Fails the Bechdel test
D3: The Mighty Ducks
1996. Directed by Robert Lieberman, written by Steven Brill and Kenneth Johnson and Jim Burnstein.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
2 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
9 women characters. 7 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
Women do talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
In the third episode of this series, the Ducks get scholarships to Eden Hall Academy, a high ranking prep school. But as freshmen, they will have to face the snob varsity team...
- Released
- 04 Oct 1996
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 5.5 / 10
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Charlie 125 lines, man
- Coach Orion 71 lines, man
- Goldberg 40 lines, man
- Russ 38 lines, man
- Averman 37 lines, man
- Gordon 34 lines, man
- Dean Buckley 31 lines, man
- Fulton 26 lines, man
- Hans 26 lines, man
- Rick 25 lines, man
Full cast, 32 people
- Emilio Estevez as Gordon Bombay
- Jeffrey Nordling as Ted Orion
- David Selby as Dean Buckley
- Heidi Kling as Casey Conway
- Joshua Jackson as Charlie Conway
- Joss Ackland as Hans
- Elden Henson as Fulton Reed
- Shaun Weiss as Greg Goldberg
- Vincent Larusso as Adam Banks
- Garette Ratliff Henson as Guy Germaine
- Marguerite Moreau as Connie Moreau
- Michael Cudlitz as Cole
- Christopher Orr as Rick
- Aaron Lohr as Dean Portman
- Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine as Julie Gaffney
- Mike Vitar as Luis Mendoza
- Eliza Coyle as Angela Delaney
- Matt Doherty as Lester Averman
- Kenan Thompson as Russ Tyler
- Samantha Harris as Cindy
- Claudia Wilkens as Mrs. Madigan
- Benjamin Salisbury as Josh
- Paul Kariya as Self
- Matt Doherty as Averman
- Ty O'Neal as Dwayne
- Scott Whyte as Scott
- Margot Finley as Linda
- Lynn Philip Seibel as Tom Riley
- Eliza Coyle as Mr. Barber
- Melissa Keller as Mindy
- Justin Wong as Ken
- Brent Teclaw as AV Nerd (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 4% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 114
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 to 6 | 5 | 40 |
| 7 to 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 to 12 | 1 | 19 |
| 13 to 15 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 11 |
| 19 to 21 | 5 | 3 |
| 22 to 24 | 6 | 34 |
| 25 to 27 | 1 | 68 |
| 28 to 30 | 6 | 18 |
| 31 to 33 | 1 | 6 |
| 34 to 36 | 4 | 18 |
| 37 to 39 | 10 | 13 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 7 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 4 |
| 46 to 48 | 1 | 7 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 16 |
| 52 to 54 | 1 | 6 |
| 55 to 57 | 3 | 5 |
| 58 to 60 | 0 | 19 |
| 61 to 63 | 4 | 15 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 3 |
| 67 to 69 | 2 | 1 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 2 |
| 73 to 75 | 3 | 7 |
| 76 to 78 | 1 | 4 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 23 |
| 82 to 84 | 6 | 31 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 20 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 8 |
| 91 to 93 | 1 | 11 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 8 |
| 97 to 99 | 3 | 17 |
| 100 to 102 | 3 | 27 |
| 103 to 105 | 0 | 7 |
| 106 to 108 | 2 | 8 |
| 109 to 111 | 0 | 15 |
| 112 to 114 | 1 | 15 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 12 are women's.
73 lines from women, 548 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
9 women and 23 men in the cast. 7 women and 20 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 25 of 644.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 51 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 12% of the words (925), men 88% (7,065).
Exhibit D: 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
81
Exhibit E: behind the camera
3 of the 14 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 29% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Rob Lieberman (man)
- Written by
- Steven Brill (man), Jim Burnstein (man)
- Story by
- Kenneth Johnson (man), Jim Burnstein (man)
- Produced by
- Jordan Kerner (man), Jon Avnet (man)
- Shot by
- David Hennings (man)
- Edited by
- Colleen Halsey (woman), Patrick Lussier (man)
- Music by
- J.A.C. Redford (man)
- Production design by
- Stephen Storer (man)
- Costumes by
- Kimberly A. Tillman (woman)
- Cast by
- Judy Taylor (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Camera
1 women, 4 men, 3 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 0 men, 4 not listed
-
Production
1 women, 3 men, 3 not listed
-
Writing
0 women, 5 men
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Art
0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
-
Editing
1 women, 1 men
-
Other crew
1 women, 0 men
-
Directing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 34 on average. Men: 31 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Heidi Kling 34
Men
Garette Ratliff Henson 16, Joshua Jackson 18, Shaun Weiss 18, Vincent Larusso 18, Elden Henson 19, Emilio Estevez 34, Jeffrey Nordling 34, David Selby 55, Joss Ackland 68
Exhibit G: the money
It made 2.3 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $10 million
- Box office
- $23 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 114 scenes and 644 lines of dialogue. How the test works
