Passes the Bechdel test

Burning Annie

Name: Burning Annie
Released: 2004

2004. Directed by Van Flesher, written by Randy Mack and Zack Ordynans.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
4 women characters. 4 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 95.
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

A dark comedy about Max, who thinks Woody Allen's "Annie Hall" is a cautionary tale about the futility of romance. Just as he begins to suspect the movie is ruining his love life, his world is turned inside-out by a girl who just might be the modern equivalent of Annie Hall herself.

Released: 08 Mar 2003
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rated: R
IMDb: 5.5 / 10
Metascore: 38 / 100
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Max 438 lines, man
Julie 156 lines, woman
Charles 136 lines, man
Beth 90 lines, woman
Sam 86 lines, man
Tommy 32 lines, man
Amanda 30 lines, woman
Scott 21 lines, man
Jen 19 lines, woman
Mark 14 lines

Full cast, 10 people

Gary Lundy as Max
Sara Downing as Julie
Kim Murphy as Beth
Brian Klugman as Charles
Todd Duffey as Tommy
Jay Paulson as Sam
Kathleen Rose Perkins as Jen
Rini Bell as Amanda
Clint McElroy as Max's dad
Jaisey Bates as Amy

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 3% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 95

Hover, tap or tab to a bar to see those scenes: where they happen and who's talking.

Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 2	0	3
3 to 4	0	2
5 to 6	0	1
7 to 8	2	4
9 to 10	0	4
11 to 12	0	7
13 to 14	11	12
15 to 16	6	7
17 to 18	12	15
19 to 20	0	15
21 to 22	0	10
23 to 24	22	77
25 to 26	0	5
27 to 28	8	32
29 to 30	22	22
31 to 32	15	42
33 to 34	0	24
35 to 36	1	15
37 to 38	3	35
39 to 40	9	22
41 to 42	8	11
43 to 44	9	30
45 to 46	7	7
47 to 48	18	18
49 to 50	12	12
51 to 52	0	1
53 to 54	0	0
55 to 56	0	3
57 to 58	0	25
59 to 60	11	9
61 to 62	4	15
63 to 64	14	8
65 to 66	0	0
67 to 68	0	0
69 to 70	1	32
71 to 72	21	27
73 to 74	16	19
75 to 76	12	12
77 to 78	0	0
79 to 80	0	0
81 to 82	2	3
83 to 84	0	1
85 to 86	3	21
87 to 88	5	36
89 to 90	31	25
91 to 92	5	7
93 to 94	17	39
95 to 95	12	12

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.

BETH: I can't believe I'm graduating. My whole life, I've known what was next. But when I graduate, the next step is... something? JULIE: Something that pays the bills.

JULIE: Now I know where you get it from. AMANDA: You should do whatever makes you happy.

JULIE: Yes, I'm Psych now. I didn't like Soc. JEN: I'm a Soc. major. JULIE: Oh sorry, I just meant, I needed something more, ya know, relevant.

JEN: College is a great opportunity. It's about more than getting a job. JULIE: Yeah, it's about avoiding the real world for as long as possible.

JULIE: You call theater the real world? SARA: Hey! JEN: Some of us work really hard to get through school. JULIE: Look, my parents worked their whole lives to give me the opportunity to be here. But the truth is, private schools like ours make money by s…

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 30 are women's.

319 lines from women, 727 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

4 women and 5 men in the cast. 4 women and 6 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 11 of 1,082. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 49 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 30% of the words (3,516), men 70% (8,038).

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

1 of the 6 people in these jobs is a woman. Across the whole crew, 50% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Van Flesher (man)
Written by: Zack Ordynans (gender not listed), Randy Mack (gender not listed)
Produced by: Randy Mack (gender not listed)
Edited by: Randy Mack (gender not listed)
Cast by: Shana Landsburg (woman)