as Another Patient
- Pedro Salvín as Male Nurse
- Robert Bidaman as Dr. Zevroloski
- Julia Paton as Nurse
- Valerie Boyle as O.R. Nurse
- James Kidnie as Mummified Man
- Dominic Marcus as Dice Player
- Derrick Simmons as Dice Player
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 15% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 61
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 3 to 4 | 9 | 16 |
| 5 to 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 to 8 | 43 | 85 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 to 12 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 to 14 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 to 16 | 33 | 38 |
| 17 to 18 | 3 | 4 |
| 19 to 20 | 6 | 8 |
| 21 to 22 | 3 | 7 |
| 23 to 24 | 7 | 3 |
| 25 to 26 | 7 | 16 |
| 27 to 28 | 6 | 7 |
| 29 to 30 | 3 | 6 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 19 |
| 33 to 34 | 3 | 7 |
| 35 to 36 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 to 38 | 7 | 11 |
| 39 to 40 | 1 | 37 |
| 41 to 42 | 2 | 3 |
| 43 to 44 | 14 | 29 |
| 45 to 46 | 6 | 15 |
| 47 to 48 | 8 | 26 |
| 49 to 50 | 19 | 26 |
| 51 to 52 | 6 | 11 |
| 53 to 54 | 2 | 4 |
| 55 to 56 | 12 | 16 |
| 57 to 58 | 1 | 1 |
| 59 to 60 | 1 | 1 |
| 61 to 61 | 1 | 0 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
LYSTERINE: can"t black people order something other than shrimp fried rice? NIKKI: Prawns in garlic sauce •••
NIKKI: What's that? LYSTERINE: It's a gold Texaco card.
NIKKI: You need to pay attention and learn, maybe one day you'll do something gallant and romantic ••• ,,.like Rushen ••• LYSTERINE: There"s that common street G. again •••
NIKKI: Maybe the girl wants a more profound relationship ••• maybe the girl is not interested in casual sex. LYSTERINE: Maybe the girl wants a deeper commitment ••• ma.ybe the girl wants a soulmate. NIKKI: Maybe the girl's got some soul searching to do •••
NIKKI: Take a good hard look at Buns and tell me you don't need a condom••• LYSTERINE: Buns, do you have a condom?
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 32 are women's.
210 lines from women, 437 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
8 women and 19 men in the cast. 6 women and 15 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 36 of 757.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 35 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 26% of the words (2,051), men 74% (5,931). Women have 32% 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
18
Two men
52
Exhibit F: behind the camera
4 of the 11 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 26% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Jeff Pollack (man)
- Written by
- J. Stanford Parker (man), Takashi Bufford (man)
- Produced by
- John Morrissey (man)
- Shot by
- Ron Orieux (man)
- Edited by
- Christopher Greenbury (man)
- Music by
- Robert Folk (man)
- Production design by
- Sandra Kybartas (woman)
- Costumes by
- Vicki Graef (woman)
- Cast by
- Mary Vernieu (woman), Ronnie Yeskel (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Art
2 women, 0 men, 3 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 0 men, 4 not listed
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Production
2 women, 3 men
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Camera
0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
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Other crew
0 women, 2 men
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Writing
0 women, 2 men
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Editing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 27 on average. Men: 38 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Tamala Jones 22, Vivica A. Fox 32
Men
Jamie Foxx 29, Scott LaRose 29, Tommy Davidson 33, Bernie Mac 39, Gedde Watanabe 41, Art Malik 44, Ric Young 52
Exhibit H: the money
It made 2.9 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $7 million
- Box office
- $20.1 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 61 scenes and 757 lines of dialogue. How the test works
