Fails the Bechdel test
Focus
2015. Directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, written by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
14 women characters. 7 of them speak. -
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
Nicky Spurgeon is an extremely accomplished con man who takes an amateur con artist, Jess, under his wing. Nicky and Jess become romantically involved, and with Nicky's profession of being a liar and a cheater for a living, he realizes that deception and love are things that don't go together. They split, only to see each other three years later... And things get messy.
- Released
- 27 Feb 2015
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.6 / 10
- Metascore
- 56 / 100
- Awards
- 3 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Nicky 436 lines, man
- Jess 302 lines, woman
- Owens 62 lines, man
- Fat Ass Farhad 48 lines, man
- Garriga 42 lines, man
- Liyuan 37 lines, man
- Mcewen 25 lines, man
- Horst 15 lines, man
- Merchant 14 lines
- Jared 13 lines, man
Full cast, 80 people
- Will Smith as Nicky Spurgeon
- Margot Robbie as Jess Barrett
- Adrian Martinez as Farhad
- Gerald McRaney as Owens
- Rodrigo Santoro as Garriga
- BD Wong as Liyuan
- Brennan Brown as Horst
- Robert Taylor as McEwen
- Griff Furst as Gareth
- Dotan Bonen as Gordon
- Stephanie Honoré as Janice
- David Stanford as Drunken Stranger
- Dominic Fumusa as Jared
- Steve Kim as Liyuan's Bodyguard
- Don Yesso as Card Player / Football Coach
- Juan Minujín as Marcello
- Jano Seitun as Bartender
- Melania Lenoir as Pretty Woman
- Pietro Gian as Massive Security Guard
- Justina Bustos as Blonde Bartender
- Paula Brasca as Saleswoman
- Antonella Macchi as Apollonia
- Aaron Jay Rome as Bartender
- Armando Leduc as Bald Guy
- Jon Eyez as Bruiser
- Clay Chamberlin as Mark #1
- Danny Ladmirault as Mark #2
- Chip Carriere as Lead Official
- Daniella Short as Naked Woman
- Frank J. Monteleone as Tech
- Alan Sabbagh as Team Argentina Head Engineer
- Hervé Segata as France Team Engineer
- Jorge Takashima as Team Korea Engineer
- Pierre Marquille as HRT Team Owner
- Nas Mehdi as Head of Team India
- Federico Bongiorno as Head of Team Russia
- Kate Adair as Tourist Thief
- Billy Slaughter as Passing Thief
- Lindsay Clift as Another Thief
- Thomas Francis Murphy as Hustler
- Nicoye Banks as Card Shark
- Ruy Gatti as French Tech
- Cacilie Hughes as Jenny
- Alvin Chon as Liyuan's Bodyguard #2
- Brett Baker as Another Thief
- Taylor Persh as Sous Chef
- Mariano Bertolini as Waiter
- Scott M. Jefferson as Add'l McEwen Tech
- Billy Louviere as Rowdy Guy #1
- Thomas Thomason as Rowdy Guy #2
- Antonella Saldicco as Party Guest #1
- Joaquín Berthold as Party Guest #2
- Marina Artigas as Party Guest #3
- Dario Dukah as Party Guest #4
- Martin Covert as Doctor
- Apollo Robbins as Apollo
- Michael Dardant as Card Mechanic #1
- Victor Moran as Card Mechanic #2
- Eric McMullen as Doc
- Han Soto as Head of Team Japan
- Yeshi Tenzin as Head of Team Japan #2
- Laney Chouest as Head of Team
- Darrell Foster as Head of Team Italy
- Hilary Tuttle as Waitress Thieff
- Guillermo Miguel as Team Argentina
- Nina Leon as BA Reporter
- Nick Reasons as Sideline Reporter
- Chris Dieker as Coin Toss Rhino
- Stevie Baggs Jr. as Coin Toss Thresher
- Thomas Holley as Announcer #1
- Walter Prestenberg, Jr. as Announcer #2
- Nic Harris as Interview Thresher
- Patrick O'Hara as Team Owner
- David Haines as Nicky's Crew Tommy
- Steve Hammond as Cafe Host Mark
- Derrick Townsend as Frat Guy #1
- Juan Gaspard as Fan in Stands (uncredited)
- Joe Chrest as Jeweler (uncredited)
- Sheena Sakai as Skybox Model (uncredited)
- Ricardo Vargas as Security (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 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 105
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 to 6 | 7 | 22 |
| 7 to 9 | 19 | 24 |
| 10 to 12 | 33 | 41 |
| 13 to 15 | 6 | 25 |
| 16 to 18 | 18 | 16 |
| 19 to 21 | 2 | 13 |
| 22 to 24 | 3 | 9 |
| 25 to 27 | 11 | 24 |
| 28 to 30 | 24 | 27 |
| 31 to 33 | 4 | 3 |
| 34 to 36 | 13 | 19 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 to 42 | 34 | 82 |
| 43 to 45 | 3 | 9 |
| 46 to 48 | 14 | 18 |
| 49 to 51 | 1 | 22 |
| 52 to 54 | 18 | 26 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 19 |
| 58 to 60 | 5 | 26 |
| 61 to 63 | 21 | 47 |
| 64 to 66 | 9 | 6 |
| 67 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 5 |
| 73 to 75 | 0 | 23 |
| 76 to 78 | 41 | 41 |
| 79 to 81 | 6 | 43 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 8 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 3 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 4 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 to 96 | 2 | 2 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 3 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 0 |
| 103 to 105 | 30 | 107 |
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, 31 are women's.
326 lines from women, 717 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
14 women and 45 men in the cast. 7 women and 24 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 13 of 1,103.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 56 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 24% of the words (2,366), men 76% (7,659). Women have 31% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
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
63
Exhibit E: behind the camera
4 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 29% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Glenn Ficarra (man), John Requa (man)
- Written by
- John Requa (man), Glenn Ficarra (man)
- Produced by
- Denise Di Novi (woman)
- Shot by
- Xavier Grobet (man)
- Edited by
- Jan Kovac (gender not listed)
- Music by
- Nick Urata (man)
- Production design by
- Beth Mickle (woman)
- Costumes by
- Dayna Pink (woman)
- Cast by
- Bernard Telsey (man), Tiffany Little Canfield (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Camera
0 women, 7 men, 17 not listed
-
Art
6 women, 3 men, 14 not listed
-
Production
4 women, 7 men, 8 not listed
-
Sound
1 women, 14 men, 3 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
5 women, 1 men, 10 not listed
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Other crew
2 women, 4 men, 10 not listed
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Lighting
1 women, 2 men, 11 not listed
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Editing
0 women, 3 men, 6 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 24 on average. Men: 47 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Margot Robbie 24
Men
Griff Furst 33, Rodrigo Santoro 39, Adrian Martinez 43, Will Smith 46, Brennan Brown 46, Robert Taylor 51, BD Wong 54, Gerald McRaney 67
Exhibit G: the money
It made 3.1 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $50.1 million
- Box office
- $154 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 105 scenes and 1,103 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
