Passes the Bechdel test
Friendship
2025. Directed by Andrew DeYoung, written by Andrew DeYoung.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
5 women characters. 5 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 101. -
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 0 out of 3.
The film
A suburban dad falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor.
- Released
- 23 May 2025
- Genres
- Comedy
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.6 / 10
- Metascore
- 72 / 100
- Awards
- 4 wins & 19 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Craig 422 lines, man
- Austin 137 lines, man
- Tami 96 lines, woman
- Steven 42 lines, man
- Tony 28 lines, man
- Mr. Mendoza 20 lines, man
- Ian 15 lines, man
- Stan 14 lines, man
- Phone 10 lines
- Mike 9 lines, man
Full cast, 30 people
- Tim Robinson as Craig Waterman
- Paul Rudd as Austin Carmichael
- Kate Mara as Tami Waterman
- Jack Dylan Grazer as Steven Waterman
- Rick Worthy as Mr. Mendoza
- Whitmer Thomas as Ian
- Daniel London as Stan
- Eric Rahill as Mike
- Jacob Ming-Trent as Nathan
- Billy Bryk as Tony
- Meredith Garretson as Bianca
- Ari Dalbert as James
- Josh Segarra as Devon
- Raphael Sbarge as Garrett
- Omar Torres as Jared
- Jason Veasey as Zed
- Jon Glaser as Big Sam
- Carmen Christopher as Jimp
- Mike J. Mills as Small Jon
- Alex Webb as Mayor Nichols
- Juri Henley-Cohn as Jerry the Client
- Desi Waters as Moderator
- Brandi Burkhardt as Rebecca Springs
- Andhy Méndez as Officer Whitmer
- John Cenatiempo as Detective Persons
- Teren Carter as Lieutenant James
- Ivy Wolk as Jen Peyser
- Conner O'Malley as Patton
- Craig Frank as Buzz
- James Daly as K9 Cop
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 3% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 101
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 to 6 | 8 | 24 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 30 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 to 15 | 4 | 19 |
| 16 to 18 | 4 | 25 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 8 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 6 |
| 25 to 27 | 6 | 10 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 14 |
| 31 to 33 | 3 | 32 |
| 34 to 36 | 2 | 24 |
| 37 to 39 | 12 | 38 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 104 |
| 43 to 45 | 4 | 33 |
| 46 to 48 | 7 | 20 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 2 |
| 52 to 54 | 2 | 7 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 2 |
| 58 to 60 | 14 | 14 |
| 61 to 63 | 3 | 34 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 53 |
| 67 to 69 | 0 | 32 |
| 70 to 72 | 2 | 4 |
| 73 to 75 | 2 | 25 |
| 76 to 78 | 3 | 13 |
| 79 to 81 | 14 | 21 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 53 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 1 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 7 |
| 91 to 93 | 12 | 24 |
| 94 to 96 | 7 | 10 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 29 |
| 100 to 101 | 0 | 7 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
BIANCA: Oh! Our new neighbors! TAMI: So nice to meet you.
JEN PEYSER: Thanks for the baked potato. TAMI: Look at the center of this one. Now doesn’t that look like an artist made it.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 13 are women's.
109 lines from women, 751 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
5 women and 25 men in the cast. 5 women and 24 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 27 of 886.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 130 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 11% of the words (1,000), men 89% (8,205). Women have 13% 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
2
Two men
63
Exhibit F: behind the camera
4 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 32% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Andrew DeYoung (man)
- Written by
- Andrew DeYoung (man)
- Produced by
- Raphael Margules (man), J.D. Lifshitz (man), Johnny Holland (man), Nick Weidenfeld (man)
- Shot by
- Andy Rydzewski (man)
- Edited by
- Sophie Corra (woman)
- Music by
- Keegan DeWitt (man)
- Production design by
- Rocio Gimenez (woman)
- Costumes by
- Chloe Karmin (woman)
- Cast by
- Melissa DeLizia (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
2 women, 11 men, 1 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 3 men, 9 not listed
-
Art
3 women, 1 men, 5 not listed
-
Other crew
0 women, 7 men
-
Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 1 men, 3 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 1 men, 3 not listed
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Directing
3 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 42 on average. Men: 42 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Kate Mara 42
Men
Jack Dylan Grazer 21, Billy Bryk 25, Whitmer Thomas 36, Tim Robinson 43, Daniel London 52, Paul Rudd 56, Rick Worthy 58
Exhibit H: the money
It made 8.5 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $2 million
- Box office
- $17 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 101 scenes and 886 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
