Passes the Bechdel test
Enough
2002. Directed by Michael Apted, written by Nicholas Kazan.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
10 women characters. 6 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 8 scenes out of 130. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 2 out of 3.
The film
Local waitress Slim Miller discovers that the dream man she married isn't who she thought he was. Slim and her young daughter try to escape (aided by her previous boyfriend), but the now villainous husband pursues her relentlessly. Fearing also for the safety of her daughter, Slim decides that there's only one way out of the marriage: kill him.
- Released
- 24 May 2002
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 5.8 / 10
- Metascore
- 25 / 100
- Awards
- 4 nominations
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Slim 184 lines, woman
- Mitch 94 lines, man
- Ginny 73 lines, woman
- Joe 51 lines, man
- Phil 28 lines, man
- Jupiter 19 lines, man
- Gracie 17 lines, woman
- Our Hero 14 lines, man
- Robbie 11 lines, man
- Alex 8 lines, man
Full cast, 39 people
- Jennifer Lopez as Slim Hiller
- Billy Campbell as Mitch Hiller
- Tessa Allen as Gracie Hiller
- Juliette Lewis as Ginny
- Dan Futterman as Joe
- Noah Wyle as Robbie
- Fred Ward as Jupiter
- Christopher Maher as Phil
- Janet Carroll as Mrs. Hiller
- Bill Cobbs as Jim Toller
- Ruben Madera as Teddy
- Bruce A. Young as Self-Defense Instructor
- Bruce French as Homeowner
- Jeff Kober as FBI Agent
- Dan Martin as FBI Agent
- Brent Sexton as FBI Agent
- Michael P. Byrne as Desk Sergeant
- Leif Riddell as First Cop
- David Brokhim as Mustapha
- Regan Forman as Preschool Director
- Sandra Nelson as Teacher Betty
- Lynne Marie Stewart as Waitress
- Smadar Brener as Receptionist
- Margaret Emery as Jupiter's Blonde Girl
- Victor McCay as Electronics Store Clerk
- James Noah as Mr. Hiller
- Nikki Bokal as Mitch's Young Blonde
- John O'Brien as Front Desk Clerk
- Louisa Abernathy as Bank Teller
- Kerri Higuchi as Ticket Clerk
- Fern Ward as Soup Server
- Tanya Fishburn as Mitch's Assistant
- Brett Baxter Clark as Construction Site Cop
- William Barillaro as Bus Driver
- Hélène Cardona as Darcelle (uncredited)
- Russell Milton as Alex (uncredited)
- Bethany Hazelitt as Ginny's Daughter (uncredited)
- Nick Granado as Middle-Eastern Moving Man
- Chris Guzzi as Police Officer (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 7% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 130
Hover, tap or tab to a bar to see those scenes: where they happen and who's talking.
Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 47 | 21 |
| 4 to 6 | 12 | 23 |
| 7 to 9 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 to 12 | 12 | 9 |
| 13 to 15 | 13 | 13 |
| 16 to 18 | 7 | 4 |
| 19 to 21 | 7 | 7 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 to 27 | 3 | 2 |
| 28 to 30 | 4 | 12 |
| 31 to 33 | 3 | 2 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 5 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 to 42 | 19 | 18 |
| 43 to 45 | 3 | 2 |
| 46 to 48 | 10 | 8 |
| 49 to 51 | 13 | 6 |
| 52 to 54 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 1 |
| 58 to 60 | 7 | 0 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 18 |
| 67 to 69 | 0 | 2 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 6 |
| 73 to 75 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 to 78 | 0 | 9 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 9 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 to 87 | 3 | 0 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 1 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 to 102 | 7 | 0 |
| 103 to 105 | 9 | 5 |
| 106 to 108 | 7 | 0 |
| 109 to 111 | 24 | 18 |
| 112 to 114 | 6 | 10 |
| 115 to 117 | 2 | 0 |
| 118 to 120 | 8 | 3 |
| 121 to 123 | 0 | 0 |
| 124 to 126 | 49 | 19 |
| 127 to 129 | 2 | 6 |
| 130 to 130 | 2 | 3 |
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.
SLIM: Wow ... whattaya think, Toots? GRACIE: It's a big ocean!
SLIM: At the restaurant? GINNY: Awright already! Orcal SLIM: Hey. Gin. You okay? GINNY: We had to clear the customers out, some ridiculous bomb threat -
GINNY: Screw the police, we're outta here. SLIM: Run, okay?t Ginny?! Runt
BETTY: Oh, hi - GRACIE: Queen Elizabeth. Betty blinks. "Erin" shrugs: that's my daughter!
SLIM: You're not the Queen of England anymore either. Gracie nods fatalistically, stares out the window. Flat voice: GRACIE: I'm hungry.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 53 are women's.
284 lines from women, 250 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
10 women and 22 men in the cast. 6 women and 11 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 2 of 575.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 53 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 47% of the words (3,582), men 53% (4,001). Women have 53% 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
19
Two men
6
Exhibit F: behind the camera
1 of the 10 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 24% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Michael Apted (man)
- Written by
- Nicholas Kazan (man)
- Produced by
- Rob Cowan (man), Irwin Winkler (man)
- Shot by
- Rogier Stoffers (man)
- Edited by
- Rick Shaine (man)
- Music by
- David Arnold (man)
- Production design by
- Doug Kraner (man)
- Cast by
- Linda Lowy (woman), John Brace (man)
The crew, department by department
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Production
6 women, 10 men, 19 not listed
-
Other crew
3 women, 16 men, 11 not listed
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Sound
4 women, 16 men, 8 not listed
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Art
3 women, 10 men, 5 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 9 men, 6 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 1 men, 5 not listed
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Directing
2 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 32 on average. Men: 46 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Tessa Allen 5, Juliette Lewis 28, Jennifer Lopez 32, Janet Carroll 61
Men
Noah Wyle 30, Dan Futterman 34, Billy Campbell 42, Fred Ward 59, Bill Cobbs 67
Exhibit H: the money
It made 1.4 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $38 million
- Box office
- $51.8 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 130 scenes and 575 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
