Passes the Bechdel test
Easy A
2010. Directed by Will Gluck, written by Bert V. Royal.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
20 women characters. 9 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 8 scenes out of 110. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
After a little white lie about losing her virginity gets out, a clean cut high school girl sees her life paralleling Hester Prynne's in "The Scarlet Letter," which she is currently studying in school - until she decides to use the rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.
- Released
- 17 Sep 2010
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 7 / 10
- Metascore
- 72 / 100
- Awards
- 9 wins & 22 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Olive 365 lines, woman
- Rhiannon 64 lines, woman
- Brandon 44 lines, man
- Marianne 44 lines, woman
- Rosemary 35 lines, woman
- Meerkat Todd 32 lines, man
- Anson 28 lines, man
- Evan 17 lines, man
- Dill 15 lines, man
- Principal Gibbons 8 lines, man
Full cast, 53 people
- Emma Stone as Olive
- Penn Badgley as Woodchuck Todd
- Amanda Bynes as Marianne
- Dan Byrd as Brandon
- Thomas Haden Church as Mr. Griffith
- Patricia Clarkson as Rosemary
- Cam Gigandet as Micah
- Lisa Kudrow as Mrs. Griffith
- Malcolm McDowell as Principal Gibbons
- Aly Michalka as Rhiannon
- Stanley Tucci as Dill
- Fred Armisen as Pastor
- Juliette Goglia as Eighth Grade Olive
- Jake Sandvig as Anson
- Morgan Rusler as Mr. Abernathy
- Nikki Tyler-Flynn as Mrs. Abernathy
- Braeden Lemasters as Eighth Grade Kid
- Mahaley Patel as Nina
- Jameson Moss as Evan
- Blake Hood as Kennedy Peters-Booth
- Bryce Clyde Jenkins as Chip
- Neil Soni as Zia
- Stacey Travis as Marianne's Mom
- Bonnie Burroughs as Micah's Mom
- Eddie Applegate as Micah's Grandfather
- Norma Michaels as Micah's Grandmother
- Yolanda Snowball as Receptionist
- Andrew Fleming as Doctor
- Johanna Braddy as Melody Bostic
- David Gore as Pre-Teen Kid
- Lalaine as Gossipy Girl
- D'Anthony Palms as Josh Wisniewski
- Ryan Parker as Kurt
- Rawson Marshall Thurber as Quiznos Guy
- Chris De Lorenzo as Spectator In The Gym
- Jillian Johnston as Server
- Nancy Karr as Singing Server
- Clay Black as Singing Server
- Brad Etheridge as Singing Server
- Veerta Motiani as Singing Server
- Michael Strauss as Singing Server
- Lance Kerfuffle as Clerk
- Drew Koles as Boy
- Max Crumm as Pontius
- Jeremiah Hu as Judas
- Jessica Jann as Jezebel
- Danni Katz as Harlot
- Jason Kropik as Mortimer
- Micah Van Hove as Stoner (uncredited)
- Yoshi Sudarso as Eric Ling (uncredited)
- Julianne Celeste as Gossip Girl Jogger (uncredited)
- Bobby C. King as Man Watching Skateboarders (uncredited)
- Kristin Quick as Nerd (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 2% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 110
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 20 | 0 |
| 4 to 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 to 9 | 17 | 0 |
| 10 to 12 | 8 | 0 |
| 13 to 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 to 18 | 29 | 0 |
| 19 to 21 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 to 24 | 13 | 0 |
| 25 to 27 | 24 | 1 |
| 28 to 30 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 to 33 | 21 | 7 |
| 34 to 36 | 44 | 14 |
| 37 to 39 | 44 | 26 |
| 40 to 42 | 30 | 15 |
| 43 to 45 | 6 | 2 |
| 46 to 48 | 8 | 4 |
| 49 to 51 | 35 | 0 |
| 52 to 54 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 57 | 16 | 18 |
| 58 to 60 | 28 | 1 |
| 61 to 63 | 12 | 0 |
| 64 to 66 | 16 | 0 |
| 67 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 to 72 | 4 | 0 |
| 73 to 75 | 15 | 0 |
| 76 to 78 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 to 81 | 5 | 3 |
| 82 to 84 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 to 87 | 3 | 1 |
| 88 to 90 | 9 | 0 |
| 91 to 93 | 37 | 36 |
| 94 to 96 | 20 | 15 |
| 97 to 99 | 3 | 1 |
| 100 to 102 | 7 | 0 |
| 103 to 105 | 27 | 0 |
| 106 to 108 | 24 | 4 |
| 109 to 110 | 1 | 1 |
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.
OLIVE: Rhi, I can't. I told you I have plans. RHIANNON: You're lying. You're a lying bitch and I hate you so much right now. OLIVE: I'm not lying. I promise I'm not. I really would love to go camping with your family this weekend. I had fun with your family last year.
RHIANNON: You're not off the hook, you know. I want lurid details. This had better be the best date of your life to counterbalance the worst weekend o… OLIVE: I'm sure you'll have a good time.
NINA: I think Hester Prynne was - excuse my language - a whore. NINA: Why should I? She brought it on herself. OLIVE: Excuse me? NINA: Perhaps you should embroider a red A on your wardrobe?
MARIANNE: Seems as if someone's on a downward spiral. OLIVE: Seems as if someone's practicing the mundane activities she'll be saddled with the rest of her pathetic life. MARIANNE: You have a chip on your shoulder the size of Texas. OLIVE: Wow, that's even bigger than your ass.
RHIANNON: Please tell me the rumors are true. OLIVE: Yes, I'm a big whore. RHIANNON: Not that one. The one where you called Nina Howell a cunt and then socked her in the nose. OLIVE: It's not entirely true. Look, there's something I need to tell you.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 78 are women's.
537 lines from women, 149 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
20 women and 27 men in the cast. 9 women and 8 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 2 of 703.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 6 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 84% of the words (7,984), men 16% (1,536). Women have 78% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.
Exhibit E: the test the other way
Run the other way, for men, the film scores 2 out of 3.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
32
Two men
1
Exhibit F: behind the camera
4 of the 10 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 31% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Will Gluck (man)
- Written by
- Bert V. Royal (man)
- Produced by
- Zanne Devine (woman), Will Gluck (man)
- Shot by
- Michael Grady (man)
- Edited by
- Susan Littenberg (woman)
- Music by
- Brad Segal (man)
- Production design by
- Marcia Hinds (woman)
- Costumes by
- Mynka Draper (gender not listed)
- Cast by
- Lisa Miller Katz (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
5 women, 10 men, 3 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 1 men, 13 not listed
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Production
2 women, 3 men, 10 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 9 men, 5 not listed
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Art
3 women, 3 men, 4 not listed
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Other crew
2 women, 3 men, 4 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 3 men, 4 not listed
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Editing
2 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 33 on average. Men: 38 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Emma Stone 21, Aly Michalka 21, Amanda Bynes 24, Lisa Kudrow 47, Patricia Clarkson 50
Men
Penn Badgley 23, Dan Byrd 24, Cam Gigandet 28, Thomas Haden Church 50, Malcolm McDowell 67
Exhibit H: the money
It made 9.4 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $8 million
- Box office
- $75 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 110 scenes and 703 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
