Passes the Bechdel test

Girls Trip

Name: Girls Trip
Released: 2017

2017. Directed by Malcolm D. Lee, written by Erica Rivinoja and Kenya Barris and Tracy Oliver.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
37 women characters. 28 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 35 scenes out of 121.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.

The film

The four best friends who were once the "Flossy Posse" have grown distant over the years. When lifestyle guru Ryan Pierce (Regina Hall), who is dubbed "the next Oprah", is offered an opportunity to be the keynote speaker at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, she decides to bring along her friends to turn her work vacation into a girls' trip. Joining Ryan is Sasha (Queen Latifah), an ex-journalist from Time Magazine who now owns a floundering gossip site and is struggling financially; Lisa (Jada Pinkett Smith), a nurse and uptight mom who has not had a boyfriend since her divorce years earlier; and Dina (Tiffany Haddish), a happy-go-lucky, impulsive party animal who was fired after assaulting a co-worker shortly before the trip. While on the trip, Sasha is sent a tip that shows a picture of a Black man's head kissing an Instagram model, presumed to be Ryan's husband Stewart. The friends are reluctant to tell Ryan, but when Dina spills the news, Ryan shocks them by telling them she is already aware of the situation and that they're in couples counseling. Nevertheless, when Dina sees Stewart at their hotel, she threatens him with a broken bottle, which gets her ejected and banned from the hotel. In solidarity all the girls leave with her, but the only hotel they are able to get is a sleazy one-star motel frequented by customers of prostitutes.

Released: 21 Jul 2017
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Rated: R
IMDb: 6.2 / 10
Metascore: 71 / 100
Awards: 13 wins & 42 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Ryan 229 lines, woman
Dina 198 lines, woman
Sasha 156 lines, woman
Lisa 153 lines, woman
Stewart 51 lines, man
Elizabeth 33 lines, woman
Julian 32 lines, man
Bethany 10 lines, woman
Simone 10 lines, woman
Vendor #1 9 lines, man

Full cast, 70 people

Regina Hall as Ryan Pierce
Queen Latifah as Sasha Franklin
Jada Pinkett Smith as Lisa Cooper
Tiffany Haddish as Dina
Larenz Tate as Julian Stevens
Mike Colter as Stewart Pierce
Kate Walsh as Elizabeth Davelli
Kofi Siriboe as Malik
Morris Chestnut as Morris Chestnut
Deborah Ayorinde as Simone
Tonea Stewart as Aunt Marian
Lara Grice as Bethany
Ricky Wayne as Ted
Robert Miano as Hobo Bob
Ne-Yo as Ne-Yo
Faith Evans as Faith Evans
Gabrielle Dennis as Gabrielle Dennis
MC Lyte as MC Lyte
Ricky Bell as Ricky Bell
Michael Bivins as Michael Bivins
Ronnie DeVoe as Ronnie DeVoe
Johnny Gill as Johnny Gill
Ralph E. Tresvant as Ralph Tresvant
Common as Common
Estelle as Estelle
Mike Epps as Absinthe Dealer
Janeline Hayes as Print Reporter
Donna Biscoe as Delores
Sunny Hostin as Sunny Hostin
Iyanla Vanzant as Iyanla Vanzant
Sean Combs as Sean 'Diddy' Combs aka Puff Daddy
Lorraine Toussaint as Lorraine Toussaint
Mase as Ma$e
Mariah Carey as Mariah Carey
Ava DuVernay as Ava DuVernay
William Levy as William Levy
Babyface as Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds
Carla Hall as Carla Hall
Nick Mundy as Tow Truck Driver
Jaina Lee Ortiz as Jaina Lee Ortiz
Cayden K. Williams as Austin
Sherri Marina as Woman Fan
David Shiflett as Reveler (uncredited)
Wild Wayne as DJ (as Wayne 'Wild Wayne' Benjamin Jr.)
Maxwell as Maxwell
Shrey Vyapari as Vikram (as Shrey Neil)
Aadyn Encalarde as Riley
Rachel G. Whittle as Flight Attendant
Ann McKenzie as Elderly White Woman
John Wilmot as Elderly White Man
Mikki Val as Woman Fan
Anthony Michael Frederick as Security Guard (as Anthony Frederick)
Terry McMillan as Terry McMillan
Charreah Jackson as Charreah Jackson
Melissa Harris-Perry as Melissa Harris Perry
D-Nice as D-Nice
Jaren Mitchell as Vendor
Jessica Johnson as Ciroc Waitress (as Jessica Elizabeth Johnson)
Mannie Fresh as Nightclub DJ
Tamika Jett as Simone's Crew
Brianna Nowlin as Simone's Crew (as Brianna Nichole Nowlin)
Wanetah Walmsley as Young Chick / Simone's Crew
Kyle Clements as Officer Simms
Michaela Harrison as Ne-Yo Backup Singer
Mykia Jovan as Ne-Yo Backup Singer
Kevin Frazier as Kevin Frazier
Damon Lipari as Bartender
Doug E. Fresh as Doug E. Fresh
Lalah Hathaway as Lalah Hathaway
Jannette Sepwa as Rhonda (uncredited)

