Passes the Bechdel test
Gang Related
1997. Directed by Jim Kouf, written by Jim Kouf.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
3 women characters. 2 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 159. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Two corrupt cops murder an undercover DEA agent by mistake, and frantically try to cover their tracks by framing a homeless man for the crime. That involves juggling evidence, coaching witnesses, and improvising to keep their desperate scheme from unraveling.
- Released
- 08 Oct 1997
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.4 / 10
- Metascore
- 49 / 100
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Divinci 299 lines, man
- Rodriguez 161 lines, man
- Cynthia 129 lines, woman
- William 57 lines, man
- Elliot 56 lines, man
- Arthur 54 lines, man
- Helen 45 lines, woman
- Manny 35 lines, man
- Richard Stein 30 lines, man
- Simms 25 lines, man
Full cast, 21 people
- Jim Belushi as Detective Frank K Divinci
- Tupac Shakur as Detective Rodriguez
- Lela Rochon as Cynthia Webb
- Dennis Quaid as Joe Doe / William
- James Earl Jones as Arthur Baylor
- Gary Cole as Richard Simms
- Terrence 'T.C.' Carson as Manny Landrew
- Wendy Crewson as Helen Eden
- Kool Moe Dee as Lionel Hudd
- Reggie Miller as Self
- David Paymer as Elliot Goff
- Brad Greenquist as Richard Stein
- James Handy as Captain Henderson
- Victor Love as Hooper
- Robert LaSardo as Sarkasian
- Perry Anzilotti as Vic
- Gregory Scott Cummins as Clyde
- Tommy Lister Jr. as Cutless Supreme
- Robert Apisa as Bailiff
- Deborah Rennard as Caroline Divinci
- Edward Edwards as Sgt. Gardner
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 159
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 0 | 18 |
| 5 to 8 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 to 12 | 4 | 1 |
| 13 to 16 | 7 | 23 |
| 17 to 20 | 0 | 44 |
| 21 to 24 | 0 | 11 |
| 25 to 28 | 0 | 20 |
| 29 to 32 | 0 | 43 |
| 33 to 36 | 5 | 13 |
| 37 to 40 | 10 | 21 |
| 41 to 44 | 0 | 38 |
| 45 to 48 | 0 | 1 |
| 49 to 52 | 0 | 7 |
| 53 to 56 | 16 | 20 |
| 57 to 60 | 8 | 30 |
| 61 to 64 | 0 | 7 |
| 65 to 68 | 8 | 13 |
| 69 to 72 | 7 | 52 |
| 73 to 76 | 5 | 60 |
| 77 to 80 | 6 | 12 |
| 81 to 84 | 5 | 14 |
| 85 to 88 | 6 | 35 |
| 89 to 92 | 5 | 6 |
| 93 to 96 | 0 | 33 |
| 97 to 100 | 3 | 23 |
| 101 to 104 | 3 | 35 |
| 105 to 108 | 0 | 11 |
| 109 to 112 | 4 | 27 |
| 113 to 116 | 14 | 23 |
| 117 to 120 | 39 | 59 |
| 121 to 124 | 0 | 8 |
| 125 to 128 | 4 | 15 |
| 129 to 132 | 0 | 32 |
| 133 to 136 | 8 | 11 |
| 137 to 140 | 2 | 18 |
| 141 to 144 | 0 | 4 |
| 145 to 148 | 3 | 9 |
| 149 to 152 | 5 | 14 |
| 153 to 156 | 0 | 9 |
| 157 to 159 | 0 | 6 |
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.
CYNTHIA: ...to the corner. HELEN: Objection. Your honor, I don't see a point to this line of questioning.
CYNTHIA: No. HELEN: Objection. Defense is trying to confuse the witness.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 18 are women's.
179 lines from women, 838 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
3 women and 18 men in the cast. 2 women and 18 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 19 of 1,061.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 151 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 13% of the words (1,416), men 87% (9,529). Women have 18% 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
5
Two men
68
Exhibit F: behind the camera
1 of the 11 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 19% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Jim Kouf (man)
- Written by
- Jim Kouf (man)
- Produced by
- Brad Krevoy (man), Steven Stabler (man), John Bertolli (man)
- Shot by
- Brian J. Reynolds (man)
- Edited by
- Todd C. Ramsay (man)
- Music by
- Mickey Hart (man)
- Production design by
- Charles William Breen (man)
- Costumes by
- Shari Feldman (gender not listed)
- Cast by
- Carol Lewis (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
2 women, 6 men
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Other crew
1 women, 4 men
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Art
1 women, 1 men
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Sound
0 women, 2 men
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Camera
0 women, 1 men
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Costume & Make-Up
0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 1 men
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Editing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 37 on average. Men: 40 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Lela Rochon 33, Wendy Crewson 41
Men
Tupac Shakur 26, Reggie Miller 32, Kool Moe Dee 34, Terrence 'T.C.' Carson 38, Gary Cole 41, Jim Belushi 43, Dennis Quaid 43, James Earl Jones 66
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 159 scenes and 1,061 lines of dialogue. How the test works
