Fails the Bechdel test
Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009. Directed by Wes Anderson, written by Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach and Roald Dahl.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
0 / 3
Fails
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No
1. At least two women
Fewer than two women characters. -
No
2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
This is the story of Mr. Fox (George Clooney) and his wild ways of hen heckling, turkey taking, and cider sipping, nocturnal, instinctive adventures. He has to put his wild days behind him and do what fathers do best: be responsible. He is too rebellious. He is too wild. He is going to try "just one more raid" on the three nastiest, meanest farmers that are Walter Boggis (Robin Hurlstone), Nathan Bunce (Hugo Guinness), and Franklin Bean (Sir Michael Gambon). It is a tale of crossing the line of family responsibilities and midnight adventure and the friendships and awakenings of this country life that is inhabited by Fantastic Mr. Fox and his friends.
- Released
- 25 Nov 2009
- Genres
- Animation, Adventure, Comedy
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 7.9 / 10
- Metascore
- 83 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 32 wins & 63 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Fox 206 lines, man
- Ash 52 lines, man
- Kylie 39 lines, man
- Badger 22 lines, man
- Bean 22 lines, man
- Kristofferson 18 lines, man
- Rat 17 lines, man
- Weasel 6 lines, man
- Boggis 5 lines, man
- Masculine Voice 5 lines
Full cast, 30 people
- George Clooney as Mr. Fox (voice)
- Meryl Streep as Mrs. Fox (voice)
- Jason Schwartzman as Ash Fox (voice)
- Eric Chase Anderson as Kristofferson Silverfox (voice)
- Wallace Wolodarsky as Kylie (voice)
- Willem Dafoe as Rat (voice)
- Michael Gambon as Franklin Bean (voice)
- Robin Hurlstone as Walter Boggis (voice)
- Hugo Guinness as Nathan Bunce (voice)
- Bill Murray as Clive Badger (voice)
- Helen McCrory as Mrs. Bean (voice)
- Wes Anderson as Stan Weasel (voice)
- Jarvis Cocker as Petey (voice)
- Owen Wilson as Coach Skip (voice)
- Juman Malouf as Agnes (voice)
- Karen Duffy as Linda Otter (voice)
- Roman Coppola as Squirrel Contractor (voice)
- Jeremy Dawson as Beaver's Son (voice)
- Garth Jennings as Bean's Son (voice)
- Brian Cox as Action 12 Reporter (voice)
- Tristan Oliver as Explosives Man (voice)
- James Hamilton as Mole (voice)
- Steven M. Rales as Beaver (voice)
- Rob Hersov as Pilot (voice)
- Jennifer Furches as Dr. Badger (voice)
- Mario Batali as Rabbit (voice)
- Allison Abbate as Rabbit's Ex-Girlfriend (voice)
- Molly Cooper as Rabbit Girl (voice)
- Adrien Brody as Field Mouse (voice)
- Martin Ballard as Fire Chief (voice)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 5% 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 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 25 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 to 12 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 to 16 | 0 | 15 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 to 20 | 0 | 23 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 14 |
| 23 to 24 | 0 | 15 |
| 25 to 26 | 0 | 6 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 17 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 21 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 38 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 8 |
| 35 to 36 | 0 | 19 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 47 |
| 39 to 40 | 0 | 30 |
| 41 to 42 | 0 | 3 |
| 43 to 44 | 0 | 4 |
| 45 to 46 | 0 | 5 |
| 47 to 48 | 0 | 6 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 20 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 16 |
| 53 to 54 | 0 | 9 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 22 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 7 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 0 are women's.
0 lines from women, 414 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
7 women and 20 men in the cast. 0 women and 14 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
No woman speaks.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 435 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 0% of the words (0), men 100% (9,161).
Exhibit D: 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
0
Two men
39
Exhibit E: behind the camera
1 of the 13 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 20% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Wes Anderson (man)
- Written by
- Noah Baumbach (man), Wes Anderson (man)
- From the novel by
- Roald Dahl (man)
- Produced by
- Wes Anderson (man), Allison Abbate (woman), Jeremy Dawson (man), Scott Rudin (man)
- Shot by
- Tristan Oliver (man)
- Edited by
- Ralph Foster (gender not listed), Stephen Perkins (man)
- Music by
- Alexandre Desplat (man)
- Production design by
- Nelson Lowry (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
3 women, 33 men, 49 not listed
-
Visual Effects
5 women, 21 men, 59 not listed
-
Other crew
7 women, 10 men, 20 not listed
-
Art
2 women, 4 men, 12 not listed
-
Production
2 women, 8 men, 3 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 2 men, 6 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 1 men, 2 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 60 on average. Men: 49 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Meryl Streep 60
Men
Jason Schwartzman 29, Eric Chase Anderson 37, Wallace Wolodarsky 46, George Clooney 48, Hugo Guinness 50, Willem Dafoe 54, Bill Murray 59, Michael Gambon 68
Exhibit G: the money
It made 1.2 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $40 million
- Box office
- $46.5 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 58 scenes and 435 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