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 121

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	4	0
4 to 6	4	0
7 to 9	7	0
10 to 12	16	5
13 to 15	29	13
16 to 18	68	5
19 to 21	1	0
22 to 24	43	0
25 to 27	37	0
28 to 30	26	11
31 to 33	7	0
34 to 36	30	5
37 to 39	12	0
40 to 42	42	6
43 to 45	14	6
46 to 48	38	13
49 to 51	8	5
52 to 54	13	0
55 to 57	23	12
58 to 60	56	9
61 to 63	33	0
64 to 66	10	0
67 to 69	36	6
70 to 72	32	0
73 to 75	40	1
76 to 78	0	0
79 to 81	15	1
82 to 84	24	7
85 to 87	28	7
88 to 90	59	8
91 to 93	7	4
94 to 96	0	0
97 to 99	7	0
100 to 102	2	0
103 to 105	12	0
106 to 108	8	0
109 to 111	0	0
112 to 114	15	3
115 to 117	21	0
118 to 120	3	0
121 to 121	5	1

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.

RYAN: Mistakes... DINA: It’s chlamydia! I got the shit you can cure!

TAMRON HALL: Speaking of having it all -- when are you two starting a family? You’d make such beautiful babies and be fantastic parents. RYAN: Trust me, Tamron, it’s on the agenda.

ELDERLY WHITE WOMAN: I don’t understand. I thought this was first class. LISA: I’m just saying. We all have to be mindful. When that Zika swarm hits you want to prepared. SASHA: Don’t make me trade seats. LISA: You want half my sandwich?

DINA: Ladies, we ain’t turning down shit!! Am I right? LISA: Dina! Sit down! FLIGHT ATTENDANT: Ma’am-- DINA: It’s alright, girl. I got this. Get us some more Patron shots next. I got everyone in here.

DINA: You KNOW, nigga! Don’t play me! SASHA: Dina, no! DINA: I will END YOU. You and your little thirsty ass, wannabe MILF, hood rat, side tossup ho! You got on knee-pads under them slacks, Slurpee?

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 87 are women's.

835 lines from women, 128 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

37 women and 31 men in the cast. 28 women and 12 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

A woman speaks the first line. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 2 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 86% of the words (8,984), men 14% (1,522). Women have 87% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.

Exhibit E: the test the other way

Run the other way, for men, the film scores 2 out of 3.

Conversations between two named characters

Two women

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

4 of the 12 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 43% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Malcolm D. Lee (man)
Written by: Kenya Barris (man), Tracy Oliver (woman), Erica Rivinoja (woman)
Produced by: Will Packer (man), Malcolm D. Lee (man)
Shot by: Greg Gardiner (man)
Edited by: Paul Millspaugh (man)
Music by: David Newman (man)
Production design by: Keith Brian Burns (gender not listed)
Cast by: Mary Vernieu (woman), Michelle Wade Byrd (woman)