Passes the Bechdel test
Glass Onion
2022. Directed by Rian Johnson, written by Rian Johnson.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
9 women characters. 14 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 17 scenes out of 147. -
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
Five long-time friends are invited to the Greek island home of billionaire Miles Bron. All five know Bron from way back and owe their current wealth, fame, and careers to him. The main event is a murder-weekend game with Bron to be the victim. In reality, they all have reasons to kill him. Also invited is Benoit Blanc, the world's greatest detective.
- Released
- 23 Dec 2022
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 7.1 / 10
- Metascore
- 81 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 53 wins & 140 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Blanc 256 lines, man
- Miles 151 lines, man
- Helen 115 lines, woman
- Birdie 96 lines, woman
- Lionel 84 lines, man
- Claire 79 lines, woman
- Duke 50 lines, man
- Andi 34 lines, woman
- Peg 29 lines, woman
- Whiskey 27 lines, woman
Full cast, 37 people
- Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc
- Edward Norton as Miles Bron
- Janelle Monáe as Andi Brand
- Kathryn Hahn as Claire Debella
- Leslie Odom Jr. as Lionel Toussaint
- Kate Hudson as Birdie Jay
- Dave Bautista as Duke Cody
- Jessica Henwick as Peg
- Madelyn Cline as Whiskey
- Noah Segan as Derol
- Jackie Hoffman as Ma
- Dallas Roberts as Devon Debella
- Ethan Hawke as Efficient Man
- Hugh Grant as Phillip
- Stephen Sondheim as Stephen Sondheim
- Natasha Lyonne as Natasha Lyonne
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Serena Williams as Serena Williams
- Yo-Yo Ma as Yo-Yo Ma
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Hourly Dong (voice)
- Adele Franck as Claire's Assistant
- Jacek Czajka as Lab Worker
- Dan Chariton as Dr. Pierre Bonassus
- Eddie Gorodetsky as Dr. Peter Clayton
- Coco Shinomiya as Emiko Yamane
- Dilcia Barrera as Dr. Dilcia Cabrera
- Mark Newman as Dr. Mark Swifton
- Adam Davenport as Model
- Lauren Ivy as Dancer
- Momo Pićurić as Vampire in Tuxedo
- N.J. Gentry as Nikos
- Ali Goksoy as Andino
- James Payton as Lawyer
- T. Florian Karnowski as Judge
- Angela Lansbury as Angela Lansbury
- Jake Tapper as Jake Tapper (uncredited)
- Panagiotis Margetis as Hotel Server (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 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 147
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 5 to 8 | 21 | 11 |
| 9 to 12 | 33 | 31 |
| 13 to 16 | 4 | 15 |
| 17 to 20 | 17 | 35 |
| 21 to 24 | 11 | 25 |
| 25 to 28 | 33 | 76 |
| 29 to 32 | 11 | 36 |
| 33 to 36 | 38 | 83 |
| 37 to 40 | 11 | 32 |
| 41 to 44 | 4 | 5 |
| 45 to 48 | 2 | 1 |
| 49 to 52 | 9 | 17 |
| 53 to 56 | 32 | 28 |
| 57 to 60 | 10 | 7 |
| 61 to 64 | 9 | 6 |
| 65 to 68 | 8 | 8 |
| 69 to 72 | 17 | 0 |
| 73 to 76 | 10 | 12 |
| 77 to 80 | 13 | 8 |
| 81 to 84 | 22 | 10 |
| 85 to 88 | 18 | 3 |
| 89 to 92 | 6 | 11 |
| 93 to 96 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 to 100 | 9 | 2 |
| 101 to 104 | 15 | 18 |
| 105 to 108 | 2 | 7 |
| 109 to 112 | 0 | 6 |
| 113 to 116 | 0 | 4 |
| 117 to 120 | 1 | 16 |
| 121 to 124 | 5 | 11 |
| 125 to 128 | 0 | 6 |
| 129 to 132 | 8 | 11 |
| 133 to 136 | 4 | 8 |
| 137 to 140 | 0 | 3 |
| 141 to 144 | 12 | 24 |
| 145 to 147 | 5 | 5 |
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.
CLAIRE: I'm hard line on climate change, if that scares you go stick your head back in the sand. My constituents trust I'm gonna fight the machine t… BIRDIE: I'm so bored. Peg! Where's Peg? Peggggggg! PEG: I'm here. Please stop fire spinning inside!
BIRDIE: No. It's cause she's afraaaaid I'll tweeeeet. An ethnic slurrrr. Agaaaaain. PEG: You agreed, no phone for the rest of the media cycle. BIRDIE: I didn't even know that word referred to Jewish people, I though it was just a generic term for "cheap." PEG: "Jewy??"
BIRDIE: That's tic-tac-toe! I know this! CLAIRE BIRDIE: But it's solved already so it can't be - thank you It's tic-tac-toe. Birdie, for contributing, yes.
BIRDIE: It's tic-tac-toe... BIRDIE CLAIRE: Is something supposed to N... maybe stands for happen? something, maybe in one of the other puzzles
BIRDIE: Are you mocking me? CLAIRE: Yes BIRDIE: Alright ha ha I'm gonna shazam it. BIRDIE: ALEXA, SHAZAM THIS SONG PLEASE. ALEXA, SHAZAM THIS SONG PLEASE. ALEXA, SHAZAM THIS SONG PLEASE.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 41 are women's.
407 lines from women, 583 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
9 women and 19 men in the cast. 14 women and 16 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 30 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 37% of the words (4,495), men 63% (7,815). Women have 41% 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
46
Two men
62
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 11 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 27% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Rian Johnson (man)
- Written by
- Rian Johnson (man)
- Produced by
- Ram Bergman (man), Rian Johnson (man)
- Shot by
- Steve Yedlin (man)
- Edited by
- Bob Ducsay (man)
- Music by
- Nathan Johnson (man)
- Production design by
- Rick Heinrichs (man)
- Costumes by
- Jenny Eagan (woman)
- Cast by
- Bret Howe (man), Mary Vernieu (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Visual Effects
1 women, 9 men, 96 not listed
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Art
4 women, 9 men, 47 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
9 women, 3 men, 28 not listed
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Production
7 women, 13 men, 20 not listed
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Other crew
5 women, 9 men, 25 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 10 men, 19 not listed
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Sound
3 women, 15 men, 3 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 2 men, 17 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 37 on average. Men: 48 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Madelyn Cline 24, Jessica Henwick 30, Kate Hudson 43, Kathryn Hahn 49
Men
Noah Segan 39, Leslie Odom Jr. 41, Edward Norton 53, Dave Bautista 53, Daniel Craig 54
Exhibit H: the money
It made 38% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $40 million
- Box office
- $15 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 147 scenes and 1,019 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
