Fails the Bechdel test
Django Unchained
2012. Directed by Quentin Tarantino, written by Quentin Tarantino.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
2 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
33 women characters. 8 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
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
In 1858, a bounty hunter named King Schultz seeks out a slave named Django and buys him because he needs him to find some men he is looking for. After finding them, Django wants to find his wife, Broomhilda, who, along with him, was sold separately by his former owner for trying to escape. Schultz offers to help him if he chooses to stay with him and be his partner. Eventually they learn that she was sold to a plantation in Mississippi. Knowing they can't just go in and say they want her, they come up with a plan so that the owner will welcome them into his home and they can find a way.
- Released
- 25 Dec 2012
- Genres
- Drama, Western
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 8.5 / 10
- Metascore
- 81 / 100
- Awards
- Won 2 Oscars. 58 wins & 158 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Django 234 lines, man
- Calvin Candie 168 lines, man
- Stephen 76 lines, man
- Ace Woody 45 lines, man
- Broomhilda 35 lines, woman
- Scotty 25 lines
- Roy 23 lines, man
- Jano 20 lines, man
- Spencer 19 lines, man
- Betina 17 lines, woman
Full cast, 135 people
- Jamie Foxx as Django Freeman
- Christoph Waltz as Dr. King Schultz
- Leonardo DiCaprio as Calvin J. Candie
- Kerry Washington as Broomhilda von Shaft
- Samuel L. Jackson as Stephen
- Walton Goggins as Billy Crash
- Dennis Christopher as Leonide Moguy
- James Remar as Butch Pooch / Ace Speck
- David Steen as Mr. Stonesipher
- Dana Gourrier as Cora
- Nichole Galicia as Sheba
- Laura Cayouette as Lara Lee Candie-Fitzwilly
- Ato Essandoh as D'Artagnan
- Sammi Rotibi as Rodney
- Clay Donahue Fontenot as Big Fred's Opponent
- Escalante Lundy as Big Fred
- Miriam F. Glover as Betina
- Don Johnson as Spencer "Big Daddy" Bennett
- Franco Nero as Amerigo Vessepi
- James Russo as Dicky Speck
- Tom Wopat as U.S. Marshall Gill Tatum
- Don Stroud as Sheriff Bill Sharp
- Russ Tamblyn as Son of a Gunfighter
- Amber Tamblyn as Daughter of a Son of a Gunfighter
- Bruce Dern as Old Man Carrucan
- M.C. Gainey as Big John Brittle
- Cooper Huckabee as Lil Raj Brittle
- Doc Duhame as Ellis Brittle
- Jonah Hill as Bag Head #2
- Lee Horsley as Sheriff Gus (Snowy Snow)
- Zoë Bell as Tracker
- Michael Bowen as Tracker
- Robert Carradine as Tracker
- Jake Garber as Tracker
- Ted Neeley as Tracker
- James Parks as Tracker
- Tom Savini as Tracker
- Michael Parks as The LeQuint Dickey Mining Co. Employee
- John Jarratt as The Le Quint Dickey Mining Co. Employee
- Quentin Tarantino as The LeQuint Dickey Mining Co. Employee
- Amari Cheatom as Roy
- Keith Jefferson as Pudgy Ralph
- Marcus Henderson as Big Sid
- Chuuch as Slave on Chain Gang
- Kinetic as Franklin
- Louise Stratten as Daughtrey Saloon Girl
- Kim Robillard as Saloon Keeper Pete
- Shana Stein as Daughtrey Bitty
- Shannon Hazlett as Daughtrey Saloon Girl
- Jack Lucarelli as Daughtrey Rifleman
- Victoria Thomas as Daughtrey Woman
- Grace Collins as Grace Bennett
- Sharon Pierre-Louis as Little Jody
- Christopher Berry as Willard
- Kim Collins as Randy
- Dane Rhodes as Tennessee Redfish
- J.D. Evermore as O.D.
