Fails the Bechdel test
Bright
2017. Directed by David Ayer, written by Max Landis.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
2 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
17 women characters. 8 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
Women do talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
In Los Angeles, humans live with orcs and elves in a world where fantasy creatures exist. LAPD police officer Daryl Ward is the first human cop to have the first orc police officer, Nick Jakoby, as a partner. When Ward is shot by an orc and Jakoby does not capture the shooter, Ward questions whether Jakoby lets the fellow orc escape. During a patrol, Ward and Jakoby arrest a man who tells that there is a prophecy and that Ward is blessed. Meanwhile, Internal Affairs presses Ward to find the truth about the escape of the shooter so that they can fire Jakoby. The magic department of the FBI interrogates the man who belongs to the terrorist Shield of Light group, which protects brights so that they can prepare for the return of the Dark Lord, who will destroy the world. Ward and Jakoby are sent to attend to a disturbance, and they stumble upon a Shield of Light safe house, where they find the elf Tikka and a magic wand. Soon they learn that Tikka is being hunted down by the evil and powerful rogue elf Leilah and her terrorist group Inferni, who are the ones trying to resurrect the Dark Lord, and Ward and Jakoby need to protect Tikka and the wand; otherwise the world will be destroyed.
- Released
- 22 Dec 2017
- Genres
- Action, Fantasy, Thriller
- Rated
- TV-MA
- IMDb
- 6.3 / 10
- Metascore
- 29 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win & 7 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Ward 249 lines, man
- Jakoby 166 lines, man
- Kandomere 41 lines, man
- Gibson 40 lines
- Pollard 26 lines, man
- Dorghu 22 lines, man
- Poison 18 lines, man
- Brown 17 lines, man
- Sophia 17 lines, woman
- Rodriguez 15 lines, man
Full cast, 63 people
- Will Smith as Daryl Ward
- Joel Edgerton as Nick Jakoby
- Lucy Fry as Tikka
- Noomi Rapace as Leilah
- Edgar Ramírez as Kandomere
- Ike Barinholtz as Pollard
- Veronica Ngô as Tien
- Alex Meraz as Serafin
- Happy Anderson as Montehugh
- Dawn Olivieri as Sherri Ward
- Matt Gerald as Hicks
- Margaret Cho as Sergeant Ching
- Joseph Piccuirro as Brown
- Brad William Henke as Dorghu
- Jay Hernandez as Rodriguez
- Enrique Murciano as Poison
- Scarlet Spencer as Sophia Ward
- Andrea Navedo as Captain Perez
- Kenneth Choi as Yamahara
- Bobby Naderi as Arkashian
- Carlos Linares as Old Man
- Bunnie Rivera as Old Woman
- Bailey Edwards as MTF Elf Agent
- Rosemary Stevens as Sherri's Mom / Orc Woman #4
- Greg Joung Paik as Gas Station Clerk
- Cle Sloan as OG Mike
- Roberts Jekabsons as Morton
- Nadia Gray as Larika
- Chris Browning as Serling
- Laura Vallejo as Ortiz
- Brandon Larracuente as Mike (Dorghu's Son)
- Derek Graf as Smiley
- Jamal Duff as Junior
- Craig Henningsen as Sharps
- Aaron V. Williamson as Orc "GQ"
- Joe Rogan as Self
- Tim Sitarz as Non-Stop
- Luis Moncada as Casper
- Jos Viramontes as Mayor Mike Contreras
- Aileen Burdock as Orc Housewife
- Briana Henry as Orc Hottie at Party
- Lesley Shires as Orc Woman #3
- René Mena as Latino Father
- Chelsea Rendon as Angie
- Daryn D. Dupree as NAT Serco Guard #1
- Blue Mesquita as NAT Serco Guard #2
- Natalie Camunas as Vice Hall Vendor
- Regan Talley as Old Woman Orc
- Gabriel Ortega as Vice Hall Pimp
- Roberto Garcia as Criminal
- Kevin Vance as MTF Agent Gordon
- Ignacio Rodriguera as Orc Band
- Eugene Villanueva as Orc Band
- Adan Mendoza Jr. as Orc Band
- Hector Chavez as Orc Band
- Raul Cuellar as Orc Band
- Gabriel Lopez as Baseball Bat Gangster
- Keenen Bray as Hispanic Gangster
- Diane Boose as Dispatcher
- Pleasant Wayne as Orc
- Shawnda Thomas as Voice Actor
- John Duff as Special D
- Alan Bagh as Elf (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 9% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 102
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 to 6 | 9 | 12 |
| 7 to 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 to 12 | 12 | 37 |
| 13 to 15 | 3 | 14 |
| 16 to 18 | 8 | 29 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 18 |
| 22 to 24 | 5 | 19 |
| 25 to 27 | 0 | 31 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 21 |
| 31 to 33 | 8 | 38 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 17 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 52 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 9 |
| 43 to 45 | 1 | 7 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 13 |
| 49 to 51 | 3 | 28 |
| 52 to 54 | 2 | 8 |
| 55 to 57 | 1 | 4 |
| 58 to 60 | 0 | 2 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 26 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 8 |
| 67 to 69 | 2 | 38 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 11 |
| 73 to 75 | 0 | 4 |
| 76 to 78 | 1 | 39 |
| 79 to 81 | 4 | 31 |
| 82 to 84 | 5 | 48 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 1 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 32 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 2 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 16 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 8 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 4 |
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, 9 are women's.
65 lines from women, 627 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
17 women and 41 men in the cast. 8 women and 14 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 4 of 758.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 99 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 10% of the words (734), men 90% (6,674). Women have 9% 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
1
Two men
66
Exhibit E: behind the camera
3 of the 15 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 31% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- David Ayer (man)
- Written by
- Max Landis (man), David Ayer (man)
- Produced by
- David Ayer (man), Eric Newman (man), Bryan Unkeless (man), Ted Sarandos (man)
- Shot by
- Roman Vasyanov (man)
- Edited by
- Michael Tronick (man), Geoffrey O'Brien (man)
- Music by
- David Sardy (man)
- Production design by
- Andrew Menzies (man)
- Costumes by
- Kelli Jones (woman)
- Cast by
- Lindsay Graham Ahanonu (woman), Mary Vernieu (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
8 women, 12 men, 1 not listed
-
Sound
4 women, 10 men, 1 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
4 women, 6 men, 4 not listed
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Production
4 women, 7 men, 1 not listed
-
Art
1 women, 5 men
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Directing
1 women, 3 men
-
Visual Effects
0 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
-
Editing
0 women, 2 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 34 on average. Men: 41 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Lucy Fry 25, Dawn Olivieri 36, Noomi Rapace 37, Veronica Ngô 38
Men
Alex Meraz 32, Edgar Ramírez 40, Ike Barinholtz 40, Happy Anderson 41, Joel Edgerton 43, Will Smith 49
Exhibit G: the money
What it cost and made, where TMDB lists it.
- Budget
- $90 million
- Box office
- Not listed
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 102 scenes and 758 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
