Fails the Bechdel test
Day of the Fight
2024. Directed by Jack Huston, written by Jack Huston.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
14 women characters. 5 of them speak. -
No
2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Follows a once renowned boxer as he takes a redemptive journey through his past and present, on the day of his first fight since he left prison.
- Released
- 07 Mar 2024
- Genres
- Drama, Sport
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.9 / 10
- Metascore
- 64 / 100
- Awards
- 3 wins & 2 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Mikey 247 lines, man
- Stevie 52 lines, man
- Jess 45 lines
- Patrick 36 lines, man
- Colm 17 lines, man
- Tony 15 lines, man
- Saul 14 lines, man
- Girl 12 lines, woman
- Jimmy 12 lines, man
- Taxi Driver 10 lines
Full cast, 41 people
- Michael Pitt as Mike Flannigan
- Ron Perlman as Stevie
- Nicolette Robinson as Jessica
- Joe Pesci as Mike's Father
- John Magaro as Patrick
- Steve Buscemi as Mike's Uncle
- Kaili Vernoff as Tracy
- Anatol Yusef as Saul
- Phillip Johnson Richardson as Jasper Brooks
- Joe Lisi as Tony
- Billy Griffith as Bouncer
- Amr El-Bayoumi as Doctor
- Dennis Jay Funny as Paramedic
- Eugene Solfanelli as Frank
- Milan Marsh as Sam
- Thomas E. Johnson as Ringside Patron
- Leo Solomon as Interviewer / Press
- Nahar Aminov as Dry Cleaner's Wife
- Tim Gallin as Referee
- Holden Goodman
- Joy Decker as Ringside Socialite Fan
- Joseph Di Bari as Upper Class Match Attendee
- Isa Wnek as Catholic School Girl
- Jordyn Rax as Julia
- Beckett Guest as Young Mike Flannigan
- Ryan Bostedo as Robert James
- David Negri as Judge
- Darlene Dues as Sandy
- Kat Elizabeth Williams as Sasha
- Dina Khoury as Ring Girl
- Charlize Orr as Baby
- Greg Dubin as Ring Announcer
- Chasity Orr as Mike's & Jessica's Baby
- Zoe Tactuk as Young Jessica
- Morgan Craft as Ring Girl
- Eric Kelly as Assistant Coach
- Sofia Stefan as Waitress
- Jason Latief Anderson as Boxing Attendee (uncredited)
- Roger Brenner as NY EMS Paramedic (uncredited)
- Rich Dubin as Priest (uncredited)
- Charles Massey as Cameraman (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 14% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 112
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 21 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 11 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 17 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 5 |
| 22 to 24 | 4 | 4 |
| 25 to 27 | 3 | 27 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 5 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 21 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 35 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 51 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 22 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 5 |
| 49 to 51 | 4 | 41 |
| 52 to 54 | 0 | 14 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 to 60 | 4 | 9 |
| 61 to 63 | 4 | 13 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 to 69 | 0 | 1 |
| 70 to 72 | 12 | 24 |
| 73 to 75 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 to 78 | 0 | 26 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 9 |
| 85 to 87 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 12 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 7 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 11 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 3 |
| 103 to 105 | 0 | 16 |
| 106 to 108 | 0 | 16 |
| 109 to 111 | 0 | 1 |
| 112 to 112 | 0 | 0 |
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, 7 are women's.
33 lines from women, 427 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
14 women and 19 men in the cast. 5 women and 9 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 5 of 536.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 203 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 5% of the words (268), men 95% (5,515). Women have 7% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
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
0
Two men
22
Exhibit E: behind the camera
3 of the 14 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 23% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Jack Huston (man)
- Written by
- Jack Huston (man)
- Produced by
- Emma Tillinger Koskoff (woman), Jai Stefan (man), Josh Porter (man), Jack Huston (man), Colleen Camp (woman)
- Shot by
- Peter Simonite (man)
- Edited by
- Joe Klotz (man)
- Music by
- Ben MacDiarmid (gender not listed)
- Production design by
- Pete Zumba (gender not listed)
- Costumes by
- Christopher Peterson (man)
- Cast by
- Sheila Jaffe (woman), Bryan Riley (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
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Production
4 women, 8 men, 3 not listed
-
Sound
2 women, 8 men, 3 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
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Art
0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
-
Camera
0 women, 1 men
-
Directing
0 women, 1 men
-
Editing
0 women, 1 men
-
Writing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 43 on average. Men: 57 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Nicolette Robinson 36, Kaili Vernoff 50
Men
Phillip Johnson Richardson 28, John Magaro 41, Michael Pitt 43, Anatol Yusef 46, Steve Buscemi 66, Ron Perlman 74, Joe Lisi 74, Joe Pesci 81
Exhibit G: the money
What it cost and made, where TMDB lists it.
- Budget
- Not listed
- Box office
- $25,859
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 112 scenes and 536 lines of dialogue. How the test works
