Passes the Bechdel test
Coco
2017. Directed by Adrian Molina and Lee Unkrich, written by Lee Unkrich and Jason Katz and Matthew Aldrich.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
33 women characters. 5 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 97. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
Despite his family's baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.
- Released
- 22 Nov 2017
- Genres
- Animation, Adventure, Drama
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 8.4 / 10
- Metascore
- 81 / 100
- Awards
- Won 2 Oscars. 113 wins & 42 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Miguel 349 lines, man
- De La Cruz 85 lines, man
- Abuelita 52 lines, woman
- Clerk 15 lines, man
- Frida 13 lines, woman
- Plaza Mariachi 10 lines, man
- Departures Agent 9 lines, woman
- Remember Me 9 lines
- Emcee 7 lines, woman
- Security Guard 7 lines, man
Full cast, 83 people
- Anthony Gonzalez as Miguel Rivera (voice)
- Gael García Bernal as Héctor (voice)
- Benjamin Bratt as Ernesto de la Cruz (voice)
- Alanna Ubach as Mamá Imelda (voice)
- Renée Victor as Abuelita (voice)
- Jaime Camil as Papá (voice)
- Alfonso Arau as Papá Julio (voice)
- Herbert Siguenza as Tío Oscar / Tío Felipe (voice)
- Gabriel Iglesias as Clerk (voice)
- Lombardo Boyar as Plaza Mariachi / Gustavo (voice)
- Ana Ofelia Murguía as Mamá Coco (voice)
- Natalia Cordova-Buckley as Frida Kahlo (voice)
- Sofía Espinosa as Mamá (voice)
- Selene Luna as Tía Rosita (voice)
- Edward James Olmos as Chicharrón (voice)
- Carla Medina as Departures Agent / Additional Voices (voice)
- Dyana Ortelli as Tía Victoria / Additional Voices (voice)
- Luis Valdez as Tío Berto / Don Hidalgo (voice)
- Blanca Araceli as Emcee (voice)
- Salvador Reyes as Security Guard (voice)
- Cheech Marin as Corrections Officer (voice)
- Octavio Solis as Arrivals Agent (voice)
- John Ratzenberger as Juan Ortodoncia (voice)
- Lalo Alcaraz as Additional Voices (voice)
- Carolina Ángel as Additional Voices (voice)
- Memo Aponte as Additional Voices (voice)
- Marcela Davison Aviles as Additional Voices (voice)
- Liliana Barba Meinecke as Additional Voices (voice)
- Emmanuel Bernal as Additional Voices (voice)
- David Berón as Additional Voices (voice)
- Denise Blasor as Additional Voices (voice)
- Wilma Bonet as Additional Voices (voice)
- Óscar Bonfiglio as Additional Voices (voice)
- Alex Castillo as Additional Voices (voice)
- Gary Carlos Cervantes as Additional Voices (voice)
- Bernardo Cubria as Additional Voices (voice)
- Vicki Davis as Additional Voices (voice)
- Daniel Diaz as Additional Voices (voice)
- Roberto Donati as Additional Voices (voice)
- Efrain Figueroa as Additional Voices (voice)
- Deb Fink as Additional Voices (voice)
- Emilio Fuentes as Additional Voices (voice)
- Daniella Garcia as Additional Voices (voice)
- Libertad García Fonzi as Additional Voices (voice)
- Mike Gomez as Additional Voices (voice)
- Lillian Garrett-Groag as Additional Voices (voice)
- Joshua Guerrero as Additional Voices (voice)
- Montse Hernandez as Additional Voices (voice)
- Marabina Jaimes as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jossara Jinaro as Additional Voices (voice)
- Christian Lanz as Additional Voices (voice)
- Constanza Lechuga as Additional Voices (voice)
- Luisa Leschin as Additional Voices (voice)
- Ruth Livier as Additional Voices (voice)
- Maria Dominique Lopez as Additional Voices (voice)
- Valeria Maldonado as Additional Voices (voice)
- Richard Miro as Additional Voices (voice)
- Adrian Molina as Additional Voices (voice)
- Daniel Edward Mora as Additional Voices (voice)
- Carlos Moreno Jr. as Additional Voices (voice)
- Vivianne Nacif as Additional Voices (voice)
- Adriana Sevan as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jonathan Nichols-Navarro as Additional Voices (voice)
- Levi Nunez as Additional Voices (voice)
- Arthur Ortiz as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jessica Pacheco as Additional Voices (voice)
- Juan Pacheco as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jacqueline Pinol as Additional Voices (voice)
- James Ponce as Additional Voices (voice)
- Al Rodrigo as Additional Voices (voice)
- J. Francisco Rodriguez as Additional Voices (voice)
- Polo Rojas as Additional Voices (voice)
- Eduardo Ronan as Additional Voices (voice)
- Johnny A. Sanchez as Additional Voices (voice)
