Passes the Bechdel test
Disclosure
1994. Directed by Barry Levinson, written by Michael Crichton and Paul Attanasio.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
19 women characters. 12 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 78. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Tom Sanders is a manager at a computer company in Seattle. Happily married with children, Tom had big hopes for a promotion by his boss, but it goes to Meredith Johnson, Tom's seductive ex-girlfriend, instead. Somehow Tom takes it with a grain of salt, until a personal meeting turns into a seduction when Meredith decides to relive her sexual fantasy and pick up from where they left off. Tom refuses, making Meredith frustrated. Tom's only choice; to sue for sexual harassment. But everyone believes it was the other way around and his boss wants to transfer him to another division, forcing him to lose everything. Tom discovers not only is the system rigged against him, but Meredith's going to destroy his career, and bolster her own by blaming him for a serious error of judgment on her part.
- Released
- 09 Dec 1994
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 58 / 100
- Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Sanders 435 lines, man
- Meredith 141 lines, woman
- Susan 90 lines, woman
- Fernandez 75 lines, woman
- Blackburn 63 lines, man
- Garvin 57 lines, man
- Heller 54 lines, man
- Cindy 38 lines, woman
- Lewyn 34 lines, man
- Cherry 29 lines, man
Full cast, 36 people
- Michael Douglas as Tom Sanders
- Demi Moore as Meredith Johnson
- Donald Sutherland as Bob Garvin
- Dylan Baker as Philip Blackburn
- Jacqueline Kim as Cindy Chang
- Roma Maffia as Catherine Alvarez
- Caroline Goodall as Susan Hendler
- Rosemary Forsyth as Stephanie Kaplan
- Dennis Miller as Mark Lewyn
- Suzie Plakson as Mary Anne Hunter
- Nicholas Sadler as Don Cherry
- Donal Logue as Chance Geer
- Anneliza Scott as Secretary #2
- Rohana Razali as Malaysian Newscaster
- Anne Flanagan as Secretary #1
- Kate Williamson as Judge Barbara Murphy
- Farrah Forke as Adele Lewyn
- Marie Rowe as Mrs. Ross
- Melanie Henderson as Garvin's Secretary
- Lynn Tufeld as Lewyn's Assistant
- Nancy Yee as Cleaning Woman
- Darina Chylik as Maid
- Lynne Killmeyer as Businesswoman
- Linda McCullough as Computer (voice)
- Faryn Einhorn as Eliza Sanders
- Trevor Einhorn as Matt Sanders
- Allan Rich as Ben Heller
- Michael Laskin as Arthur Kahn
- Edward Power as John Conley Sr.
- David Drew Gallagher as Spencer Kaplan
- Wayne Duvall as Executive #1
- Bernard Hocke as Security Guard
- Joe Urla as John Conley Jr
- Michael Chieffo as Stephen Chase
- Joseph Attanasio as Furillo
- Ralph Tabakin as Elevator Attendant
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 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 78
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 to 4 | 13 | 13 |
| 5 to 6 | 5 | 4 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 to 10 | 13 | 71 |
| 11 to 12 | 1 | 8 |
| 13 to 14 | 11 | 23 |
| 15 to 16 | 17 | 48 |
| 17 to 18 | 7 | 14 |
| 19 to 20 | 44 | 39 |
| 21 to 22 | 17 | 18 |
| 23 to 24 | 7 | 71 |
| 25 to 26 | 0 | 41 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 to 30 | 11 | 26 |
| 31 to 32 | 10 | 16 |
| 33 to 34 | 6 | 25 |
| 35 to 36 | 10 | 16 |
| 37 to 38 | 22 | 21 |
| 39 to 40 | 16 | 16 |
| 41 to 42 | 7 | 10 |
| 43 to 44 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 to 46 | 59 | 67 |
| 47 to 48 | 17 | 11 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 15 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 19 |
| 53 to 54 | 18 | 18 |
| 55 to 56 | 3 | 3 |
| 57 to 58 | 10 | 14 |
| 59 to 60 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 to 62 | 30 | 19 |
| 63 to 64 | 9 | 12 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 6 |
| 67 to 68 | 0 | 2 |
| 69 to 70 | 0 | 1 |
| 71 to 72 | 2 | 8 |
| 73 to 74 | 1 | 11 |
| 75 to 76 | 12 | 15 |
| 77 to 78 | 8 | 9 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
SUSAN: I'm trying to figure out whether to get a fat Barbie for Eliza. ADELE: Mattel makes a fat Barbie? SUSAN: They don't call it Fat Barbie. They call it Happy to Be Me Barbie. ADELE: Does she come with flaPl?Y to nc Fucking the Other Barine Ken?
CINDY: I don't know. FERNANDEZ: I'm not sure l: see the! relewmce of this witness.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 35 are women's.
394 lines from women, 730 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
19 women and 16 men in the cast. 12 women and 13 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 6 of 1,172.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 58 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 38% of the words (5,331), men 62% (8,806). Women have 35% of the lines, so their lines run longer 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
11
Two men
51
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 11 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 24% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Barry Levinson (man)
- Written by
- Paul Attanasio (man)
- From the novel by
- Michael Crichton (man)
- Produced by
- Barry Levinson (man), Michael Crichton (man)
- Shot by
- Tony Pierce-Roberts (man)
- Edited by
- Stu Linder (man)
- Music by
- Ennio Morricone (man)
- Production design by
- Neil Spisak (man)
- Costumes by
- Gloria Gresham (woman)
- Cast by
- Ellen Chenoweth (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
2 women, 11 men, 10 not listed
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Other crew
1 women, 5 men, 6 not listed
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Production
4 women, 4 men, 2 not listed
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Art
0 women, 7 men, 2 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 5 men, 3 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 0 men, 4 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 5 men, 1 not listed
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Directing
3 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 37 on average. Men: 46 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Jacqueline Kim 29, Demi Moore 32, Caroline Goodall 35, Roma Maffia 36, Suzie Plakson 36, Rosemary Forsyth 51
Men
Dylan Baker 35, Dennis Miller 41, Michael Douglas 50, Donald Sutherland 59
Exhibit H: the money
It made 3.9 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $55 million
- Box office
- $214 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 78 scenes and 1,172 lines of dialogue. How the test works
