Passes the Bechdel test
Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022. Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, written by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
11 women characters. 10 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 15 scenes out of 64. -
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
With her laundromat teetering on the brink of failure and her marriage to wimpy husband Waymond on the rocks, overworked Evelyn Wang struggles to cope with everything, including a tattered relationship with her judgmental father and daughter. And as if facing a gloomy midlife crisis wasn't enough, Evelyn must brace herself up for an unpleasant meeting with an impersonal bureaucrat: Deirdre, the shabbily dressed IRS auditor. However, as the stern agent loses patience, an inexplicable multiverse rift becomes an eye-opening exploration of parallel realities. Will Evelyn jump down the rabbit hole? But how many stars are in the universe? Can weary Evelyn fathom the irrepressible force of possibilities, tap into newfound powers, and prevent an evil entity from destroying the thin, countless layers of the unseen world?
- Released
- 08 Apr 2022
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.7 / 10
- Metascore
- 81 / 100
- Awards
- Won 7 Oscars. 408 wins & 382 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Evelyn 210 lines, woman
- Alpha Waymond 102 lines, man
- Jobu 75 lines, woman
- Deirdre 53 lines, woman
- Joy 49 lines, woman
- Evelyn Evelyn 39 lines, woman
- Waymond 39 lines, man
- Waymond Waymond 35 lines, man
- Alpha Gong Gong 27 lines
- Gong Gong Gong Gong 16 lines, man
Full cast, 37 people
- Michelle Yeoh as Evelyn Wang
- Stephanie Hsu as Joy Wang / Jobu Tupaki
- Ke Huy Quan as Waymond Wang
- James Hong as Gong Gong
- Jamie Lee Curtis as Deirdre Beaubeirdre
- Tallie Medel as Becky Sregor
- Jenny Slate as Big Nose
- Harry Shum Jr. as Chad
- Biff Wiff as Rick
- Sunita Mani as TV Musical - Queen
- Aaron Lazar as TV Musical - Soldier
- Brian Le as Alpha Jumper - Trophy
- Andy Le as Alpha Jumper - Bigger Trophy
- Narayana Cabral as Security Guard
- Chelsey Goldsmith as Security Guard
- Craig Henningsen as Security Guard
- Anthony Molinari as Police - Confetti
- Dan Brown as Police - Salsa
- Anthony N. as Police - Luchador
- Cara Marie Chooljian as Alpha Jumper - Jogger
- Randall Archer as Alpha Jumper - Edgelord
- Efka Kvaraciejus as Alpha Jumper - SWAT
- Peter Banifaz as Alpha RV Officer
- Audrey Wasilewski as Alpha RV Officer
- Li Jing as Kung Fu Master
- Dylan Henry Lau as Young Boy Waymond
- Boon Pin Koh as Maternity Doctor
- Timothy Eulich as Laundromat Police
- Daniel Scheinert as District Manager
- Michiko Nishiwaki as Kung Fu Competitor / Co-Star
- Jane Lui as Opera Evelyn (voice)
- Jason Hamer as Raccacoonie Puppeteer
- Timothy Ralston as Raccacoonie Puppeteer
- Hiroshi Yada as Raccacoonie Puppeteer
- Randy Newman as Raccacoonie (voice) (uncredited)
- Amanda MacLeod as Dominatrix (uncredited)
- Waymond Lee as Chinese Choir / Movie Producer (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 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 64
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 to 4 | 17 | 6 |
| 5 to 6 | 14 | 3 |
| 7 to 8 | 22 | 4 |
| 9 to 10 | 22 | 7 |
| 11 to 12 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 to 14 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 to 16 | 31 | 25 |
| 17 to 18 | 36 | 20 |
| 19 to 20 | 4 | 1 |
| 21 to 22 | 7 | 12 |
| 23 to 24 | 4 | 4 |
| 25 to 26 | 6 | 7 |
| 27 to 28 | 1 | 3 |
| 29 to 30 | 2 | 3 |
| 31 to 32 | 5 | 7 |
| 33 to 34 | 3 | 5 |
| 35 to 36 | 6 | 5 |
| 37 to 38 | 3 | 5 |
| 39 to 40 | 8 | 14 |
| 41 to 42 | 20 | 3 |
| 43 to 44 | 16 | 3 |
| 45 to 46 | 15 | 1 |
| 47 to 48 | 31 | 20 |
| 49 to 50 | 2 | 0 |
| 51 to 52 | 3 | 1 |
| 53 to 54 | 1 | 1 |
| 55 to 56 | 1 | 1 |
| 57 to 58 | 1 | 0 |
| 59 to 60 | 190 | 49 |
| 61 to 62 | 3 | 1 |
| 63 to 64 | 5 | 1 |
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.
JOY: Mom, wait. EVELYN: "Wait. Wait." Today, no time for wait.
EVELYN: Next time I give you rest with interest. You will need it. Actors are very poor- JOY: MOM! EVELYN EVELYN: 爸！你落嚟做咩啊? Baba! How did you get down here?
DEIRDRE: Mrs. Wang, are you with us right now? EVELYN: Of course. I am here. Just thinking. DEIRDRE: I asked if you could explain this? EVELYN EVELYN: It is a receipt. My receipt. It is a receipt. My receipt. 我們在説什麽？ What are we talking about?
DEIRDRE: I was just hoping you could enlighten me on how, as a laundromat owner, a karaoke machine would constitute a business expense? EVELYN: I am a singer. DEIRDRE: What?
DEIRDRE: Mrs. Wang... Hello? DEIRDRE: Mrs. Wang, I’m sure you have a lot on your mind, but I cannot imagine anything mattering more than this conversation we are having right now… EVELYN: I know. I am paying attention. DEIRDRE: You think I'm stupid.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 69 are women's.
481 lines from women, 217 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
11 women and 23 men in the cast. 10 women and 13 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
A woman speaks the first line.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 9 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 65% of the words (5,396), men 35% (2,917). Women have 69% 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
59
Two men
11
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 20 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 32% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Daniel Scheinert (man), Daniel Kwan (man)
- Written by
- Daniel Kwan (man), Daniel Scheinert (man)
- Produced by
- Tim Headington (man), Mike Larocca (man), Daniel Scheinert (man), Daniel Kwan (man), Virginie Besson-Silla (woman), Jonathan Wang (man) and 2 more
- Shot by
- Larkin Seiple (man)
- Edited by
- Paul Rogers (man)
- Music by
- Ryan Lott (man), Rafiq Bhatia (man), Ian Chang (man)
- Production design by
- Jason Kisvarday (man)
- Costumes by
- Shirley Kurata (woman)
- Cast by
- Sarah Halley Finn (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
5 women, 19 men, 7 not listed
-
Other crew
5 women, 12 men, 11 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
9 women, 2 men, 15 not listed
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Production
7 women, 11 men, 8 not listed
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Art
3 women, 2 men, 10 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 6 men, 8 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 6 men, 3 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 1 men, 6 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 45 on average. Men: 64 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Stephanie Hsu 31, Sunita Mani 35, Jenny Slate 39, Michelle Yeoh 59, Jamie Lee Curtis 63
Men
Harry Shum Jr. 39, Ke Huy Quan 50, Biff Wiff 73, James Hong 93
Exhibit H: the money
It made 5.6 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $25 million
- Box office
- $139 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 64 scenes and 761 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
