Passes the Bechdel test
Fighting with My Family
2019. Directed by Stephen Merchant, written by Stephen Merchant.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
22 women characters. 10 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 13 scenes out of 147. -
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
Former wrestler Ricky and his wife Julia make a living performing with their children Saraya and Zak. When brother and sister get the chance to audition for WWE, they learn that becoming a WWE Superstar demands more than they ever imagined possible.
- Released
- 22 Feb 2019
- Genres
- Biography, Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 7 / 10
- Metascore
- 68 / 100
- Awards
- 10 wins & 5 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Raya 191 lines, woman
- Zak 158 lines, man
- Ricky 117 lines, man
- Hutch 89 lines, man
- Julia 81 lines, woman
- Dwayne 36 lines, man
- Kirsten 19 lines, woman
- Paulie 19 lines, man
- Roy 17 lines, man
- Courtney 15 lines, woman
Full cast, 98 people
- Florence Pugh as Saraya 'Paige' Knight
- Lena Headey as Julia 'Sweet Saraya' Knight
- Nick Frost as Patrick 'Rowdy Ricky' Knight
- Vince Vaughn as Hutch Morgan
- Jack Lowden as Zak 'Zodiac' Knight
- Dwayne Johnson as Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
- Thea Trinidad as AJ Lee
- Aqueela Zoll as Kirsten
- Stephen Merchant as Hugh
- Julia Davis as Daphne
- James Burrows as Roy Knight
- Hannah Rae as Courtney
- Kim Matula as Jeri-Lynn
- Paul Wight as Big Show
- Stephen Farrelly as Sheamus
- Mike Mizanin as The Miz
- Tori Ellen Ross as Young Paige
- Thomas Whilley as Young Zak
- Jerry Lawler as Jerry Lawler
- Olivia Bernstone as Ellie
- Leah Harvey as Hannah
- Mohammad Amiri as Ez
- Christine Ozanne as Old Lady
- Grace Link as Townie #1
- Hannah Dodd as Townie #2
- Jack Gouldbourne as Calum
- Elroy Powell as Union Jack
- Ellie Gonsalves as Madison
- Brendon Burns as MC
- Ciaran Dowd as Heckler
- Josh Myers as Bruiser
- Rod Zapata as Referee
- John Cena as John Cena (archive footage)
- Zak Bevis as Gang Lieutenant
- Roy Bevis as Cage Match Wrestler
- Darrell Allen as Wrestling Performer
- Samantha Allen as Wrestling Performer
- Samantha Alleyne as Wrestling Performer
- James Mason as Wrestling Performer
- Bellevedere Ballantyne as Wrestling Performer
- Lee Balls as Wrestling Performer
- Nickolaus Barnes as Wrestling Performer
- Sonny Branson as Wrestling Performer
- Joseph Carolan as Wrestling Performer
- Toby Clements as Wrestling Performer
- Cassius Cupid as Wrestling Performer
- Alex Decunha as Wrestling Performer
- James 'JD Knight' Dunn as Wrestling Performer
- Joshua Faulkner as Wrestling Performer
- Jerome Fleisch as Wrestling Performer
- Lucy Garland as Wrestling Performer
- Rishi Ghosh as Wrestling Performer
- Scott Gibson as Wrestling Performer
- Gareth Harris as Wrestling Performer
- Alexander Holland as Wrestling Performer
- Nathan Cruz as Wrestling Performer
- Jonathan Jules as Wrestling Performer
- Martin Kelly as Wrestling Performer
- James Kiddie as Wrestling Performer
- Simon Kippen as Wrestling Performer
- Jon Kocel as Wrestling Performer
- Andrew Kybett as Wrestling Performer
- Chelsea Labadini as Wrestling Performer
- Rishpal Singh Landa as Wrestling Performer
- Matt Lanes as Wrestling Performer
- Folakemi Lawal as Wrestling Performer
- Robin Lekime as Wrestling Performer
- Harry Lynch-Bowers as Wrestling Performer
- Erin Marshall as Wrestling Performer
- Adam Maxted as Wrestling Performer
- Barry McGiven as Wrestling Performer
- Robert McLanachan as Wrestling Performer
- David Minton as Wrestling Performer
- Feizal Mowlabocus as Wrestling Performer
- Simon Musk as Wrestling Performer
- Matt Newton-Walters as Wrestling Performer
- James O'Hagan as Wrestling Performer
- Ian O'Keefe as Wrestling Performer
- Chuey Okoye as Wrestling Performer
- Constantinos Panayi as Wrestling Performer
- Paul Robinson as Wrestling Performer
- Jordan Rolfe as Wrestling Performer
- Ildar Safin as Wrestling Performer
- Janine Schnaars as Wrestling Performer
- Ashley Darkwood as Wrestling Performer
- Charlie Sterling as Wrestling Performer
- Justin Sysum as Wrestling Performer
