Passes the Bechdel test
Drive Angry
2011. Directed by Patrick Lussier, written by Todd Farmer and Patrick Lussier.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
11 women characters. 5 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 139. -
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
John Milton is up against the clock: Jonah King, the leader of a Satanic cult, has murdered Milton's daughter and kidnapped her baby. In three days, King and his followers will sacrifice the child at midnight. Milton picks up the trail in Oklahoma as well as rescuing a waitress named Piper from her brutal, two-timing fiancé. There are odd things about Milton: his driver's license is out of date, he has a very strange gun, and he's being pursued by a man in a suit who carries FBI ID and calls himself the Accountant. Piper, who's lived a life on the sidelines, has to piece things together on the fly as they close in on King.
- Released
- 25 Feb 2011
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5.4 / 10
- Metascore
- 44 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Milton 151 lines, man
- Piper 134 lines, woman
- Accountant 78 lines, man
- Frank 29 lines, man
- Jonah King 26 lines, man
- Webster 19 lines, man
- Normajean 18 lines
- Cap 15 lines, man
- Fat Lou 13 lines, man
- Candy 11 lines, woman
Full cast, 48 people
- Nicolas Cage as Milton
- Amber Heard as Piper
- William Fichtner as Accountant
- Billy Burke as Jonah King
- David Morse as Webster
- Charlotte Ross as Candy
- Christa Campbell as Mona
- Tom Atkins as Cap
- Katy Mixon as Norma Jean
- Jack McGee as Fat Lou
- Todd Farmer as Frank
- Wanetah Walmsley as American Indian Mother
- Robin McGee as Guy with Camera Phone
- Fabian C. Moreno as Latino Busboy
- Edrick Browne as Rookie
- Marc Macaulay as Sarge
- Pruitt Taylor Vince as Roy
- Julius Washington as Uniformed Officer
- Jamie Teer as Babysitter
- Bryan Massey as Trooper #1
- Timothy Walter as Trooper #2
- Kent Jude Bernard as Teen #1
- Brent Phillip Henry as Teen #2
- Gerry May as TV Male News Reporter #1
- Sherri Talley as TV Female News Reporter #2
- Arianne Martin as Milton's Daughter (Older)
- Con Schell as Driver
- Nick Gomez as Middle
- Joe Chrest as Passenger
- Oakley Lehman as Cultist with Iron Pipe
- Thirl Haston as Cultist with Sickle
- Jake Brake as Cultist with Machete
- Tim J. Smith as Cultist with Hatchet
- Jeff Dashnaw as Cowboy with Cattle Prod
- Tim Trella as Cultist with Sledge
- James Landry Hébert as Man in Leather Jacket
- Kenneth Wayne Bradley as Man with Wig
- Kendrick Hudson as Burly Dude
- Michael Papajohn as Tattooed Guy
- April Littlejohn as Business Woman
- Henry Kingi as Thin Old Man
- Simona Williams as Lady in Leopard Skin
- Shelby Swatek as Truck Driving Woman
- Joseph Blackstone as Bar Patron (uncredited)
- Dan Forest as American Indian Dad (uncredited)
- Elise Fyke as Laughing Cowgirl (uncredited)
- Lanie Taylor as Milton's Daughter - Younger (uncredited)
- David Lee Valle as Highway Patrol (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 8% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 139
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 to 6 | 23 | 22 |
| 7 to 9 | 8 | 6 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 to 15 | 4 | 7 |
| 16 to 18 | 7 | 1 |
| 19 to 21 | 6 | 15 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 15 |
| 25 to 27 | 23 | 56 |
| 28 to 30 | 3 | 23 |
| 31 to 33 | 6 | 3 |
| 34 to 36 | 13 | 17 |
| 37 to 39 | 1 | 4 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 10 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 1 |
| 46 to 48 | 9 | 8 |
| 49 to 51 | 3 | 18 |
| 52 to 54 | 3 | 1 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 to 60 | 0 | 9 |
| 61 to 63 | 1 | 3 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 1 |
| 67 to 69 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 to 72 | 2 | 2 |
| 73 to 75 | 0 | 1 |
| 76 to 78 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 to 81 | 1 | 0 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 1 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 to 90 | 7 | 6 |
| 91 to 93 | 4 | 38 |
| 94 to 96 | 6 | 10 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 9 |
| 100 to 102 | 8 | 14 |
| 103 to 105 | 6 | 8 |
| 106 to 108 | 6 | 5 |
| 109 to 111 | 1 | 1 |
| 112 to 114 | 0 | 0 |
| 115 to 117 | 0 | 1 |
| 118 to 120 | 0 | 0 |
| 121 to 123 | 2 | 13 |
| 124 to 126 | 0 | 1 |
| 127 to 129 | 1 | 28 |
| 130 to 132 | 0 | 1 |
| 133 to 135 | 3 | 7 |
| 136 to 138 | 4 | 13 |
| 139 to 139 | 0 | 3 |
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.
MONA: What's the matter with you?! You psycho bitch from... PIPER: Don't. It shuts Mona up. Piper storms back toward the room. MONA: Fuck you, Piper, we're in lo-- PIPER: What was that? I didn't catch that last word.
PIPER: Same. Candy plops two pens and index cards on the table. CANDY: And I'll need to see your IDs. Piper pulls her license absently and slides it over, begins filling out the card.
PIPER: Guess it's been awhile since you drove that truck through here. CANDY: You want a drink? You gotta be a member. Dry county.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 29 are women's.
161 lines from women, 385 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
11 women and 29 men in the cast. 5 women and 22 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 15 of 593.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 49 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 27% of the words (2,311), men 73% (6,171). Women have 29% of the lines, so their lines run shorter 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
6
Two men
17
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 16% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Patrick Lussier (man)
- Written by
- Patrick Lussier (man), Todd Farmer (man)
- Produced by
- René Besson (gender not listed), Michael De Luca (man), Adam Fields (man)
- Shot by
- Brian Pearson (man)
- Edited by
- Devin C. Lussier (gender not listed), Patrick Lussier (man)
- Music by
- Michael Wandmacher (man)
- Production design by
- Nathan Amondson (man)
- Costumes by
- Mary E. McLeod (woman)
- Cast by
- Nancy Nayor (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
10 women, 39 men, 11 not listed
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Production
1 women, 8 men, 5 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 8 men, 3 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 1 men, 5 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 5 men, 3 not listed
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Art
0 women, 6 men, 1 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
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Editing
0 women, 3 men, 3 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 34 on average. Men: 57 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Amber Heard 24, Katy Mixon 29, Christa Campbell 38, Charlotte Ross 43
Men
Billy Burke 44, Nicolas Cage 47, William Fichtner 54, David Morse 57, Jack McGee 62, Tom Atkins 75
Exhibit H: the money
It made 82% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $50 million
- Box office
- $40.9 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 139 scenes and 593 lines of dialogue. How the test works