- Rex Linn as Tennessee Harry
- Michael Bacall as Smitty Bacall
- Ronan Hice
- Ned Bellamy as Wilson
- Dave Coennen as Mr. Eigglesworth
- Danièle Watts as Coco
- Jon Eyez
- Omar J. Dorsey as Chicken Charlie
- Evan Parke as Baghead
- Craig Stark as Tommy Gilles
- Brian Brown as Hoot Peters
- Ritchie Montgomery as Overseer Johnny Jerome
- Nicholas Dashnaw as Baghead
- Jarrod Bunch as Banjo
- Edrick Browne as Joshua
- Kerry Sims
- Jamal Duff as Tatum
- Todd Allen as Dollar Bill
- Lewis Smith as Jinglebells Cody
- Keniaryn Mitchell
- Jakel Marshall as House Servant
- Carl Singleton as Carl / House Servant
- Ashley Toman
- John McConnell
- Mark Amos as Beard Man (uncredited)
- Marsha Stephanie Blake as House Slave (uncredited)
- Catherine Lambert as House Slave (uncredited)
- Deborah Ayorinde as Cleopatra Pony (uncredited)
- Takara Clark as Pony (uncredited)
- Kimberley Drummond as Pony (uncredited)
- Tenaj L. Jackson as Pony (uncredited)
- Carl Bailey as Mandingo Overseer (uncredited)
- Ross P. Cook as Overseer (uncredited)
- Gregory Allen Gabroy as Overseer (uncredited)
- Seth Bailey as Daughtrey Rifleman (uncredited)
- David G. Baker as Slave Master (uncredited)
- Glen Warner as Slave Overseer (uncredited)
- Kesha Bullard Lewis as Crazy Sadie (uncredited)
- Edward J. Clare as Plantation Owner (uncredited)
- Mike DeMille as Cowboy (uncredited)
- Gary Grubbs as Bob Gibbs (uncredited)
- Justin Dwayne Hall as Goat Farmer (uncredited)
- Kasey James as Mule Wrangler (uncredited)
- Cindy Mah as Chinese Boy (uncredited)
- Johnny Otto as Dr. Brown (uncredited)
- Belinda Owino as Candyland House Servant (uncredited)
- Mark Ulano as Gabby the Banker (uncredited)
- Misty Upham as Minnie (uncredited)
- Fatimah Taliah as Field Slave - Big Daddy's House (uncredited)
- Dudley Fuqua as Slave
- Augustine Alvarez as Barnabas (uncredited)
- John R. Bennett II as Slave Buyer (uncredited)
- Valencia Christina as Slave (uncredited)
- Gene Kevin Hames, Jr. as Overseer (uncredited)
- Ryan Happy as Human Shield Cowboy (uncredited)
- Bill Heintz as Slave Overseer (uncredited)
- Jacky Ido as Slave (uncredited)
- Marvin Jones III as Red Louis (uncredited)
- Ashlee Nicole Jordan as Harvey Girl (uncredited)
- Spencer Kayden as Harvey Girl (uncredited)
- Elton LeBlanc as Cleo Club Patron / Polly Wolly Singer (uncredited)
- Chuck Murphy as Horseman #1 (uncredited)
- Brianna Oppenheimer as Harvey Girl (uncredited)
- Kel Owens as Gallows Builder / Badass Cowboy (uncredited)
- Matthew Parrott as Slave Master (uncredited)
- Erin Pickett as Woman with Rifle (uncredited)
- Tom Proctor as Candyland Cowboy (uncredited)
- Aleeah Rogers as Pony Girl (uncredited)
- Alfred Smith III as Field Slave (uncredited)
- Kay Smith as Pony #3 (uncredited)
- Samantha Smith as Slave Girl (uncredited)
- Nathan Alan Thomas as Plantation Owner (uncredited)
- Tristan Tierce as Schoolboy (uncredited)
- LaTeace Towns-Cuellar as Cleo (uncredited)
- Rashia Whitlock as Pony Girl (uncredited)
- Travis Wilkerson as Bag Head (uncredited)
- Tadasay Young as Big Daddy's Main Pony (uncredited)
- Ronnie Zappa as Top Hat (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 75
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 26 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 to 12 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 to 14 | 9 | 17 |
| 15 to 16 | 8 | 35 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 34 |
| 19 to 20 | 0 | 22 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 5 |
| 23 to 24 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 to 26 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 to 30 | 6 | 2 |
| 31 to 32 | 5 | 0 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 to 36 | 0 | 24 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 2 |
| 39 to 40 | 0 | 1 |
| 41 to 42 | 4 | 9 |
| 43 to 44 | 0 | 33 |
| 45 to 46 | 3 | 31 |
| 47 to 48 | 0 | 26 |
| 49 to 50 | 2 | 107 |
| 51 to 52 | 1 | 17 |
| 53 to 54 | 7 | 24 |
| 55 to 56 | 12 | 25 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 31 |
| 59 to 60 | 1 | 25 |
| 61 to 62 | 0 | 60 |
| 63 to 64 | 2 | 81 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 to 68 | 0 | 2 |
| 69 to 70 | 0 | 14 |
| 71 to 72 | 0 | 2 |
| 73 to 74 | 3 | 8 |
| 75 to 75 | 8 | 20 |
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, 9 are women's.
71 lines from women, 739 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
33 women and 87 men in the cast. 8 women and 28 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 96 of 891.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 172 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 (922), men 95% (17,522). Women have 9% 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
1
Two men
41
Exhibit E: behind the camera
4 of the 10 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 28% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Quentin Tarantino (man)
- Written by
- Quentin Tarantino (man)
- Produced by
- Reginald Hudlin (man), Pilar Savone (woman), Stacey Sher (woman)
- Shot by
- Robert Richardson (man)
- Edited by
- Fred Raskin (man)
- Production design by
- J. Michael Riva (man)
- Costumes by
- Sharen Davis (woman)
- Cast by
- Victoria Thomas (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
4 women, 24 men, 4 not listed
-
Art
6 women, 8 men, 9 not listed
-
Sound
3 women, 16 men, 1 not listed
-
Production
5 women, 9 men, 2 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
8 women, 0 men, 3 not listed
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Camera
2 women, 5 men
-
Directing
0 women, 4 men
-
Editing
0 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 34 on average. Men: 53 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Dana Gourrier 33, Kerry Washington 35
Men
Leonardo DiCaprio 38, Walton Goggins 41, Jamie Foxx 45, Christoph Waltz 56, James Remar 58, David Steen 58, Dennis Christopher 62, Samuel L. Jackson 64
Exhibit G: the money
It made 4.3 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $100 million
- Box office
- $425 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 75 scenes and 891 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
