Fails the Bechdel test
Hangin' with the Homeboys
1991. Directed by Joseph B. Vasquez, written by Joseph B. Vasquez.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
4 women characters. 2 of them speak. -
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
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Two African-Americans and two Puerto-Ricans (though one pretends to be Italian) go out on the town on a Friday night. They will be forced to get to know each other, and even worse, learn to like each other as friends.
- Released
- 05 Apr 1991
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.9 / 10
- Awards
- 2 wins & 8 nominations
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Vinny 291 lines, man
- Tom 206 lines, man
- Johnny 179 lines, man
- Willie 179 lines, man
- Oona 40 lines
- Rasta 31 lines, man
- Vanessa 23 lines, woman
- Policeman #1 20 lines, man
- Lila 10 lines, woman
- Daria 9 lines
Full cast, 13 people
- Doug E. Doug as Willie Stevens
- Mario Joyner as Tom McNeal
- John Leguizamo as Johnny
- Nestor Serrano as Vinny / Fernando
- Kimberly Russell as Vanessa
- Mary B. Ward as Luna
- Reggie Montgomery as Rasta
- Christine Claravall as Daria
- Rose Jackson as Lila
- Steven Randazzo as Pedro
- Marisol R. Reyes as Sara
- Victor L. Cook as Louie-Louie
- Paula Garcés as Harassed Sister
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 7% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 54
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 to 6 | 7 | 38 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 59 |
| 9 to 10 | 10 | 97 |
| 11 to 12 | 2 | 28 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 to 16 | 0 | 73 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 14 |
| 19 to 20 | 0 | 8 |
| 21 to 22 | 3 | 59 |
| 23 to 24 | 0 | 13 |
| 25 to 26 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 6 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 29 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 34 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 13 |
| 35 to 36 | 0 | 32 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 48 |
| 39 to 40 | 1 | 76 |
| 41 to 42 | 9 | 40 |
| 43 to 44 | 13 | 46 |
| 45 to 46 | 0 | 32 |
| 47 to 48 | 4 | 121 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 48 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 to 54 | 0 | 2 |
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, 5 are women's.
49 lines from women, 941 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
4 women and 6 men in the cast. 2 women and 7 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 62 of 1,063.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 250 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 3% of the words (373), men 97% (11,233). Women have 5% 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
59
Exhibit E: behind the camera
1 of the 7 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 13% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Joseph B. Vasquez (man)
- Written by
- Joseph B. Vasquez (man)
- Produced by
- Richard Brick (man)
- Shot by
- Anghel Decca (gender not listed)
- Edited by
- Michael Schweitzer (man)
- Music by
- Mick Mars (man)
- Costumes by
- Mary Jane Fort (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Art
0 women, 0 men, 2 not listed
-
Sound
0 women, 2 men
-
Camera
0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 0 men
-
Other crew
0 women, 1 men
-
Directing
0 women, 1 men
-
Editing
0 women, 1 men
-
Production
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 25 on average. Men: 32 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Rose Jackson 24, Kimberly Russell 26
Men
Doug E. Doug 21, Mario Joyner 29, John Leguizamo 30, Nestor Serrano 35, Reggie Montgomery 43
Exhibit G: the money
What it cost and made, where TMDB lists it.
- Budget
- Not listed
- Box office
- $532,346
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 54 scenes and 1,063 lines of dialogue. How the test works