- Aaron Sharp as Wrestling Performer
- Chloe Csengery as Ally - Goth Teen (uncredited)
- Chris Albright as WWE RAW Fan (uncredited)
- Michael Coulthard as Michael Cole (uncredited)
- John Layfield as JBL (uncredited)
- Saraya Bevis as Self (archive footage)
- Julia Hamer-Bevis as Self (archive footage)
- Ricky Knight as Self (archive footage)
- Sofia Abbasi as Wrestling Spectator
- Elizabeth Chihaia-Kesar as WWE American Woman
- Daniel Stisen as Wrestler
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 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 147
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 17 | 15 |
| 5 to 8 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 to 12 | 4 | 1 |
| 13 to 16 | 19 | 17 |
| 17 to 20 | 11 | 39 |
| 21 to 24 | 54 | 59 |
| 25 to 28 | 18 | 65 |
| 29 to 32 | 7 | 21 |
| 33 to 36 | 7 | 7 |
| 37 to 40 | 10 | 8 |
| 41 to 44 | 24 | 11 |
| 45 to 48 | 1 | 2 |
| 49 to 52 | 1 | 23 |
| 53 to 56 | 16 | 8 |
| 57 to 60 | 0 | 21 |
| 61 to 64 | 6 | 0 |
| 65 to 68 | 28 | 10 |
| 69 to 72 | 18 | 12 |
| 73 to 76 | 26 | 25 |
| 77 to 80 | 5 | 0 |
| 81 to 84 | 21 | 23 |
| 85 to 88 | 5 | 0 |
| 89 to 92 | 10 | 1 |
| 93 to 96 | 0 | 3 |
| 97 to 100 | 0 | 10 |
| 101 to 104 | 1 | 2 |
| 105 to 108 | 14 | 35 |
| 109 to 112 | 0 | 6 |
| 113 to 116 | 12 | 15 |
| 117 to 120 | 4 | 2 |
| 121 to 124 | 7 | 0 |
| 125 to 128 | 1 | 2 |
| 129 to 132 | 2 | 4 |
| 133 to 136 | 1 | 1 |
| 137 to 140 | 0 | 1 |
| 141 to 144 | 2 | 4 |
| 145 to 147 | 3 | 2 |
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.
JULIA: She’s not just pretty on the outside, luv -- inside she’s got a heart of bloody gold. RAYA: What are you two wankers after?
DAPHNE: Isn’t it all fake? JULIA: If it was all fake, Daph, would I have broken my leg three times? My collar bone twice?
RAYA: Thank you. DAPHNE: Excuse me? What is the WWE? JULIA: OH FUCK OFF!!
RAYA: Movies even. JULIA: You should see her in the ring. It's like watchin’ a brilliant ballet dancer. And the biggest buzz I get is when people say to me, “Don't sh…
RAYA: It’s amazing. Thank you. JULIA: She's ain’t comin’ back.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 44 are women's.
359 lines from women, 461 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
22 women and 34 men in the cast. 10 women and 12 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 3 of 883.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 32 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 41% of the words (2,721), men 59% (3,952). Women have 44% 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
34
Two men
48
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 39% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Stephen Merchant (man)
- Written by
- Stephen Merchant (man)
- Produced by
- Michael J. Luisi (gender not listed), Kevin Misher (man), Dwayne Johnson (man), Stephen Merchant (man), Dany Garcia (woman)
- Shot by
- Remi Adefarasin (man)
- Edited by
- Nancy Richardson (woman)
- Music by
- Vik Sharma (gender not listed)
- Production design by
- Nick Palmer (gender not listed)
- Costumes by
- Matthew Price (man)
- Cast by
- Shaheen Baig (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
11 women, 8 men, 4 not listed
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Production
3 women, 8 men, 11 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 8 men, 7 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 7 men, 6 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
5 women, 1 men, 7 not listed
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Art
0 women, 1 men, 7 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 1 men, 2 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 36 on average. Men: 42 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Florence Pugh 23, Thea Trinidad 28, Aqueela Zoll 30, Lena Headey 45, Julia Davis 52
Men
Jack Lowden 28, Stephen Merchant 44, Nick Frost 46, Dwayne Johnson 46, Vince Vaughn 48
Exhibit H: the money
It made 3.6 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $11 million
- Box office
- $39.1 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 147 scenes and 883 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
