Passes the Bechdel test

Brad's Status

Name: Brad's Status
Released: 2022

2022. Directed by Mike White, written by Mike White.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
16 women characters. 7 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 3 scenes out of 163.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

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The film

Brad Sloan (Ben Stiller) runs his own non-profit organization, and lives a comfortable life with his loving wife and son, but cannot help contemplating how his old friends Craig Fisher (Michael Sheen), Billy Wearslter (Jemaine Clement), Jason Hatfield (Luke Wilson), and Nick Pascale (Mike White) are rich and accomplished. Craig works in the White House and published a best-selling book; Jason owns a hedge fund firm; Billy sold a company he founded, moved to Maui, and retired; and Nick is a Hollywood director. Brad's wife, Melanie (Jenna Fischer), tries to comfort Brad, telling him that they do not need to compare themselves with the wealthiest 1%..

Released: 22 Sep 2022
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music
Rated: R
IMDb: 6.5 / 10
Metascore: 71 / 100
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Brad 381 lines, man
Troy 146 lines, man
Narrator 133 lines, man
Craig 63 lines, man
Ananya 59 lines, woman
Melanie 46 lines, woman
Billy 19 lines, man
Jason 15 lines, man
Airline Rep 10 lines
Female Professor 7 lines, woman

Full cast, 48 people

Ben Stiller as Brad Sloan
Austin Abrams as Troy Sloan
Jenna Fischer as Melanie Sloan
Michael Sheen as Craig Fisher
Jemaine Clement as Billy Wearslter
Luke Wilson as Jason Hatfield
Shazi Raja as Ananya
Luisa Lee as Maya
Mike White as Nick Pascale
Xavier Grobet as Xavier
Adam Capriolo as Chris Kanew
Felicia Shulman as Cherie Parkinson
Jane Wheeler as Harvard Mother
Karl Graboshas as Admission Officer
Jon Bernad as Admissions Receptionist
Jonah Carson as Busker
Susan Glover as Female Professor
Meghan Gabruch as Azalia's Hostess
Kenny Wong as Mark
Keir Cutler as TSA Officer
Erin Agostino as Flight Attendant
Shauna Bradley as Diane Fisher
Frank Fontaine as Older Man
Carolyn Fe as Chinese Waitress
Izzy Stannard as Tween One
Ava Gammie as Tween Two
Devon Packer as Young Troy
Dawn Ford as Jason's Executive Assistant
Rosalba Martinni as Older Latina
Spiro Malandrakis as Bartender
Xavier Sotelo as Harvard Father
Adam Bernett as Ticket Seller
Alex Bovaird as Jason's Wife
Orla Johannes as TV Host
Alex Bisping as Beta Male #1
André Simoneau as Beta Male #2
Ivan Fuchs as George
Kuulei Uelese as Billy's Wahine
Sara Baumgartner as Billy's Other Wahine
Vincent Colpron as Gay Dog Handler #1
Steven Cuneo as Gay Dog Handler #2
Allison Williams as Troy's Girlfriend
Jordan Matthew Teasdale as Jason's Child #1
Max Benda as Jason's Child #2
Raynnie Platz as Jason's Child #3
Mya Hénault as Jason's Child #4
Jimmy Kimmel as Self
Danielle Lyons as College Tour Guide (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 4 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 163

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 4	0	10
5 to 8	0	5
9 to 12	25	30
13 to 16	1	8
17 to 20	3	14
21 to 24	0	21
25 to 28	1	5
29 to 32	0	9
33 to 36	1	3
37 to 40	0	5
41 to 44	0	7
45 to 48	2	58
49 to 52	0	12
53 to 56	0	8
57 to 60	6	25
61 to 64	12	39
65 to 68	0	4
69 to 72	1	4
73 to 76	5	44
77 to 80	0	6
81 to 84	1	29
85 to 88	0	19
89 to 92	0	21
93 to 96	1	8
97 to 100	0	6
101 to 104	30	50
105 to 108	9	14
109 to 112	12	18
113 to 116	13	19
117 to 120	1	2
121 to 124	0	13
125 to 128	0	54
129 to 132	0	8
133 to 136	7	26
137 to 140	0	5
141 to 144	0	1
145 to 148	4	14
149 to 152	7	119
153 to 156	0	4
157 to 160	0	25
161 to 163	0	3

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.

ANANYA: I play the flute. MAYA: I just don’t feel like it’s my job to be the ambassador to all these Chinese students. I mean, of course I want to help them assimilate, but…

ANANYA: Thank you so much for dinner! MAYA: Yes, thank you!

ANANYA: Have fun with that. Okay, well, bye! MAYA: Bye! Nice to meet you!

ANANYA: You’re amazing. MAYA: Totally.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

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

142 lines from women, 775 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

16 women and 19 men in the cast. 7 women and 11 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 21 of 937. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 135 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 13% of the words (1,383), men 87% (9,388). Women have 15% 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

7 of the 16 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 36% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Mike White (man)
Written by: Mike White (man)
Produced by: David Bernad (man), Sidney Kimmel (man), Dede Gardner (woman), Mike White (man), Jeremy Kleiner (man)
Shot by: Xavier Grobet (man)
Edited by: Heather Persons (woman)
Music by: Mark Mothersbaugh (man)
Production design by: Richard Hoover (man)
Cast by: Andrea Kenyon (woman), Randi Wells (woman), Angela Peri (woman), Katie Doyle (woman), Meredith Tucker (woman)