Fails the Bechdel test
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024. Directed by Shawn Levy, written by Ryan Reynolds and Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
17 women characters. 3 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
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
In this multiverse story Deadpool is approached by a man named Paradox who intends on vaporizing his entire universe because apparently it's not supposed to go on living without the now deceased hero Wolverine. Deadpool kidnaps another version of Wolverine to replace but this only results in Paradox banishing both Deadpool and Wolverine.
- Released
- 26 Jul 2024
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.5 / 10
- Metascore
- 56 / 100
- Awards
- 31 wins & 71 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Deadpool 214 lines, man
- Wade 162 lines, man
- Vanessa 73 lines, woman
- Ajax 67 lines, man
- Weasel 34 lines, man
- Blind Al 26 lines, woman
- Dopinder 20 lines, man
- Colossus 18 lines, man
- Angel Dust 14 lines
- Doctor 14 lines
Full cast, 60 people
- Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson / Deadpool / Nicepool
- Hugh Jackman as Logan / Wolverine
- Emma Corrin as Cassandra Nova
- Matthew Macfadyen as Mr. Paradox
- Dafne Keen as Laura / X-23
- Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan
- Morena Baccarin as Vanessa
- Rob Delaney as Peter
- Leslie Uggams as Blind Al
- Jennifer Garner as Elektra
- Wesley Snipes as Blade
- Channing Tatum as Gambit
- Chris Evans as Johnny Storm
- Henry Cavill as The Cavillrine
- Wunmi Mosaku as B-15
- Aaron Stanford as Pyro
- Tyler Mane as Sabretooth
- Karan Soni as Dopinder
- Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead
- Shioli Kutsuna as Yukio
- Stefan Kapičić as Colossus (voice)
- Randal Reeder as Buck
- Lewis Tan as Shatterstar
- Nick Pauley as Dancepool
- Sonita Henry as Mrs. Chipman
- Ryan McKen as Mr. Chipman
- Nanak Phlora as Elliot Chipman
- Aydin Ahmed as Kevin Chipman
- Leemore Marrett Jr. as Minuteman Leader
- James Dryden as TVA Tech
- Ollie Palmer as Bar Patron
- Greg Hemphill as Seedy Bartender
- Aaron W Reed as Juggernaut
- Mike Waters as Blob
- Rob Mac as TVA Soldier
- James Reynolds as Screaming Mutant (voice)
- Ed Kear as Outpost Tech
- Paul G. Raymond as TVA Office Agent
- Blake Lively as Ladypool (voice)
- Inez Reynolds as Kidpool (voice)
- Nathan Fillion as Headpool (voice)
- Matthew McConaughey as Cowboypool (voice)
- OIin Reynolds as Babypool (voice)
- Paul Mullin as Welshpool
- Alex Kyshkovych as Canadapool
- Billy Clements as Russian (uncredited)
- Daniel Medina Ramos as Toad (uncredited)
- Jade Lye as Lady Deathstrike (uncredited)
- Nilly Cetin as Quill (uncredited)
- Eduardo Gago Muñoz as Azazel (uncredited)
- Chloe Kibble as Callisto (uncredited)
- Curtis Rowland Small as Bullseye (uncredited)
- Ayesha Hussain as Psylocke (uncredited)
- Jessica Walker as Arclight (uncredited)
- Harry Holland as Haroldpool (uncredited)
- Kevin Fortin as Zenpool (uncredited)
- Luke Bennett as Comic-Accurate Wolverine Body Double (uncredited)
- Anneka Needham as TVA Agent (uncredited)
- George Montague as Juggernaut Double
- Chris Hemsworth as Thor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 9% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 70
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 16 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 to 10 | 2 | 27 |
| 11 to 12 | 4 | 41 |
| 13 to 14 | 13 | 41 |
| 15 to 16 | 9 | 12 |
| 17 to 18 | 7 | 5 |
| 19 to 20 | 14 | 24 |
| 21 to 22 | 11 | 14 |
| 23 to 24 | 0 | 11 |
| 25 to 26 | 3 | 25 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 4 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 25 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 26 |
| 35 to 36 | 0 | 21 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 to 40 | 13 | 30 |
| 41 to 42 | 2 | 53 |
| 43 to 44 | 1 | 4 |
| 45 to 46 | 7 | 22 |
| 47 to 48 | 0 | 7 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 2 |
| 51 to 52 | 3 | 4 |
| 53 to 54 | 3 | 8 |
| 55 to 56 | 8 | 34 |
| 57 to 58 | 1 | 4 |
| 59 to 60 | 1 | 9 |
| 61 to 62 | 2 | 14 |
| 63 to 64 | 2 | 10 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 4 |
| 67 to 68 | 15 | 43 |
| 69 to 70 | 0 | 8 |
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, 18 are women's.
121 lines from women, 569 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
17 women and 40 men in the cast. 3 women and 5 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 47 of 758.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 106 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 11% of the words (837), men 89% (6,579). Women have 18% 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
48
Exhibit E: behind the camera
3 of the 18 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 22% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Shawn Levy (man)
- Written by
- Rhett Reese (man), Paul Wernick (man), Ryan Reynolds (man), Shawn Levy (man), Zeb Wells (man)
- Produced by
- Ryan Reynolds (man), Lauren Shuler Donner (woman), Shawn Levy (man), Kevin Feige (man)
- Shot by
- George Richmond (man)
- Edited by
- Shane Reid (man), Dean Zimmerman (man)
- Music by
- Rob Simonsen (man)
- Production design by
- Ray Chan (man)
- Costumes by
- Graham Churchyard (man), Mayes C. Rubeo (woman)
- Cast by
- Sarah Halley Finn (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
29 women, 111 men, 1 non-binary, 87 not listed
-
Visual Effects
5 women, 22 men, 55 not listed
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Art
6 women, 14 men, 59 not listed
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Production
13 women, 12 men, 23 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
8 women, 7 men, 20 not listed
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Sound
3 women, 23 men, 2 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 10 men, 10 not listed
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Writing
0 women, 12 men
- Women
- Men
- Non-binary
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 49 on average. Men: 51 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Dafne Keen 19, Morena Baccarin 45, Jennifer Garner 52, Leslie Uggams 81
Men
Ryan Reynolds 47, Rob Delaney 47, Matthew Macfadyen 49, Hugh Jackman 55, Jon Favreau 57
Exhibit G: the money
It made 2.4 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $557 million
- Box office
- $1.3 billion
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 70 scenes and 758 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
