Fails the Bechdel test
Dope
2015. Directed by Rick Famuyiwa, written by Rick Famuyiwa.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
6 women characters. 4 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
A coming of age comedy/drama for the post hip hop generation. Malcolm is a geek, carefully surviving life in The Bottoms, a tough neighborhood in Inglewood, CA filled with gangsters and drug dealers, while juggling his senior year of college applications, interviews and the SAT. His dream is to attend Harvard. A chance invitation to a big underground party leads Malcolm and his friends into an "only in Los Angeles" gritty adventure filled with offbeat characters and bad choices. If Malcolm can persevere, he'll go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself.
- Released
- 19 Jun 2015
- Genres
- Adventure, Comedy, Crime
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 72 / 100
- Awards
- 5 wins & 25 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Malcolm 213 lines, man
- Jib 48 lines, man
- Dom 44 lines, man
- Austin 39 lines, man
- Diggy 39 lines, woman
- Nakia 36 lines, woman
- Jaleel 33 lines, man
- Will 31 lines, man
- Narrator 29 lines, man
- Lily 26 lines, woman
Full cast, 40 people
- Shameik Moore as Malcolm
- Zoë Kravitz as Nakia
- A$AP Rocky as Dom
- Kiersey Clemons as Diggy
- Tony Revolori as Jib
- Blake Anderson as Will Sherwood
- Chanel Iman as Lily
- Roger Guenveur Smith as Austin Jacoby
- LaKeith Stanfield as Bug
- Tyga as De'Andre
- De'Aundre Bonds as Stacey
- Bruce Beatty as Mr. Bailey
- Quincy Brown as Jaleel
- Forest Whitaker as The Narrator (voice)
- Kimberly Elise as Lisa Hayes
- Rick Fox as Councilman Blackmon
- Allen Maldonado as Allen the Bouncer
- Vince Staples as Dom's Crew 1
- Amin Joseph as The Voice
- Casey Veggies as The Rapper
- Ashton Moio as Lance
- Julian Brand as Mario
- Christopher Glenn as Crip 1
- Ricky Harris as Tannehill James
- Wyking Jones as SAT Proctor
- Kap G as Fidel X
- Josh Meyer as DEA Tech
- Mimi Michaels as AJ's Secretary
- Lidia Porto as Marta
- Simmie Sims as Test Taker
- Milton T.J. Taylor as Young Malcolm
- Benjamin Levy Aguilar as Student (uncredited)
- Michael Flores as Short Order Cook (uncredited)
- Emmanuel Manzanares as Stick Up Man #4 (uncredited)
- Jeremy Marinas as Stick Up Man #2 (uncredited)
- Nino Nava as Student (uncredited)
- Larnell Stovall as The Driver (uncredited)
- Ryan Stroud as Bartender (uncredited)
- Alex Urbom as Fidel's Crew 1 (uncredited)
- Jonny Yoku as Party Goer! (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 12% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 161
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 to 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 to 12 | 2 | 12 |
| 13 to 16 | 0 | 10 |
| 17 to 20 | 1 | 28 |
| 21 to 24 | 8 | 15 |
| 25 to 28 | 5 | 15 |
| 29 to 32 | 1 | 38 |
| 33 to 36 | 15 | 14 |
| 37 to 40 | 1 | 13 |
| 41 to 44 | 2 | 24 |
| 45 to 48 | 1 | 15 |
| 49 to 52 | 1 | 6 |
| 53 to 56 | 2 | 19 |
| 57 to 60 | 4 | 17 |
| 61 to 64 | 2 | 11 |
| 65 to 68 | 21 | 19 |
| 69 to 72 | 1 | 11 |
| 73 to 76 | 2 | 6 |
| 77 to 80 | 1 | 64 |
| 81 to 84 | 15 | 18 |
| 85 to 88 | 0 | 12 |
| 89 to 92 | 6 | 26 |
| 93 to 96 | 0 | 5 |
| 97 to 100 | 0 | 6 |
| 101 to 104 | 0 | 8 |
| 105 to 108 | 2 | 3 |
| 109 to 112 | 0 | 0 |
| 113 to 116 | 1 | 1 |
| 117 to 120 | 7 | 8 |
| 121 to 124 | 0 | 1 |
| 125 to 128 | 0 | 0 |
| 129 to 132 | 3 | 11 |
| 133 to 136 | 2 | 28 |
| 137 to 140 | 0 | 8 |
| 141 to 144 | 0 | 17 |
| 145 to 148 | 0 | 1 |
| 149 to 152 | 0 | 11 |
| 153 to 156 | 0 | 0 |
| 157 to 160 | 4 | 4 |
| 161 to 161 | 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, 18 are women's.
114 lines from women, 526 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
6 women and 25 men in the cast. 4 women and 18 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 4 of 725.
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 15% of the words (1,333), men 85% (7,632). 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
51
Exhibit E: behind the camera
4 of the 10 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 32% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Rick Famuyiwa (man)
- Written by
- Rick Famuyiwa (man)
- Produced by
- Nina Yang Bongiovi (woman), Forest Whitaker (man)
- Shot by
- Rachel Morrison (woman)
- Edited by
- Lee Haugen (gender not listed)
- Music by
- Germaine Franco (woman)
- Production design by
- Scott Falconer (man)
- Costumes by
- Patrik Milani (gender not listed)
- Cast by
- Kim Taylor-Coleman (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Sound
3 women, 6 men, 6 not listed
-
Production
3 women, 5 men, 4 not listed
-
Art
0 women, 1 men, 5 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
0 women, 0 men, 4 not listed
-
Visual Effects
0 women, 0 men, 3 not listed
-
Camera
1 women, 0 men
-
Other crew
0 women, 1 men
-
Directing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 24 on average. Men: 29 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Kiersey Clemons 21, Chanel Iman 24, Zoë Kravitz 26
Men
Tony Revolori 19, Shameik Moore 20, LaKeith Stanfield 23, Tyga 25, A$AP Rocky 26, Blake Anderson 31, Roger Guenveur Smith 59
Exhibit G: the money
It made 2.6 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $7 million
- Box office
- $18 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 161 scenes and 725 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
