Passes the Bechdel test
Emma.
2020. Directed by Autumn de Wilde, written by Eleanor Catton and Jane Austen.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
20 women characters. 8 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 4 scenes out of 58. -
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
A reimagining of Jane Austen's beloved comedy about finding your equal and earning your happy ending: Handsome, clever, and rich, Emma Woodhouse is a restless queen bee without rivals in her sleepy little town. In this glittering satire of social class and the pain of growing up, Emma must adventure through misguided matches and romantic missteps to find the love that has been there all along.
- Released
- 06 Mar 2020
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 6.7 / 10
- Metascore
- 71 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 8 wins & 53 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Emma 91 lines, woman
- Mr Knightley 31 lines, man
- Harriet 20 lines, woman
- Miss Bates 20 lines, woman
- Mr Elton 17 lines, man
- Frank Churchill 16 lines, man
- Mr Woodhouse 16 lines, man
- Mr Weston 11 lines, man
- Mrs Weston 10 lines, woman
- Mrs Elton 9 lines, woman
Full cast, 50 people
- Anya Taylor-Joy as Emma Woodhouse
- Johnny Flynn as George Knightley
- Josh O'Connor as Mr. Elton
- Callum Turner as Frank Churchill
- Mia Goth as Harriet Smith
- Miranda Hart as Miss Bates
- Bill Nighy as Mr. Woodhouse
- Rupert Graves as Mr. Weston
- Gemma Whelan as Miss Taylor / Mrs. Weston
- Amber Anderson as Jane Fairfax
- Tanya Reynolds as Mrs. Elton
- Connor Swindells as Robert Martin
- Angus Imrie as Bartholomew
- Letty Thomas as Biddy
- Aidan White as Hartfield Butler
- Edward Davis as Charles
- Chris White as James, Hartfield Coachman
- Myra McFadyen as Mrs. Bates
- Esther Coles as Mrs. Cox
- Suzy Bloom as Miss Gilbert
- Suzie Toase as Mrs. Coles
- Nicholas Burns as Mr. Coles
- Connor Dalton as Donwell Footman
- Lucy Briers as Mrs. Reynolds
- Anna Francolini as Mrs. Goddard
- Christopher Godwin as Mr. Perrie
- Vanessa Owen as Catherine Martin
- Isis Hainsworth as Elizabeth Martin
- Hannah Stokely as Mrs. Martin
- Charlotte Weston as Mrs. Ford
- Max Toovey as Henry Knightley
- Cecelia Jacob as Bella Knightley
- Cody Gipson as John Knightley Jnr.
- Tabitha Coop as Emma Knightley
- Juno Coop as Emma Knightley
- Chloe Pirrie as Isabella Knightley
- Oliver Chris as John Knightley
- Rose Shalloo as Hannah
- Janine Craig as Dancer
- Cris Penfold as Dancer
- Nike Van Shie as Dancer
- Leigh Daniels as Dancer
- Alastair Postlethwaite as Dancer
- Shaun Walters as Dancer
- Zachary Trevitt as Dancer
- Philippe Barnes as Musician - Flute
- Alexis Bennett as Musician - Viola
- Giles Lewin as Musician - Violin
- Edmund George Taylor as Musician - Violin
- Joe Zeitlin as Musician - Cello
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 1% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 58
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 to 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 5 to 6 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 to 8 | 3 | 2 |
| 9 to 10 | 4 | 5 |
| 11 to 12 | 14 | 2 |
| 13 to 14 | 8 | 5 |
| 15 to 16 | 6 | 1 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 to 20 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 to 22 | 3 | 4 |
| 23 to 24 | 8 | 8 |
| 25 to 26 | 7 | 8 |
| 27 to 28 | 8 | 1 |
| 29 to 30 | 7 | 0 |
| 31 to 32 | 8 | 5 |
| 33 to 34 | 7 | 0 |
| 35 to 36 | 2 | 3 |
| 37 to 38 | 14 | 10 |
| 39 to 40 | 4 | 0 |
| 41 to 42 | 6 | 6 |
| 43 to 44 | 9 | 3 |
| 45 to 46 | 17 | 11 |
| 47 to 48 | 6 | 1 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 to 52 | 3 | 0 |
| 53 to 54 | 16 | 4 |
| 55 to 56 | 2 | 2 |
| 57 to 58 | 3 | 4 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
EMMA: I have come to visit Miss Smith. MRS GODDARD: We were not expecting you.
EMMA: Let us pay a call on Jane Fairfax. HARRIET: Jane Fairfax? Whatever for?
MISS BATES: Oh! Very well, then I need not be EMMA uneasy. ‘Three things very dull What two letters– express indeed’. That will just do for me, perfecti… EMMA: Ah! Ma’am, but there may be a MISS BATES difficulty. You will be limited to number– only three at once! I must have made myself very disagre…
MISS BATES: I am afraid Jane is not very well. A dreadful headache, writing all morning, such long letters. I said my dear you will blind yourself! EMMA: I am sorry to hear it, Miss Bates. Please give her my good wishes. MISS BATES: So very kind! But you are always 125 INT. RANDALLS DRAWING ROOM - A FEW DAYS LATER - DAY 125 kind, Miss Woodhouse. Mrs. Weston, now nine mon…
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 66 are women's.
177 lines from women, 93 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
20 women and 14 men in the cast. 8 women and 2 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 2 of 272.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 4 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 62% of the words (5,304), men 38% (3,202). Women have 66% 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
30
Two men
11
Exhibit F: behind the camera
7 of the 14 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 50% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Autumn de Wilde (woman)
- Written by
- Eleanor Catton (woman)
- From the novel by
- Jane Austen (woman)
- Produced by
- Tim Bevan (man), Eric Fellner (man), Graham Broadbent (man), Peter Czernin (man)
- Shot by
- Christopher Blauvelt (man)
- Edited by
- Nick Emerson (man)
- Music by
- David Schweitzer (man), Isobel Waller-Bridge (woman)
- Production design by
- Kave Quinn (woman)
- Costumes by
- Alexandra Byrne (woman)
- Cast by
- Jessica Ronane (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
5 women, 15 men, 3 not listed
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Production
10 women, 5 men, 3 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 8 men, 8 not listed
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Art
7 women, 2 men, 6 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
8 women, 1 men, 4 not listed
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Other crew
1 women, 1 men, 2 not listed
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Directing
2 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 0 men, 4 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 32 on average. Men: 44 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Anya Taylor-Joy 23, Mia Goth 26, Amber Anderson 27, Gemma Whelan 38, Miranda Hart 47
Men
Josh O'Connor 29, Callum Turner 29, Johnny Flynn 36, Rupert Graves 56, Bill Nighy 70
Exhibit H: the money
It made 2.5 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $10 million
- Box office
- $25.2 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 58 scenes and 272 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
