Passes the Bechdel test
D2: The Mighty Ducks
1994. Directed by Sam Weisman, written by Steven Brill.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
5 women characters. 6 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 181. -
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
Gordon Bombay is forced to withdraw from the minor hockey league with a knee injury. Much to his surprise, he is given the job of coach of Team USA Hockey for the Junior Goodwill Games in California. With most of the Ducks and a few new players in tow, he sets forth for LA. All appears to be going well for a while, but the hype of Hollywood starts to get to Gordon, and he is distracted when Iceland, the favourites to win the title, appear on the scene.
- Released
- 25 Mar 1994
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Family
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 6.1 / 10
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Gordon 197 lines, man
- Michele 69 lines, woman
- Tibbles 49 lines, man
- Jesse 33 lines, man
- Goldberg 29 lines, man
- Averman 28 lines, man
- Banks 27 lines, man
- Charlie 25 lines, man
- Portman 21 lines, man
- Marria 19 lines
Full cast, 33 people
- Emilio Estevez as Gordon Bombay
- Kathryn Erbe as Michele MacKay
- Michael Tucker as Tibbles
- Jan Rubeš as Jan
- Carsten Nørgaard as Wolf Stansson
- Joshua Jackson as Charlie Conway
- María Ellingsen as María
- Elden Henson as Fulton Reed
- Shaun Weiss as Greg Goldberg
- Brandon Quintin Adams as Jesse Hall
- Garette Ratliff Henson as Guy Germaine
- Marguerite Moreau as Connie Moreau
- Vincent Larusso as Adam Banks
- Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine as Julie Gaffney
- Mike Vitar as Luis Mendoza
- Kenan Thompson as Russ Tyler
- Aaron Lohr as Dean Portman
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Matt Doherty as Lester Averman
- Vicellous Shannon as James
- Brock Pierce as Young Gordon
- Robert Pall as Young Gordon's Father
- Leah Lail as Terry at Party
- Wayne Gretzky as Wayne Gretzky
- Ty O'Neal as Dwayne
- Scott Whyte as Gunner
- Kai Lennox as Olaf
- Noah Verduzco as Hector
- Marcus Klemp as Fanger
- Jón Karl Helgason as Norbert
- Michael Ooms as McGill
- Casey Garven as Larson
- Justin Wong as Ken
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 15% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 181
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 to 8 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 to 12 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 to 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 to 20 | 0 | 6 |
| 21 to 24 | 0 | 12 |
| 25 to 28 | 3 | 44 |
| 29 to 32 | 14 | 27 |
| 33 to 36 | 8 | 18 |
| 37 to 40 | 2 | 8 |
| 41 to 44 | 0 | 17 |
| 45 to 48 | 4 | 13 |
| 49 to 52 | 5 | 20 |
| 53 to 56 | 15 | 23 |
| 57 to 60 | 1 | 7 |
| 61 to 64 | 0 | 8 |
| 65 to 68 | 0 | 4 |
| 69 to 72 | 1 | 18 |
| 73 to 76 | 6 | 18 |
| 77 to 80 | 3 | 14 |
| 81 to 84 | 0 | 13 |
| 85 to 88 | 0 | 9 |
| 89 to 92 | 2 | 12 |
| 93 to 96 | 0 | 12 |
| 97 to 100 | 2 | 10 |
| 101 to 104 | 7 | 37 |
| 105 to 108 | 0 | 6 |
| 109 to 112 | 0 | 2 |
| 113 to 116 | 5 | 16 |
| 117 to 120 | 3 | 8 |
| 121 to 124 | 1 | 9 |
| 125 to 128 | 0 | 5 |
| 129 to 132 | 4 | 16 |
| 133 to 136 | 3 | 12 |
| 137 to 140 | 1 | 6 |
| 141 to 144 | 5 | 17 |
| 145 to 148 | 0 | 7 |
| 149 to 152 | 0 | 4 |
| 153 to 156 | 0 | 5 |
| 157 to 160 | 0 | 7 |
| 161 to 164 | 2 | 6 |
| 165 to 168 | 1 | 14 |
| 169 to 172 | 0 | 4 |
| 173 to 176 | 1 | 22 |
| 177 to 180 | 3 | 3 |
| 181 to 181 | 0 | 6 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scene
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
CONNIE: I can't believe Coach put us under ) curfew. It's like being at home. JULIE: I don't mind. I can use the extra rest.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 15 are women's.
102 lines from women, 562 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
5 women and 22 men in the cast. 6 women and 22 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 80 of 782.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 79 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 14% of the words (1,528), men 86% (9,219). Women have 15% 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
4
Two men
90
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 28% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Sam Weisman (man)
- Written by
- Steven Brill (man)
- Produced by
- Jordan Kerner (man), Jon Avnet (man)
- Shot by
- Mark Irwin (man)
- Edited by
- Eric A. Sears (man), John F. Link (man)
- Music by
- J.A.C. Redford (man)
- Production design by
- Gary Frutkoff (man)
- Costumes by
- Grania Preston (woman)
- Cast by
- Judy Taylor (woman), Lynda Gordon (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
0 women, 10 men, 3 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 0 men, 7 not listed
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Production
3 women, 4 men
-
Other crew
1 women, 3 men
-
Art
2 women, 1 men
-
Camera
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
-
Editing
0 women, 2 men
-
Directing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 29 on average. Men: 31 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Kathryn Erbe 28, María Ellingsen 30
Men
Brandon Quintin Adams 14, Joshua Jackson 15, Shaun Weiss 15, Elden Henson 16, Emilio Estevez 31, Carsten Nørgaard 31, Michael Tucker 49, Jan Rubeš 73
Exhibit H: the money
It made 3.3 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $14 million
- Box office
- $45.6 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 181 scenes and 782 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
