Passes the Bechdel test
Friday
1995. Directed by F. Gary Gray, written by Ice Cube and DJ Pooh.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
10 women characters. 10 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 105. -
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
A lot can happen between Thursday and Saturday - Before the sun sets, Craig must get his friend out of trouble, find a new job so his parents don't evict him, escape his girlfriend long enough to capture a new woman's heart and survive a climatic confrontation with the neighborhood menace.
- Released
- 26 Apr 1995
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 54 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Craig 333 lines, man
- Smokey 306 lines, man
- Mr. Jones 55 lines, man
- Debbie 45 lines, woman
- Dana 43 lines, woman
- Deebo 40 lines, man
- Mrs. Jones 39 lines, woman
- Joi 26 lines, woman
- Rev 26 lines
- Big Worm 17 lines, man
Full cast, 28 people
- Ice Cube as Craig
- Chris Tucker as Smokey
- Nia Long as Debbie
- Tommy Lister Jr. as Deebo
- John Witherspoon as Mr. Jones
- Anna Maria Horsford as Mrs. Jones
- Regina King as Dana
- Paula Jai Parker as Joi
- Faizon Love as Big Worm
- DJ Pooh as Red
- Angela Means as Felisha
- Vickilyn Reynolds as Joann
- Ronn Riser as Stanley
- Kathleen Bradley as Mrs. Parker
- Tony Cox as Mr. Parker
- Anthony Johnson as Ezal
- Demetrius Navarro as Hector
- Jason Bose Smith as Lil Chris
- Bernie Mac as Pastor Clever
- Justin Revoner as Kid #1
- Meagan Good as Kid #2
- LaWanda Page as Old Lady
- Terri J. Vaughn as China
- F. Gary Gray as Black Man at Store
- Yvette Wilson as Rita
- WC as Shooter
- Reynaldo Rey as Red's Father
- Michael Clarke Duncan as Craps Player (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 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 to 9 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 to 12 | 15 | 18 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 17 |
| 16 to 18 | 7 | 33 |
| 19 to 21 | 27 | 20 |
| 22 to 24 | 1 | 48 |
| 25 to 27 | 6 | 31 |
| 28 to 30 | 3 | 26 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 21 |
| 34 to 36 | 9 | 14 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 42 |
| 40 to 42 | 1 | 14 |
| 43 to 45 | 4 | 37 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 63 |
| 49 to 51 | 12 | 28 |
| 52 to 54 | 21 | 31 |
| 55 to 57 | 5 | 34 |
| 58 to 60 | 0 | 13 |
| 61 to 63 | 6 | 46 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 17 |
| 67 to 69 | 5 | 9 |
| 70 to 72 | 4 | 62 |
| 73 to 75 | 1 | 2 |
| 76 to 78 | 6 | 9 |
| 79 to 81 | 5 | 14 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 3 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 14 |
| 88 to 90 | 1 | 1 |
| 91 to 93 | 17 | 12 |
| 94 to 96 | 21 | 23 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 40 |
| 100 to 102 | 3 | 29 |
| 103 to 105 | 19 | 49 |
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.
DANA: Momma you got some pantyhose. MRS. JONES: Yeah . .. why? DANA: Cause these panties keep giving me a Murphy ... Look. MRS. JONES: OOhh child ... go look in my dresser.
MRS. JONES: In one minute. DANA: How this look? MRS. JONES: 100% better.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 20 are women's.
202 lines from women, 827 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
10 women and 15 men in the cast. 10 women and 17 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 2 of 1,081.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 71 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 20% of the words (1,850), men 80% (7,599).
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
6
Two men
81
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 26% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- F. Gary Gray (man)
- Written by
- Ice Cube (man), DJ Pooh (man)
- Produced by
- Patricia Charbonnet (gender not listed)
- Shot by
- Gerry Lively (man)
- Edited by
- John Carter (man)
- Music by
- Simon Franglen (man), Chuck Wild (man), Frank Fitzpatrick (man)
- Production design by
- Bruce Bellamy (man)
- Cast by
- Jaki Brown (woman), Kimberly Hardin (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
2 women, 15 men, 9 not listed
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Art
5 women, 2 men, 14 not listed
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Production
2 women, 3 men, 12 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 1 men, 10 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 1 men, 6 not listed
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Other crew
0 women, 3 men, 3 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
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Editing
0 women, 3 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 30 on average. Men: 32 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Nia Long 24, Regina King 24, Paula Jai Parker 25, Anna Maria Horsford 48
Men
Chris Tucker 23, Ice Cube 25, Faizon Love 26, DJ Pooh 26, Tommy Lister Jr. 36, John Witherspoon 53
Exhibit H: the money
It made 8.1 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $3.5 million
- Box office
- $28.2 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 105 scenes and 1,081 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
