Passes the Bechdel test
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
2011. Directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, written by Dan Fogelman.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
29 women characters. 9 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 3 scenes out of 85. -
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
Cal (Steve Carell) and Emily (Julianne Moore) have the perfect life together living the American dream... until Emily asks for a divorce. Now Cal, Mr Husband, must navigate the singles scene with a little help from his professional-bachelor friend Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling). Make that a lot of help.
- Released
- 29 Jul 2011
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 7.4 / 10
- Metascore
- 68 / 100
- Awards
- 5 wins & 23 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Cal 289 lines, man
- Jacob 151 lines, man
- Tracy 103 lines, woman
- Robbie 85 lines, man
- Hannah 73 lines, woman
- Jessica 68 lines, woman
- Kate 31 lines, woman
- Liz 19 lines, woman
- Madison 18 lines, woman
- David Jacobowitz 17 lines, man
Full cast, 61 people
- Steve Carell as Cal
- Ryan Gosling as Jacob
- Julianne Moore as Emily
- Emma Stone as Hannah
- Lio Tipton as Jessica
- Jonah Bobo as Robbie
- Joey King as Molly
- Marisa Tomei as Kate
- Beth Littleford as Claire
- John Carroll Lynch as Bernie
- Kevin Bacon as David Lindhagen
- Liza Lapira as Liz
- Josh Groban as Richard
- Mekia Cox as Hip Hairdresser aka Tiffany
- Julianna Guill as Madison
- Zayne Emory as Robbie's Friend (Eric)
- Crystal Reed as Amy Johnson
- Joanne Brooks as Waitress for Cal and Kate
- Reggie Lee as Officer Huang
- Caitlin Thompson as Taylor
- Karolina Wydra as Jordyn
- Tracy Mulholland as Megan
- Katerina Mikailenko as Stephanie
- Janine Barris as Heather
- Jenny Mollen as Lisa
- Charlie Hartsock as Sad Sack
- AlgeRita Wynn as Robbie's Principal
- Wendy Worthington as Woman (Who Gives Cal Tour)
- Dan Butler as Cal's Boss
- Tiara Parker as Gabby
- Laurel Coppock as Sophia
- Rasika Mathur as Emily's Assistant
- Joshua Sternlicht as Bartender
- Jasen Salvatore as Bartender #2
- Michael John Long as Bartender #3
- Dillon Neaman as Bartender #4
- J-Ray as Bartender #5
- Janae Nicole Caudillo as Bartender #6
- Christopher Darga as Lowe's Salesman #1
- Rich Hutchman as Lowe's Salesman #2
- Richard Steven Horvitz as Lowe's Salesman #3
- Lauren Stone as Mall Clerk
- Megan James as Hannah's Colleague #1
- Rebecca Flinn-White as Hannah's Colleague #2
- Billy Atchison as Hannah's Colleague #3
- Ehrin Marlow as Hannah's Colleague #4
- David Orosz as Hannah's Colleague #5
- Camille Abelow as Hannah's Colleague #6
- Maija Polsley as Jacob's Date
- Christian Pitre as Waitress with Check
- Heather La Bella as Female Bartender
- Georgia Hurd as Jacob's Girl
- Lisa Brown as Jacob's Girl #2
- Tingting Yu as Jacob's Girl #3
- Raena Cassidy as Raena
- Ami Haruna as Ami
- Jessica Diz as Olivia
- Tania Wagner as Tania
- Georgia Treantafelles as Georgia
- Holly Daniels as Assistant Principal
- Olga Fonda as Danielle (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 2% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 85
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 to 4 | 10 | 0 |
| 5 to 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 to 8 | 28 | 15 |
| 9 to 10 | 10 | 17 |
| 11 to 12 | 8 | 14 |
| 13 to 14 | 4 | 3 |
| 15 to 16 | 0 | 12 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 7 |
| 19 to 20 | 11 | 39 |
| 21 to 22 | 5 | 33 |
| 23 to 24 | 9 | 6 |
| 25 to 26 | 0 | 28 |
| 27 to 28 | 4 | 25 |
| 29 to 30 | 7 | 26 |
| 31 to 32 | 8 | 9 |
| 33 to 34 | 16 | 16 |
| 35 to 36 | 15 | 42 |
| 37 to 38 | 8 | 17 |
| 39 to 40 | 48 | 12 |
| 41 to 42 | 0 | 21 |
| 43 to 44 | 16 | 22 |
| 45 to 46 | 11 | 9 |
| 47 to 48 | 5 | 10 |
| 49 to 50 | 12 | 15 |
| 51 to 52 | 20 | 12 |
| 53 to 54 | 12 | 9 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 1 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 to 60 | 14 | 3 |
| 61 to 62 | 0 | 1 |
| 63 to 64 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 to 66 | 14 | 21 |
| 67 to 68 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 to 70 | 0 | 4 |
| 71 to 72 | 0 | 13 |
| 73 to 74 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 to 76 | 3 | 1 |
| 77 to 78 | 1 | 4 |
| 79 to 80 | 27 | 37 |
| 81 to 82 | 7 | 16 |
| 83 to 84 | 3 | 52 |
| 85 to 85 | 12 | 19 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
HANNAH: Wow. HANNAH: Okay, time to go. LIZ: I'll go home with you, you can call me Hannah, I don't give a HANNAH: Liz!
TRACY: Leave me alone, Cal! KATE: I'm sober for FIVE YEARS, you ASSHOLE!
ON HANNAH: shocked. TRACY: Cal, stop being unreasona--
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 37 are women's.
352 lines from women, 596 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
29 women and 17 men in the cast. 9 women and 15 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 3 of 967.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 50 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 35% of the words (3,450), men 65% (6,498). Women have 37% 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
15
Two men
43
Exhibit F: behind the camera
4 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 33% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Glenn Ficarra (man), John Requa (man)
- Written by
- Dan Fogelman (man)
- Produced by
- Steve Carell (man), Denise Di Novi (woman)
- Shot by
- Andrew Dunn (man)
- Edited by
- Lee Haxall (woman)
- Music by
- Nick Urata (man), Christophe Beck (man)
- Production design by
- William Arnold (man)
- Costumes by
- Dayna Pink (woman)
- Cast by
- Mindy Marin (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
1 women, 13 men, 1 not listed
-
Production
5 women, 6 men
-
Costume & Make-Up
4 women, 2 men, 4 not listed
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Art
1 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 4 men
-
Directing
1 women, 2 men
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Other crew
1 women, 1 men
-
Editing
2 women, 0 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 34 on average. Men: 35 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Joey King 11, Emma Stone 22, Beth Littleford 43, Marisa Tomei 46, Julianne Moore 50
Men
Jonah Bobo 14, Ryan Gosling 30, John Carroll Lynch 47, Steve Carell 48
Exhibit H: the money
It made 2.9 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $50 million
- Box office
- $145 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 85 scenes and 967 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
