Fails the Bechdel test
Cars 2
2011. Directed by John Lasseter and Bradford Lewis, written by John Lasseter and Bradford Lewis and Dan Fogelman.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
2 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
9 women characters. 7 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
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 2 out of 3.
The film
The famous race car Lightning McQueen and his team are invited to compete in the World Grand Prix race. There, McQueen's best friend Mater finds himself involved in international espionage, and alongside two professional British spies attempts to uncover a secret plan led by a mysterious mastermind and his criminal gang, which threatens the lives of all competitors in the tournament.
- Released
- 24 Jun 2011
- Genres
- Animation, Adventure, Comedy
- Rated
- G
- IMDb
- 6.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 57 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win & 19 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Mater 283 lines, man
- Mcqueen 154 lines, man
- Finn 119 lines, man
- Holley 113 lines, woman
- Francesco 32 lines, man
- Professor Zundapp 30 lines, man
- Grem 26 lines, man
- Acer 24 lines, man
- Miles Axlerod 22 lines, man
- Luigi 14 lines, man
Full cast, 45 people
- Larry the Cable Guy as Mater (voice)
- Owen Wilson as Lightning McQueen (voice)
- Michael Caine as Finn McMissile (voice)
- Emily Mortimer as Holley Shiftwell (voice)
- Suzy Eddie Izzard as Sir Miles Axlerod (voice)
- John Turturro as Francesco Bernoulli (voice)
- Brent Musburger as Brent Mustangburger (voice)
- Joe Mantegna as Grem (voice)
- Thomas Kretschmann as Professor Z (voice)
- Peter Jacobson as Acer (voice)
- Bonnie Hunt as Sally (voice)
- Darrell Waltrip as Darrell Cartrip (voice)
- Franco Nero as Uncle Topolino (voice)
- David Hobbs as David Hobbscap (voice)
- Patrick Walker as Mel Dorado (voice)
- Tony Shalhoub as Luigi (voice)
- Jeff Garlin as Otis (voice)
- Michel Michelis as Tomber (voice)
- Jason Isaacs as Siddeley / Leland Turbo (voice)
- Lloyd Sherr as Fillmore / Combat Ship (voice)
- Bruce Campbell as Rod 'Torque' Redline (voice)
- Teresa Gallagher as Mater's Computer (voice)
- Jenifer Lewis as Flo (voice)
- Stanley Townsend as Victor Hugo / Vladimir Trunkov / Ivan the Tow Truck (voice)
- Velibor Topic as Alexander Hugo (voice)
- Sig Hansen as Crabby (voice)
- Guido Quaroni as Guido (voice)
- Vanessa Redgrave as The Queen / Mama Topolino (voice)
- John Mainieri as J. Curby Gremlin (voice)
- Bradford Lewis as Tubbs Pacer (voice)
- Cheech Marin as Ramone (voice)
- Jeff Gordon as Jeff Gorvette (voice)
- Lewis Hamilton as Lewis Hamilton (voice)
- Paul Dooley as Sarge (voice)
- Edie McClurg as Minny (voice)
- Richard Kind as Van (voice)
- Katherine Helmond as Lizzie (voice)
- John Ratzenberger as Mack (voice)
- Michael Wallis as Sheriff (voice)
- Catie Bolt as Additional Voices (voice)
- Gillian Bolt as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jess Fulton as Additional Voices (voice)
- Sonoko Konishi as Additional Voices (voice)
- John Lasseter as Additional Voices (voice)
- Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi as Additional Voices (voice)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 5% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 119
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 32 |
| 4 to 6 | 2 | 26 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 20 |
| 13 to 15 | 6 | 80 |
| 16 to 18 | 9 | 40 |
| 19 to 21 | 3 | 3 |
| 22 to 24 | 7 | 34 |
| 25 to 27 | 0 | 28 |
| 28 to 30 | 11 | 43 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 42 |
| 34 to 36 | 1 | 18 |
| 37 to 39 | 16 | 36 |
| 40 to 42 | 7 | 38 |
| 43 to 45 | 5 | 15 |
| 46 to 48 | 17 | 43 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 17 |
| 52 to 54 | 8 | 10 |
| 55 to 57 | 1 | 14 |
| 58 to 60 | 1 | 8 |
| 61 to 63 | 1 | 1 |
| 64 to 66 | 3 | 2 |
| 67 to 69 | 0 | 1 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 2 |
| 73 to 75 | 1 | 9 |
| 76 to 78 | 4 | 37 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 19 |
| 82 to 84 | 4 | 24 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 1 |
| 88 to 90 | 3 | 26 |
| 91 to 93 | 7 | 10 |
| 94 to 96 | 2 | 6 |
| 97 to 99 | 1 | 22 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 2 |
| 103 to 105 | 1 | 4 |
| 106 to 108 | 2 | 4 |
| 109 to 111 | 13 | 70 |
| 112 to 114 | 1 | 5 |
| 115 to 117 | 17 | 34 |
| 118 to 119 | 4 | 18 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 16 are women's.
158 lines from women, 857 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
9 women and 32 men in the cast. 7 women and 34 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 54 of 1,064.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 64 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 (1,123), men 87% (7,605). Women have 16% 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
3
Two men
115
Exhibit E: behind the camera
3 of the 10 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 25% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- John Lasseter (man)
- Written by
- Ben Queen (man)
- Produced by
- Denise Ream (woman)
- Shot by
- Sharon Calahan (woman), Jeremy Lasky (man)
- Edited by
- Stephen Schaffer (man)
- Music by
- Michael Giacchino (man)
- Production design by
- Harley Jessup (man)
- Cast by
- Natalie Lyon (woman), Kevin Reher (man)
The crew, department by department
-
Visual Effects
3 women, 14 men, 54 not listed
-
Sound
6 women, 23 men, 12 not listed
-
Other crew
3 women, 8 men, 29 not listed
-
Art
4 women, 14 men, 4 not listed
-
Production
3 women, 4 men, 12 not listed
-
Lighting
2 women, 0 men, 15 not listed
-
Editing
1 women, 3 men, 5 not listed
-
Writing
1 women, 5 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 39 on average. Men: 56 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Emily Mortimer 39
Men
Owen Wilson 42, Peter Jacobson 46, Larry the Cable Guy 48, Thomas Kretschmann 48, John Turturro 54, Joe Mantegna 63, Brent Musburger 72, Michael Caine 78
Exhibit G: the money
It made 2.8 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $200 million
- Box office
- $560 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 119 scenes and 1,064 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
