Passes the Bechdel test

Catwoman

Name: Catwoman
Released: 2004

2004. Directed by Pitof, written by Bob Kane and Theresa Rebeck and John Brancato.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
25 women characters. 9 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 17 scenes out of 156.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.

The film

Shy, sensitive artist Patience Philips can't seem to stop apologizing for her own existence. She works as a graphic designer for Hedare Beauty, a mammoth cosmetics company on the verge of releasing a revolutionary anti-aging product. When Patience inadvertently happens upon a dark secret her employer is hiding, she finds herself in the middle of a corporate conspiracy. What happens next changes Patience forever. In a mystical twist of fate, she is transformed into a woman with the strength, speed, agility and ultra-keen senses of a cat. With her newfound prowess and feline intuition, Patience becomes Catwoman, a sleek and stealthy creature balancing on the thin line between good and bad. Like any wildcat, she's dangerous, elusive and untamed. Her adventures are complicated by a burgeoning relationship with Tom Lone, a cop who has fallen for Patience but cannot shake his fascination with the mysterious Catwoman, who appears to be responsible for a string of crime sprees plaguing the city.

Released: 23 Jul 2004
Genres: Action, Crime, Fantasy
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 3.5 / 10
Metascore: 27 / 100
Awards: 13 wins & 8 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Patience 175 lines, woman
Lone 101 lines, man
Catwoman 92 lines, woman
Laurel 74 lines, woman
Edna 65 lines, woman
Georges 53 lines
Sally 30 lines, woman
Xavier 15 lines, man
Angel 11 lines
Berger 10 lines, man

Full cast, 59 people

Halle Berry as Patience Phillips / Catwoman
Benjamin Bratt as Tom Lone
Sharon Stone as Laurel Hedare
Lambert Wilson as George Hedare
Frances Conroy as Ophelia
Alex Borstein as Sally
Michael Massee as Armando
Byron Mann as Wesley
Kim Smith as Drina
Christopher Heyerdahl as Rocker
Peter Wingfield as Dr. Ivan Slavicky
Berend McKenzie as Lance
Patricia Mayen-Salazar as Housekeeper
Ona Grauer as Sandy
Landy Cannon as Randy
Michael P. Northey as Jail Guard
Aaron Douglas as Detective #1
Peter Williams as Detective #2
Janet Varney as Party Girl
Larry Sullivan as Warehouse Supervisor
James Ashcroft as Janitor
Michasha Armstrong as Ferris Wheel Operator
Brooke Theiss as Ferris Wheel Mom
Ryan Robbins as Bartender
John Cassini as Graphologist
Diego Diablo Del Mar as Barker
Herbert Duncanson as Security Guard
Judith Maxie as Jeweler
Dagmar Midcap as Television Reporter
John Mann as Bouncer
Chase Nelson-Murray as Kid #1
Manny Petruzzelli as Kid #2
Harley Reiner as Kid #3
Michael Daingerfield as Forensics Cop
Benita Ha as Forensics Technician
James Lloyd Reynolds as Doctor
Jill Krop as Newscaster
Connor Dunn as Little Boy
Ashlea Earl as Performance Dancer
Lori Fung as Performance Dancer
Ursula Haczkiewicz as Performance Dancer
Alisoun Payne as Performance Dancer
Laurence Racine as Performance Dancer
Leigh Bush as Woman at Carnival
Brett Chan as Thief #2
Holly Eglington as Woman at Party
Anne Fletcher as Woman at Carnival
Angie Jaree as Singer
Everjoy Kriekenbeek as Nurse
Alfred Liu as Man on Stairs
Aaron Miko as Basketball Player
Stephanie Moseley as Nightclub Dancer
Kennith Overbey as Club Dancer
Missy Peregrym as Beau-line Graphics Model
Bobby Silva as Thug / Thief
Kimani Ray Smith as Thief #1
Shaina Tianne Unger as Dancer
Mike Mitchell as Thief #3
Kris Kourtis as Reporter

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 11% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 156

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 4	0	1
5 to 8	36	0
9 to 12	6	1
13 to 16	13	0
17 to 20	28	8
21 to 24	1	0
25 to 28	3	1
29 to 32	23	10
33 to 36	0	0
37 to 40	0	0
41 to 44	5	0
45 to 48	8	0
49 to 52	14	15
53 to 56	18	15
57 to 60	15	2
61 to 64	4	3
65 to 68	16	3
69 to 72	24	4
73 to 76	16	2
77 to 80	6	1
81 to 84	32	0
85 to 88	7	2
89 to 92	0	0
93 to 96	3	6
97 to 100	35	25
101 to 104	12	0
105 to 108	18	0
109 to 112	17	6
113 to 116	15	4
117 to 120	19	12
121 to 124	3	0
125 to 128	1	3
129 to 132	6	6
133 to 136	3	4
137 to 140	2	1
141 to 144	13	3
145 to 148	25	1
149 to 152	1	2
153 to 156	18	11

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.

EDNA: Yes? PATIENCE: Hi, Edna Powers? I'm Patience Price, I called about adopting a cat? I saw your flyer at my vet's office -- EDNA: Oh yes, do come inside.

SALLY: Look what the cat dragged in. PATIENCE: I know, I know, I'm late -- Midnight thought there was a mouse in my pillow. SALLY: This is why I only sleep with my own species. Lunch at Joey's?

SALLY: Wow... sorry, Patience, I just found a new best friend. PATIENCE: I'm sick of drooling over things I'll never have. SALLY: Oh, you're a ray of sunshine. Tell you what, let me take you clubbing this weekend -- PATIENCE: I'm not sure I'm fit to be seen in public.

PATIENCE: God, people are so rude. SALLY: Yes! SALLY: She's with me.

PATIENCE: Sally, just -- go in without me -- SALLY: See, you shoulda bought the dress.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 75 are women's.

466 lines from women, 152 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

25 women and 27 men in the cast. 9 women and 13 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 4 of 698. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 17 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 75% of the words (4,504), men 25% (1,470).

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

4 of the 14 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 28% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Pitof (man)
Written by: John Rogers (man), Rita Hsiao (woman)
Story by: Michael Ferris (man), Theresa Rebeck (woman), John Brancato (man)
Produced by: Denise Di Novi (woman), Edward McDonnell (man)
Shot by: Thierry Arbogast (man)
Edited by: Sylvie Landra (woman)
Music by: Klaus Badelt (man)
Production design by: Bill Brzeski (man)
Costumes by: Angus Strathie (man)
Cast by: John Papsidera (man)

The crew, department by department

Other crew

18 women, 47 men, 35 not listed
Production

6 women, 13 men, 18 not listed
Sound

7 women, 23 men, 4 not listed
Art

3 women, 12 men, 13 not listed
Costume & Make-Up

3 women, 6 men, 6 not listed
Camera

0 women, 6 men, 6 not listed
Visual Effects

0 women, 4 men, 8 not listed
Lighting

0 women, 3 men, 8 not listed

Women
Men
Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit G: how old the stars were

Women: 38 on average. Men: 44 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Kim Smith 21, Alex Borstein 33, Halle Berry 37, Sharon Stone 46, Frances Conroy 51

Men

Benjamin Bratt 40, Christopher Heyerdahl 40, Lambert Wilson 45, Michael Massee 51

Exhibit H: the money

It made 82% of what it cost.

Budget: $100 million
Box office: $82.1 million

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 156 scenes and 698 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works

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