Passes the Bechdel test

Bottoms

Name: Bottoms
Released: 2024

2024. Directed by Emma Seligman, written by Emma Seligman and Rachel Sennott.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
17 women characters. 12 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 19 scenes out of 51.
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

After they accidentally injure their high school's star quarterback Jeff by hitting him with a car, transforming them from awkward outcasts to overnight celebrities, best friends PJ and Josie concoct an elaborate lie about having spent time in a juvenile correction facility over the summer, and with their equally-awkward friend Hazel and teacher Mr G, they start a self-defense club for women in an attempt to lose their virginities to Brittany and Isabel, their cheerleader crushes.

Released: 14 Feb 2024
Genres: Comedy
Rated: R
IMDb: 6.7 / 10
Metascore: 74 / 100
Awards: 5 wins & 24 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Pj 207 lines, woman
Josie 165 lines, woman
Hazel 86 lines, woman
Isabel 50 lines, woman
Tim 47 lines, man
Jeff 42 lines, man
Annie 31 lines, woman
Mr. G 31 lines, man
Brittany 29 lines, woman
Mrs. Callahan 26 lines, woman

Full cast, 35 people

Rachel Sennott as PJ
Ayo Edebiri as Josie
Ruby Cruz as Hazel Callahan
Havana Rose Liu as Isabel
Kaia Gerber as Brittany
Nicholas Galitzine as Jeff
Miles Fowler as Tim
Marshawn Lynch as Mr. G
Dagmara Dominczyk as Mrs. Callahan
Punkie Johnson as Rhodes
Zamani Wilder as Annie
Summer Joy Campbell as Sylvie
Virginia Tucker as Stella-Rebecca
Wayne Péré as Principal Meyers
Toby Nichols as Goth Kid
Cameron Stout as Tucker
Ted Ferguson as Old Man
Bruno Rose as Mathieu
Zach Primo as Skater Bro
Liz Elkins Newcomer as Sharon
Krystal Alayne Chambers as Fight Club Girl (uncredited)
Richard Chattmon as Huntington Football Player #05 (uncredited)
Zelvin Collins II as Pep Rally Spectator (uncredited)
Wendy Conrad as Spectator (uncredited)
A.J. Dazee as Fight Club Girl (uncredited)
Jennifer Dent as Teacher (uncredited)
Lacey Dover as Cheerleader (uncredited)
Seth Fuentes as Student (uncredited)
Rose Bianca Grue as Spectator (uncredited)
Suzette Lange as Spectator (uncredited)
Mátt Norman as Football Player (uncredited)
Theresa Raymond as High School Student (uncredited)
Devyn Sandidge as Football Fan (uncredited)
David Storm as Football Fan (uncredited)
Kasia Trepagnier as High School Student (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

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

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 51

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 2	1	0
3 to 4	25	0
5 to 6	63	3
7 to 8	25	19
9 to 10	45	27
11 to 12	31	0
13 to 14	52	10
15 to 16	69	16
17 to 18	25	14
19 to 20	49	2
21 to 22	16	2
23 to 24	21	16
25 to 26	0	0
27 to 28	1	0
29 to 30	4	0
31 to 32	6	0
33 to 34	6	0
35 to 36	2	0
37 to 38	5	5
39 to 40	35	4
41 to 42	28	0
43 to 44	59	21
45 to 46	21	0
47 to 48	28	0
49 to 50	2	0
51 to 51	31	15

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.

RHODES: Alright, give it up for yourselves! PJ: Oh. Period check. JOSIE: I’m fine. I would feel it. RHODES: Thanks to the state’s initiative to empower young women and to lower the rate of teenage abortion, you get to walk away with valuable skills…

JOSIE: This was so stupid. PJ: Yeah, I didn’t even finish. JOSIE: Sorry my Mom sent us here. PJ: Sorry I’m such a bad influence and can’t stop jacking off.

PJ: Good evening. Hey. How was your summer? JOSIE: Let’s just go. It’s not our fault this school has a gay problem. PJ: They don’t hate us for being gay. They hate us for being gay untalented and ugly. Look at Mattieu.

JOSIE: PJ, no, no, no - PJ: Here... Hey Brittany. HAZEL: I paid six dollars for that. PJ: Love the fitted tee.

ISABEL: Especially Mrs. Reilly! She’s always saying that if you’re not Irish Catholic you’re going to hell. And I’m regular Christian! PJ: Josie, offer her a ride -

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 81 are women's.

650 lines from women, 154 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

17 women and 9 men in the cast. 12 women and 8 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 2 of 823. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 9 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 79% of the words (7,880), men 21% (2,057). Women have 81% 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

9 of the 14 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 55% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Emma Seligman (woman)
Written by: Emma Seligman (woman), Rachel Sennott (woman)
Produced by: Alison Small (gender not listed), Max Handelman (man), Elizabeth Banks (woman)
Shot by: Maria Rusche (woman)
Edited by: Hanna Park (woman)
Music by: Charli xcx (woman), Leo Birenberg (man)
Production design by: Nate Jones (man)
Costumes by: Eunice Jera Lee (gender not listed)
Cast by: Maribeth Fox (woman), Laura Rosenthal (woman)