Passes the Bechdel test
Funny People
2009. Directed by Judd Apatow, written by Judd Apatow.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
24 women characters. 7 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 169. -
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 1 out of 3.
The film
George is a very successful stand up comedian who learns that he has an untreatable blood disorder and is given less than a year to live. Ira is a struggling up-and-coming stand up comedian who works at a deli and has yet to figure out his onstage persona. One night, these two perform at the same club and George takes notice of Ira. George hires Ira to be his semi-personal assistant as well as his friend.
- Released
- 31 Jul 2009
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.3 / 10
- Metascore
- 60 / 100
- Awards
- 3 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- George 372 lines, man
- Ira 370 lines, man
- Laura 105 lines, woman
- Clarke 53 lines, man
- Leo 41 lines, man
- Mark 32 lines, man
- Daisy 31 lines, woman
- Mable 26 lines, woman
- Ingrid 22 lines, woman
- Chuck 11 lines, man
Full cast, 92 people
- Adam Sandler as George Simmons
- Seth Rogen as Ira Wright
- Leslie Mann as Laura
- Eric Bana as Clarke
- Jonah Hill as Leo Koenig
- Jason Schwartzman as Mark Taylor Jackson
- Aubrey Plaza as Daisy Danby
- RZA as Chuck
- Aziz Ansari as Randy
- Maude Apatow as Mable
- Iris Apatow as Ingrid
- Torsten Voges as Dr. Lars
- Allan Wasserman as Dr. Stevens
- Rod Man as Rod Man
- Wayne Federman as Comedy & Magic Manager
- Mike O'Connell as MySpace Escort
- James Taylor as James Taylor
- Nicole Parker as Dawn
- Nydia McFadden as Mandy
- Andy Dick as Andy Dick
- Charles Fleischer as Charles Fleischer
- Nicol Paone as George's Sister
- George Coe as George's Dad
- Budd Friedman as Budd Friedman
- Monty Hoffman as Monty Hoffman
- Carol Leifer as Carol Leifer
- Paul Reiser as Paul Reiser
- Mark Schiff as Mark Schiff
- George Wallace as George Wallace
- Norm Macdonald as Norm Macdonald
- Dave Attell as Dave Attell
- Sarah Silverman as Sarah Silverman
- Bryan Batt as George's Agent
- Maggie Siff as Rachel
- Eminem as Eminem
- Ray Romano as Ray Romano
- Jon Brion as Jon Brion
- Sebastian Steinberg as Sebastian Steinberg
- James Gadson as James Gadson
- Arshad Aslam as Yo Teach Cast Member
- Bo Burnham as Yo Teach Cast Member
- Miki Ishikawa as Yo Teach Cast Member
- Kenny Copeland Jr. as Yo Teach Cast Member
- Calvin Sykes as Yo Teach Cast Member
- Ca'Shawn Sims as Yo Teach Cast Member
- Mandi Kreisher as Yo Teach Cast Member
- Phillip Andre Botello as Yo Teach Cast Member
- Carla Gallo as Miss Pruitt on Yo Teach
- Ernest Lee Thomas as Yo Teach Principal
- Tonita Castro as Bonita
- Carlos Andrade as Gardener
- Steve Bannos as Deli Manager
- Justin Long as Re-Do Guy
- Lucas Astrom as College Guy with Camera
- Tyler Spindel as College Guy with Camera
- Deamor Yi as 8-Year-Old Girl Fan
- Elaine Kao as Mom with Camera
- King Kedar as Family with Camera
- Andre Butler Jr. as Family with Camera
- Tanya Acker as Family with Camera
- Jarrett Grode as Magician
- Qiana Chase as Chuck's Wife
- Tom Anderson as Tom Anderson
- John Hartmann as Private Jet Pilot
- Dave Rath as San Francisco Theatre Manager
- Dan Harmon as Paparazzi at Medical Center
- Brandon Cournoyer as Paparazzi at Medical Center
- Kyle Kinane as Paparazzi at Medical Center
- Mark Cohen as Emcee at Improv
- Denise Meyerson as Deli Customer
- Joanie Marx as Deli Customer
- Adam J. Bernstein as Hot Dog-Eating Champion's Son
- Da'Vone McDonald as Hot Dog-Eating Co-Star
- Orny Adams as Orny Adams
- Al Lubel as Al Lubel
- Jerry Minor as Jerry Minor
- Eleanor Zee as George's Mom
- Ben Meyerson as George's Brother-In-Law
- Sammy Jack as George's Young Nephew
- Kim Taylor as Kim Taylor
- Andrea Zonn as Andrea Zonn
- Kate Markowitz as Kate Markowitz
- Arnold McCuller as Arnold McCuller
- Larry Goldings as Larry Goldings
- Luis Conte as Luis Conte
- Russ Kunkel as Russ Kunkel
- Brad Grunberg as Comedy & Magic Club Audience
- Brian Lally as Comedy & Magic Club Audience
- Jimmy Johnson as Jimmy Johnson