- Eddie Santiago as Additional Voices (voice)
- Melissa Santos as Additional Voices (voice)
- Luis Solís as Additional Voices (voice)
- Rosalba Sotelo as Additional Voices (voice)
- Chris Triana as Additional Voices (voice)
- Trujo as Additional Voices (voice)
- Lee Unkrich as Additional Voices (voice)
- Ruth Zalduondo as Additional Voices (voice)
- James Zavaleta 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. 13% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 97
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 4 to 6 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 to 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 to 12 | 2 | 10 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 11 |
| 16 to 18 | 12 | 31 |
| 19 to 21 | 15 | 23 |
| 22 to 24 | 6 | 11 |
| 25 to 27 | 5 | 12 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 8 |
| 31 to 33 | 3 | 23 |
| 34 to 36 | 8 | 9 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 35 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 8 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 7 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 11 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 2 |
| 52 to 54 | 12 | 21 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 8 |
| 58 to 60 | 7 | 30 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 17 |
| 64 to 66 | 2 | 28 |
| 67 to 69 | 0 | 37 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 6 |
| 73 to 75 | 0 | 18 |
| 76 to 78 | 1 | 23 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 11 |
| 82 to 84 | 1 | 51 |
| 85 to 87 | 3 | 1 |
| 88 to 90 | 6 | 11 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 2 |
| 94 to 96 | 2 | 2 |
| 97 to 97 | 0 | 3 |
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.
MAMA COCO MIGUEL: REMEMBER ME REMEMBER ME EACH TIME YOU HEAR A SAD EACH TIME YOU HEAR A SAD GUITAR GUITAR KNOW THAT I'M WITH YOU KNOW THAT I'M WITH YOU THE ON… ABUELITA: Nothing Mamá. Nothing at all.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 16 are women's.
91 lines from women, 494 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
33 women and 48 men in the cast. 5 women and 12 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 23 of 674.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 101 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 18% of the words (886), men 82% (4,033). Women have 16% of the lines, so their lines run longer 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
24
Exhibit F: behind the camera
4 of the 14 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 35% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Lee Unkrich (man), Adrian Molina (man)
- Written by
- Adrian Molina (man), Matthew Aldrich (man)
- Produced by
- Darla K. Anderson (woman)
- Shot by
- Matt Aspbury (man), Danielle Feinberg (woman)
- Edited by
- Lee Unkrich (man), Steve Bloom (man)
- Music by
- Michael Giacchino (man)
- Production design by
- Harley Jessup (man)
- Cast by
- Kevin Reher (man), Natalie Lyon (woman), Carla Hool (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Visual Effects
3 women, 14 men, 45 not listed
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Sound
12 women, 19 men, 11 not listed
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Other crew
2 women, 3 men, 20 not listed
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Lighting
2 women, 1 men, 9 not listed
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Editing
2 women, 3 men, 6 not listed
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Production
6 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
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Writing
1 women, 7 men, 2 not listed
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Art
1 women, 2 men, 3 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 61 on average. Men: 47 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Alanna Ubach 42, Renée Victor 79
Men
Anthony Gonzalez 13, Gael García Bernal 38, Gabriel Iglesias 41, Lombardo Boyar 43, Jaime Camil 44, Benjamin Bratt 53, Herbert Siguenza 58, Alfonso Arau 85
Exhibit H: the money
It made 4.7 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $175 million
- Box office
- $815 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 97 scenes and 674 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
