Fails the Bechdel test
Henry's Crime
2011. Directed by Malcolm Venville, written by Sacha Gervasi and David N. White and Stephen Hamel.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
5 women characters. 5 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
Released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, an ex-con targets the same bank he was sent away for robbing.
- Released
- 14 Jan 2011
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5.9 / 10
- Metascore
- 49 / 100
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Henry 348 lines, man
- Max 257 lines, man
- Julie 214 lines, woman
- Joe 47 lines, man
- Eddie 44 lines, man
- Darek 42 lines, man
- Debbie 33 lines, woman
- Frank 32 lines, man
- Madame Ranevsky 25 lines, woman
- Lophakin 20 lines
Full cast, 34 people
- Keanu Reeves as Henry Torne
- Vera Farmiga as Julie Ivanova
- James Caan as Max Saltzman
- Judy Greer as Debbie Torne
- Fisher Stevens as Eddie Vibes
- Danny Hoch as Joe
- Bill Duke as Frank
- Peter Stormare as Darek Millodragovic
- Currie Graham as Simon
- David Costabile as Arnold
- Jordan Gelber as Trofimov
- Audrey Lynn Weston as Dunyasha
- Julie Ordon as Anya
- Guy Boyd as Bernie
- Peter Appel as Larry
- David Bishins as Interrogation Detective
- Drew McVety as Detective
- Tim Snay as Judge
- Carlos Pizarro as Hector
- Chris Cardona as Prison Guard
- Mark R. Anthony as Fink
- Brian Rogalski as Other Inmate
- Steve Beauchamp as Other Inmate #2
- Allel Aimiche as Pierre
- Ken Marks as Gayev
- Gideon Banner as Yasha
- James Hindman as Mr. Tuttle
- Joseph Basile as Inmate Brawler (uncredited)
- Rosemary Howard as Carlotta
- Jason Fisher as Bruce the Dick
- Glenn Fleshler as Audience Man (uncredited)
- Angelo Mercado Jr. as Theater Patron (uncredited)
- Nicholas Cocchetto as Bank Robber (uncredited)
- Paul O'Brien as Head Parole Reviewer
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 164
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 to 8 | 15 | 15 |
| 9 to 12 | 2 | 25 |
| 13 to 16 | 0 | 18 |
| 17 to 20 | 0 | 33 |
| 21 to 24 | 9 | 38 |
| 25 to 28 | 0 | 23 |
| 29 to 32 | 6 | 24 |
| 33 to 36 | 0 | 6 |
| 37 to 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 to 44 | 19 | 28 |
| 45 to 48 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 to 52 | 9 | 58 |
| 53 to 56 | 20 | 24 |
| 57 to 60 | 0 | 24 |
| 61 to 64 | 0 | 25 |
| 65 to 68 | 19 | 36 |
| 69 to 72 | 18 | 26 |
| 73 to 76 | 8 | 16 |
| 77 to 80 | 42 | 39 |
| 81 to 84 | 18 | 58 |
| 85 to 88 | 2 | 18 |
| 89 to 92 | 17 | 38 |
| 93 to 96 | 8 | 10 |
| 97 to 100 | 0 | 29 |
| 101 to 104 | 17 | 24 |
| 105 to 108 | 6 | 43 |
| 109 to 112 | 0 | 35 |
| 113 to 116 | 0 | 14 |
| 117 to 120 | 10 | 12 |
| 121 to 124 | 2 | 5 |
| 125 to 128 | 2 | 6 |
| 129 to 132 | 0 | 2 |
| 133 to 136 | 0 | 0 |
| 137 to 140 | 3 | 9 |
| 141 to 144 | 2 | 10 |
| 145 to 148 | 1 | 3 |
| 149 to 152 | 1 | 30 |
| 153 to 156 | 3 | 9 |
| 157 to 160 | 15 | 22 |
| 161 to 164 | 2 | 6 |
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, 25 are women's.
276 lines from women, 841 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
5 women and 25 men in the cast. 5 women and 24 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 4 of 1,169.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 72 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 25% of the words (1,840), men 75% (5,648).
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
83
Exhibit E: behind the camera
2 of the 10 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 36% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Malcolm Venville (man)
- Written by
- Sacha Gervasi (man), David N. White (man)
- Story by
- Sacha Gervasi (man), Stephen Hamel (man)
- Shot by
- Paul Cameron (man)
- Edited by
- Curtiss Clayton (man)
- Production design by
- Chris Jones (man)
- Costumes by
- Melissa Toth (woman)
- Cast by
- Cindy Tolan (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Writing
0 women, 4 men
-
Art
1 women, 1 men
-
Camera
0 women, 2 men
-
Production
2 women, 0 men
-
Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 0 men
-
Directing
0 women, 1 men
-
Editing
0 women, 1 men
-
Sound
1 women, 0 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 35 on average. Men: 51 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Judy Greer 34, Vera Farmiga 36
Men
Danny Hoch 39, Currie Graham 42, David Costabile 43, Keanu Reeves 45, Fisher Stevens 46, Peter Stormare 56, Bill Duke 66, James Caan 69
Exhibit G: the money
It made 18% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $12 million
- Box office
- $2.1 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 164 scenes and 1,169 lines of dialogue. How the test works