- Janeane Garofalo as Friend in video (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Ben Stiller as Friend in video (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Judd Apatow as Friend in video (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 4% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 169
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 to 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 to 12 | 2 | 14 |
| 13 to 16 | 5 | 39 |
| 17 to 20 | 2 | 54 |
| 21 to 24 | 0 | 19 |
| 25 to 28 | 0 | 22 |
| 29 to 32 | 4 | 12 |
| 33 to 36 | 0 | 87 |
| 37 to 40 | 0 | 3 |
| 41 to 44 | 0 | 8 |
| 45 to 48 | 4 | 36 |
| 49 to 52 | 1 | 36 |
| 53 to 56 | 0 | 7 |
| 57 to 60 | 0 | 13 |
| 61 to 64 | 20 | 36 |
| 65 to 68 | 0 | 6 |
| 69 to 72 | 0 | 2 |
| 73 to 76 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 to 80 | 0 | 20 |
| 81 to 84 | 6 | 20 |
| 85 to 88 | 8 | 56 |
| 89 to 92 | 0 | 12 |
| 93 to 96 | 5 | 47 |
| 97 to 100 | 6 | 14 |
| 101 to 104 | 17 | 32 |
| 105 to 108 | 34 | 19 |
| 109 to 112 | 9 | 12 |
| 113 to 116 | 16 | 14 |
| 117 to 120 | 16 | 40 |
| 121 to 124 | 8 | 29 |
| 125 to 128 | 12 | 12 |
| 129 to 132 | 0 | 4 |
| 133 to 136 | 12 | 32 |
| 137 to 140 | 3 | 5 |
| 141 to 144 | 2 | 2 |
| 145 to 148 | 5 | 19 |
| 149 to 152 | 0 | 1 |
| 153 to 156 | 8 | 65 |
| 157 to 160 | 0 | 6 |
| 161 to 164 | 0 | 3 |
| 165 to 168 | 4 | 18 |
| 169 to 169 | 0 | 23 |
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.
MABLE: .I'm Simon, and I thought it was horrible. I don't how you made it this far in the competition. MABLE: I think Paula is drunk. You will never be American Idol. LAURA: Mable, stop it. Stop being mean to your sister. Say something nice. MABLE: You were good.
MABLE: Boo! INGRID: Boo!
MABLE: Look what I did. I want this hung up on the wall. She shows them the picture, which is clearly not appropriate for the wall: a picture of he… MABLE: The food here made me sick. INGRID: Mama, I have to go to the bathroom. Come wipe my butt. LAURA: I have to talk to them for a minute. Mable, go wipe your sister's butt.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 19 are women's.
209 lines from women, 902 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
24 women and 54 men in the cast. 7 women and 15 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 13 of 1,161.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 138 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 18% of the words (3,437), men 82% (15,902). Women have 19% 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
15
Two men
96
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 14 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 25% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Judd Apatow (man)
- Written by
- Judd Apatow (man)
- Produced by
- Judd Apatow (man), Barry Mendel (man), Clayton Townsend (man)
- Shot by
- Janusz Kamiński (man)
- Edited by
- Craig Alpert (man), Brent White (man)
- Music by
- Michael Andrews (man), Jason Schwartzman (man)
- Production design by
- Jefferson Sage (man)
- Costumes by
- Nancy Steiner (woman), Betsy Heimann (woman)
- Cast by
- Allison Jones (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
2 women, 15 men, 1 not listed
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Production
3 women, 12 men
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Art
1 women, 7 men, 5 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 3 men, 10 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
8 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
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Other crew
1 women, 5 men, 3 not listed
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Directing
2 women, 3 men
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Editing
0 women, 4 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 24 on average. Men: 33 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Maude Apatow 11, Aubrey Plaza 25, Leslie Mann 37
Men
Jonah Hill 25, Aziz Ansari 26, Seth Rogen 27, Jason Schwartzman 29, Eric Bana 40, RZA 40, Adam Sandler 42
Exhibit H: the money
It made 95% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $75 million
- Box office
- $71.6 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 169 scenes and 1,161 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
