Passes the Bechdel test
Chronicle
2012. Directed by Josh Trank, written by Max Landis and Josh Trank.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
9 women characters. 5 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 79. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
The shy, lonely and outcast teenager Andrew Detmer is bullied and has no friends at high-school and lives with his abusive and alcoholic father Richard Detmer and his terminally ill mother Karen. Andrew buys a camera to film his everyday life. His cousin Matt Garetty drives him to school and invites Andrew to go to a party at night. Nearby they find a tunnel and suddenly acquire telekinetic abilities and Andrew becomes the most powerful. But he easily loses his temper and becomes dangerous while Matt tries to control him. When his mother needs a medicine and Andrew does not have enough money to buy it, his darker side overwhelms him and he becomes a menace.
- Released
- 03 Feb 2012
- Genres
- Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 7 / 10
- Metascore
- 69 / 100
- Awards
- 2 wins & 8 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Andrew 218 lines, man
- Matt 190 lines, man
- Steve 125 lines, man
- Casey 49 lines, woman
- Mr. Detmer 25 lines, man
- Sandra Detmer 8 lines, man
- Howard 6 lines, man
- Austin 5 lines, man
- Cheerleader 5 lines
- Fernandez 5 lines
Full cast, 39 people
- Dane DeHaan as Andrew Detmer
- Alex Russell as Matt Garetty
- Michael B. Jordan as Steve Montgomery
- Michael Kelly as Richard Detmer
- Ashley Hinshaw as Casey Letter
- Bo Petersen as Karen Detmer
- Anna Wood as Monica
- Rudi Malcolm as Wayne
- Luke Tyler as Sean
- Crystal-Donna Roberts as Samantha
- Adrian Collins as Costly
- Grant Powell as Howard
- Armand Aucamp as Austin
- Nicole Bailey as Cala
- Lynita Crofford as Casey's Mom
- Royston Stoffels as Pharmacist
- Patrick John Walton as Park Ranger
- Lance Elliott as Police Officer
- Nadine Suliaman as School Flyer Girl
- Pierre Malherbe as Police Detective
- Joe Vaz as Michael Ernesto
- Matthew Dylan Roberts as Ernesto's Neighbour
- Allen Irwin as Redneck Trucker
- Chelsea King as Girl in Window
- Francois Coetzee as Thug #3
- Hendrik Kotze as Priest
- Matt Adler as Newscaster
- Robert Clotworthy as Newscaster
- Daisy Tormé as Karen Detmar (voice)
- Chrystee Pharris as Samantha (voice)
- Daniel Booko as Costly (voice)
- Byron Thames as Howard (voice)
- Matt Nolan as Austin (voice)
- Charles L. Campbell as Pharmacist (voice)
- Popeye Vogelsang as Park Ranger (voice)
- Steve Kramer as Police Officer (voice)
- Ashley Peldon as School Flyer Girl (voice)
- Paul Pape as Priest (voice)
- Jeff Fischer as Thug #3 (voice)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 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 79
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 25 |
| 5 to 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 21 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 to 12 | 3 | 18 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 58 |
| 15 to 16 | 0 | 38 |
| 17 to 18 | 1 | 14 |
| 19 to 20 | 0 | 22 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 11 |
| 23 to 24 | 0 | 10 |
| 25 to 26 | 0 | 20 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 21 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 10 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 14 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 10 |
| 35 to 36 | 0 | 30 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 18 |
| 39 to 40 | 0 | 30 |
| 41 to 42 | 0 | 19 |
| 43 to 44 | 0 | 14 |
| 45 to 46 | 8 | 23 |
| 47 to 48 | 4 | 5 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 31 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 22 |
| 53 to 54 | 0 | 1 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 5 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 2 |
| 59 to 60 | 1 | 1 |
| 61 to 62 | 13 | 8 |
| 63 to 64 | 9 | 8 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 15 |
| 67 to 68 | 0 | 7 |
| 69 to 70 | 0 | 6 |
| 71 to 72 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 to 74 | 0 | 10 |
| 75 to 76 | 13 | 8 |
| 77 to 78 | 10 | 20 |
| 79 to 79 | 0 | 0 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scene
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
SAMANTHA: Everybody's freaking out, you've gotta come in here- MONICA: Just fucking amazing. Magic is so hot. Do you know, me and my mom, in Vegas, went to a magic show, but they didn't have anything like that.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 10 are women's.
65 lines from women, 601 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
9 women and 21 men in the cast. 5 women and 13 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 41 of 704.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 248 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 8% of the words (506), men 92% (5,961). Women have 10% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
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
1
Two men
51
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 36% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Josh Trank (man)
- Written by
- Max Landis (man)
- Story by
- Max Landis (man), Josh Trank (man)
- Produced by
- John Davis (man), Adam Schroeder (man)
- Shot by
- Matthew Jensen (man)
- Edited by
- Elliot Greenberg (gender not listed)
- Music by
- Youssef Guezoum (man)
- Production design by
- Stephen Altman (man)
- Costumes by
- Diana Cilliers (woman)
- Cast by
- Ronna Kress (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Visual Effects
7 women, 9 men, 42 not listed
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Production
6 women, 6 men, 12 not listed
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Other crew
2 women, 7 men, 13 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 5 men, 16 not listed
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Sound
2 women, 14 men, 5 not listed
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Art
2 women, 3 men, 12 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
7 women, 0 men, 10 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 0 men, 7 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 25 on average. Men: 29 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Ashley Hinshaw 23, Anna Wood 26, Crystal-Donna Roberts 27
Men
Alex Russell 24, Michael B. Jordan 24, Dane DeHaan 25, Michael Kelly 42
Exhibit H: the money
It made 9.7 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $15 million
- Box office
- $145 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 79 scenes and 704 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
