Fails the Bechdel test
Burnt
2015. Directed by John Wells, written by Steven Knight and Michael Kalesniko.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
13 women characters. 4 of them speak. -
No
2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Chef Adam Jones (Bradley Cooper) had it all - and lost it. A two-star Michelin rockstar with the bad habits to match, the former enfant terrible of the Paris restaurant scene did everything different every time out, and only ever cared about the thrill of creating explosions of taste. To land his own kitchen and that third elusive Michelin star though, he'll need the best of the best on his side, including the beautiful Helene (Sienna Miller).
- Released
- 30 Oct 2015
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.6 / 10
- Metascore
- 42 / 100
- Awards
- 6 wins & 2 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Adam 354 lines, man
- Tony 115 lines, man
- Sweeney 97 lines
- Reece 25 lines, man
- Jack 23 lines, man
- Max 23 lines, man
- Mitchell 23 lines, man
- Rosshilde 22 lines, woman
- Lily 13 lines, woman
- David 11 lines, man
Full cast, 29 people
- Bradley Cooper as Adam Jones
- Sienna Miller as Helene
- Omar Sy as Michel
- Daniel Brühl as Tony
- Riccardo Scamarcio as Max
- Sam Keeley as David
- Alicia Vikander as Anne Marie
- Matthew Rhys as Reece
- Lily James as Sara
- Uma Thurman as Simone
- Emma Thompson as Dr. Rosshilde
- Sarah Greene as Kaitlin
- Chelsea Li as Bar-Goer
- Christopher Heskey as Conducteur
- Henry Goodman as Conti
- Stephen Campbell Moore as Jack
- Lexie Benbow-Hart as Lily
- Bo Bene as Yana
- Elisa Lasowski as Denitzi
- Julian Firth as Langham Maitre'd
- John Macdonald as French Heavy #1
- Raphael Acloque as French Heavy #2
- Richard Rankin as Reece Waiter
- Martin Trenaman as Emile
- Jody Halse as Electrician
- Erica Emm as Julia - MP Wife
- Charlotte Hawkins as TV Presenter
- Morayo Akandé as Hotel Staff (uncredited)
- Cynthia Garbutt as VIP Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 19% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 111
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 7 to 9 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 48 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 18 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 10 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 4 |
| 25 to 27 | 5 | 9 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 18 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 9 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 36 |
| 37 to 39 | 12 | 20 |
| 40 to 42 | 2 | 20 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 16 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 12 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 53 |
| 52 to 54 | 3 | 1 |
| 55 to 57 | 4 | 3 |
| 58 to 60 | 0 | 1 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 20 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 4 |
| 67 to 69 | 0 | 4 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 11 |
| 73 to 75 | 1 | 3 |
| 76 to 78 | 7 | 53 |
| 79 to 81 | 4 | 29 |
| 82 to 84 | 2 | 22 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 22 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 18 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 11 |
| 94 to 96 | 4 | 27 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 11 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 3 |
| 103 to 105 | 0 | 22 |
| 106 to 108 | 3 | 25 |
| 109 to 111 | 1 | 5 |
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, 8 are women's.
49 lines from women, 588 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
13 women and 15 men in the cast. 4 women and 9 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 31 of 791.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 119 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 5% of the words (502), men 95% (9,573). Women have 8% of the lines, so their lines run shorter 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
0
Two men
39
Exhibit E: behind the camera
4 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 31% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- John Wells (man)
- Written by
- Steven Knight (man)
- Story by
- Michael Kalesniko (man)
- Produced by
- Stacey Sher (woman), John Wells (man), Erwin Stoff (man)
- Shot by
- Adriano Goldman (man)
- Edited by
- Nick Moore (man)
- Music by
- Rob Simonsen (man)
- Production design by
- David Gropman (man)
- Costumes by
- Lyn Paolo (woman)
- Cast by
- Nina Gold (woman), Meagan Lewis (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Production
5 women, 9 men, 3 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
5 women, 2 men, 6 not listed
-
Sound
3 women, 5 men, 1 not listed
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Art
2 women, 4 men, 2 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 5 men, 1 not listed
-
Other crew
0 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
-
Directing
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: 33 on average. Men: 36 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Alicia Vikander 26, Lily James 26, Sienna Miller 33, Uma Thurman 45
Men
Sam Keeley 24, Riccardo Scamarcio 35, Omar Sy 37, Daniel Brühl 37, Bradley Cooper 40, Matthew Rhys 40
Exhibit G: the money
It made 1.8 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $20 million
- Box office
- $36.6 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 111 scenes and 791 lines of dialogue. How the test works
