Fails the Bechdel test
Horrible Bosses 2
2014. Directed by Sean Anders, written by Sean Anders and John Morris and Jonathan Goldstein.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
17 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
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
Fed up with answering to higher-ups, Nick, Dale and Kurt decide to become their own bosses by launching their own business. But a slick investor soon pulls the rug out from under them. Outplayed and desperate, and with no legal recourse, the three would-be entrepreneurs hatch a misguided plan to kidnap the investor's adult son and ransom him to regain control of their company.
- Released
- 26 Nov 2014
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.3 / 10
- Metascore
- 40 / 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
- Dale 300 lines, man
- Nick 283 lines, man
- Kurt 253 lines, man
- Mr. Nagopian 74 lines, man
- Denny 35 lines, man
- Motherfucker 32 lines, man
- Hagan 23 lines, man
- Rhonda 23 lines
- Oscar 22 lines, man
- Patrolman 18 lines, man
Full cast, 39 people
- Jason Bateman as Nick Hendricks
- Jason Sudeikis as Kurt Buckman
- Charlie Day as Dale Arbus
- Jennifer Aniston as Julia Harris
- Chris Pine as Rex Hanson
- Christoph Waltz as Bert Hanson
- Jamie Foxx as Motherfucker Jones
- Kevin Spacey as Dave Harken
- Jonathan Banks as Detective Hatcher
- Lindsay Sloane as Stacy Arbus
- Keegan-Michael Key as Mike
- Kelly Stables as Rachel
- Jerry Lambert as Skip
- Sam Richardson as Producer
- Brianne Howey as Candy
- Lidia Porto as Lupe
- Jaye Razor as Ray
- Lennon Parham as Roz
- Rob Huebel as Pinkberry Executive
- Andy Buckley as Surveillance Audio Agent
- Keeley Hazell as Rex's Assistant
- Sabrina Sky as Tiffany
- Brendan Hunt as Sex Addiction Group Member
- Rebecca Field as Sex Addiction Group Member
- Bruno Amato as Police Officer (Sex Addict)
- Jill Basey as Older Receptionist
- Suzy Nakamura as Kim
- Korrina Rico as Raquel
- Raymond Ma as Asian Businessman
- Ping Wu as Asian Businessman
- James M. Connor as Auctioneer
- Michelle L. Gardner as Realtor
- Chase Kim as Officer
- Greg Vrotsos as Prison Guard
- Bill Blair as Auction Bidder (uncredited)
- Alyssa Preston as Younger Receptionist
- Nicole Domecus as Dream Bikini Girl (uncredited)
- Cassandra Starr as Fantasy Pool Girl (uncredited)
- Tatum Miranda as Dream Girl (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 8% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 111
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 to 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 21 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 14 |
| 16 to 18 | 1 | 59 |
| 19 to 21 | 1 | 105 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 to 27 | 0 | 31 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 26 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 31 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 3 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 104 |
| 49 to 51 | 2 | 43 |
| 52 to 54 | 0 | 81 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 12 |
| 58 to 60 | 0 | 21 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 64 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 92 |
| 67 to 69 | 0 | 42 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 4 |
| 73 to 75 | 0 | 17 |
| 76 to 78 | 0 | 25 |
| 79 to 81 | 5 | 26 |
| 82 to 84 | 8 | 20 |
| 85 to 87 | 1 | 18 |
| 88 to 90 | 1 | 57 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 20 |
| 94 to 96 | 3 | 61 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 49 |
| 100 to 102 | 1 | 9 |
| 103 to 105 | 0 | 0 |
| 106 to 108 | 0 | 0 |
| 109 to 111 | 0 | 0 |
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, 2 are women's.
24 lines from women, 1078 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
17 women and 22 men in the cast. 2 women and 9 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 25 of 1,196.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 395 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 2% of the words (154), men 98% (9,416).
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
74
Exhibit E: behind the camera
2 of the 18 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 19% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Sean Anders (man)
- Written by
- John Morris (man), Sean Anders (man)
- Story by
- John Francis Daley (man), Jonathan Goldstein (man), Sean Anders (man), John Morris (man)
- Produced by
- John Rickard (man), Chris Bender (man), John Morris (man), Brett Ratner (man), Jay Stern (man)
- Shot by
- Julio Macat (man)
- Edited by
- Eric Kissack (man)
- Music by
- Christopher Lennertz (man)
- Production design by
- Clayton Hartley (man)
- Costumes by
- Carol Ramsey (woman)
- Cast by
- Rachel Tenner (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Other crew
2 women, 22 men, 5 not listed
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Sound
2 women, 20 men, 6 not listed
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Production
5 women, 10 men, 3 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
7 women, 3 men, 6 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 9 men, 6 not listed
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Art
2 women, 4 men, 4 not listed
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Directing
2 women, 4 men, 1 not listed
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Writing
0 women, 7 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 41 on average. Men: 48 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Lindsay Sloane 37, Jennifer Aniston 45
Men
Chris Pine 34, Charlie Day 38, Jason Sudeikis 39, Jason Bateman 45, Jamie Foxx 46, Kevin Spacey 55, Christoph Waltz 58, Jonathan Banks 67
Exhibit G: the money
It made 2.6 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $42 million
- Box office
- $108 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 111 scenes and 1,196 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
