Fails the Bechdel test
Gemini Man
2019. Directed by Ang Lee, written by David Benioff and Billy Ray and Darren Lemke.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
0 / 3
Fails
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No
1. At least two women
Fewer than two women characters. -
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
Retiring assassin, Henry Brogan finds himself pursued by a mysterious killer who can predict his every move. When he discovers that he is being hunted by a younger clone of himself, Henry needs to find out why he is being targeted and who the creator is.
- Released
- 11 Oct 2019
- Genres
- Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 5.7 / 10
- Metascore
- 38 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Henry 272 lines, man
- Danny 114 lines, woman
- Patterson 65 lines, man
- Lessard 55 lines
- The Baron 43 lines, man
- Kovar 42 lines, man
- Jack 32 lines, man
- Junior 31 lines, man
- Monroe 29 lines, man
- Mustached Man 7 lines, man
Full cast, 51 people
- Will Smith as Henry Brogen / Junior
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Danny Zakarweski
- Clive Owen as Clay Verris
- Benedict Wong as Baron
- Douglas Hodge as Jack Willis
- Ralph Brown as Del Patterson
- Linda Emond as Janet Lassiter
- Ilia Volok as Yuri Kovacs
- E.J. Bonilla as Marino
- Victor Hugo as Junior (On-Set Reference)
- David Shae as Bicycle Messenger
- Theodora Miranne as Kitty (Jack's Girlfriend)
- Diego Adonye as Henry's Dad
- Lilla Banak as Henry's Mom
- Igor Szasz as Valery Dormov
- Alexa GyÖrgy as Young Girl on Train
- Fernanda Dorogi as Mother on Train
- Alexandra Szüczs as Aniko (Lab Technician)
- Tim Connolly as Key Shack Agent
- Daniel Salyers as Patterson's Son
- Jordan Sherley as High School Girl
- Tony J. Scott as High School Principal
- Jeff J.J. Authors as Man at Marina
- Justin James Boykin as Connor (uncredited)
- Karis Wymbs as School Kid
- Frankie Verroca as Budapestian at Sauna
- Balázs Veres as Hungarian Student
- Adrian Valle Torres as Junior's Friend
- Ashton Tatum as Cop
- Ferenc Iván Szabó as Training Officer
- Dillon John Swanson as College Student
- Saskia Slaaf as Flemish Train Announcer
- Kenny Sheard as Scuba Killer #1
- Carl Salonen as Budapest Bathhouse Patron
- Brianna Robinson as College Student
- Hannah Pniewski as Barista #1
- Thanh-Huy Phan as Tourist
- Zach Mellado as College Kid
- Samantha Kudler as College Student
- Frankie Justin as College Student
- Douglas Rizzo Johnson as Student
- Dawit Gulilat as Pedestrian
- Samantha Goldman as College Student
- Chris Goad as DIA Agent
- Björn Freiberg as Training Officer
- Christopher T. Elliott as John
- Marc Demeter as Agent Demeter
- William Caraballo as College student
- Olivia Bailey as Coffee House Hipster
- Daniel Annone as Barista #2
- Christon Andell as College Student
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 10% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 172
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 to 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 to 12 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 to 16 | 0 | 6 |
| 17 to 20 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 to 24 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 to 28 | 1 | 22 |
| 29 to 32 | 0 | 14 |
| 33 to 36 | 27 | 28 |
| 37 to 40 | 0 | 43 |
| 41 to 44 | 0 | 23 |
| 45 to 48 | 0 | 5 |
| 49 to 52 | 0 | 2 |
| 53 to 56 | 0 | 4 |
| 57 to 60 | 0 | 23 |
| 61 to 64 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 to 68 | 19 | 23 |
| 69 to 72 | 22 | 37 |
| 73 to 76 | 16 | 21 |
| 77 to 80 | 5 | 20 |
| 81 to 84 | 4 | 4 |
| 85 to 88 | 2 | 10 |
| 89 to 92 | 0 | 6 |
| 93 to 96 | 0 | 5 |
| 97 to 100 | 6 | 18 |
| 101 to 104 | 2 | 16 |
| 105 to 108 | 3 | 28 |
| 109 to 112 | 7 | 37 |
| 113 to 116 | 0 | 30 |
| 117 to 120 | 0 | 10 |
| 121 to 124 | 1 | 10 |
| 125 to 128 | 1 | 0 |
| 129 to 132 | 0 | 0 |
| 133 to 136 | 0 | 3 |
| 137 to 140 | 0 | 12 |
| 141 to 144 | 0 | 11 |
| 145 to 148 | 0 | 4 |
| 149 to 152 | 6 | 22 |
| 153 to 156 | 0 | 13 |
| 157 to 160 | 0 | 1 |
| 161 to 164 | 0 | 3 |
| 165 to 168 | 0 | 10 |
| 169 to 172 | 0 | 17 |
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, 18 are women's.
122 lines from women, 549 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
14 women and 34 men in the cast. 1 women and 5 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 35 of 747.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 123 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 15% of the words (986), men 85% (5,684). Women have 18% 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
36
Exhibit E: behind the camera
4 of the 19 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 20% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Ang Lee (man)
- Written by
- Darren Lemke (man), Billy Ray (man), David Benioff (man)
- Story by
- Darren Lemke (man), David Benioff (man)
- Produced by
- Jerry Bruckheimer (man), Don Murphy (man), Dana Goldberg (woman), Don Granger (man), David Ellison (man)
- Shot by
- Dion Beebe (man)
- Edited by
- Tim Squyres (man)
- Music by
- Lorne Balfe (man)
- Production design by
- Guy Hendrix Dyas (man)
- Costumes by
- Suttirat Anne Larlarb (woman), Cristina Spiridakis (woman)
- Cast by
- Avy Kaufman (woman), Zsolt Csutak (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
-
Visual Effects
3 women, 14 men, 43 not listed
-
Art
5 women, 11 men, 31 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
10 women, 0 men, 25 not listed
-
Other crew
2 women, 14 men, 11 not listed
-
Sound
0 women, 16 men, 9 not listed
-
Directing
2 women, 9 men, 13 not listed
-
Lighting
0 women, 3 men, 18 not listed
-
Production
2 women, 9 men, 10 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 47 on average. Men: 51 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Mary Elizabeth Winstead 34, Linda Emond 60
Men
E.J. Bonilla 31, Benedict Wong 48, Will Smith 51, Ilia Volok 53, Clive Owen 54, Douglas Hodge 59, Ralph Brown 62
Exhibit G: the money
It made 1.2 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $140 million
- Box office
- $173 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 172 scenes and 747 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
