Passes the Bechdel test
Hot Fuzz
2007. Directed by Edgar Wright, written by Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
10 women characters. 14 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 152. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
Top London cop PC Nicholas Angel is good. Too good. To stop the rest of his team looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford. He is paired with Danny Butterman, who endlessly questions him on the action lifestyle. Everything seems quiet for Angel until two actors are found decapitated. It is called an accident, but Angel won't accept that, especially when more and more people turn up dead. Angel and Danny clash with everyone while they try to uncover the truth behind the mystery of the apparent "accidents".
- Released
- 20 Apr 2007
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Mystery
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.8 / 10
- Metascore
- 81 / 100
- Awards
- 2 wins & 9 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Angel 519 lines, man
- Danny 231 lines, man
- Frank 90 lines, man
- Skinner 58 lines, man
- Wainwright 39 lines, man
- Weaver 36 lines, man
- Cartwright 28 lines, man
- Fisher 27 lines, man
- Sergeant 23 lines
- Desk Sergeant 17 lines, man
Full cast, 55 people
- Simon Pegg as Nicholas Angel
- Nick Frost as PC Danny Butterman
- Jim Broadbent as Inspector Frank Butterman
- Paddy Considine as DS Andy Wainwright
- Rafe Spall as DC Andy Cartwright
- Kevin Eldon as Sergeant Tony Fisher
- Olivia Colman as PC Doris Thatcher
- Bill Bailey as Sergeant Turner
- Karl Johnson as PC Bob Walker
- Timothy Dalton as Simon Skinner
- Edward Woodward as Tom Weaver
- Billie Whitelaw as Joyce Cooper
- Stuart Wilson as Dr. Robin Hatcher
- Paul Freeman as Rev. Philip Shooter
- Rory McCann as Michael Armstrong
- Kenneth Cranham as James Reaper
- Maria Charles as Mrs. Reaper
- Peter Wight as Roy Porter
- Julia Deakin as Mary Porter
- Eric Mason as Bernard Cooper
- Trevor Nichols as Greg Prosser
- Elizabeth Elvin as Sheree Prosser
- Patricia Franklin as Annette Roper
- Lorraine Hilton as Amanda Paver
- Tim Barlow as Mr. Treacher
- Anne Reid as Leslie Tiller
- Adam Buxton as Tim Messenger
- David Threlfall as Martin Blower
- Lucy Punch as Eve Draper
- David Bradley as Arthur Webley
- Ron Cook as George Merchant
- Alice Lowe as Tina
- Martin Freeman as Met Sergeant
- Bill Nighy as Met Chief Inspector
- Stephen Merchant as Peter Ian Staker
- Ben McKay as Peter Cocker
- Robert Popper as 'Not' Janine
- Joe Cornish as Bob
- Chris Waitt as Dave
- Colin Michael Carmichael as Heston Services Clerk
- Tom Strode Walton as Underage Drinker #1
- Troy Woollan as Underage Drinker #2
- Rory Lowings as Underage Drinker #3
- Nicholas Wilson as Butcher Brother
- Kevin Wilson as Butcher Brother
- Graham Low as The Living Statue
- Alexander King as Aaron A. Aaronson
- Cate Blanchett as Janine (uncredited)
- Steve Coogan as Metropolitan Police Inspector (uncredited)
- Peter Jackson as Thief Dressed as Father Christmas (uncredited)
- Garth Jennings as Crack Addict (uncredited)
- Edgar Wright as Shelf Stacker / Voice of Dave (uncredited)
- Lesley Wright as Village of The Year Judge (uncredited)
- Peter Wild as Village of The Year Judge (uncredited)
- Gillian Rosemary Smith as Village of The Year Judge (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 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 152
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 to 8 | 15 | 49 |
| 9 to 12 | 8 | 7 |
| 13 to 16 | 7 | 21 |
| 17 to 20 | 0 | 14 |
| 21 to 24 | 0 | 22 |
| 25 to 28 | 3 | 112 |
| 29 to 32 | 1 | 19 |
| 33 to 36 | 2 | 38 |
| 37 to 40 | 3 | 16 |
| 41 to 44 | 1 | 40 |
| 45 to 48 | 1 | 33 |
| 49 to 52 | 2 | 68 |
| 53 to 56 | 2 | 37 |
| 57 to 60 | 2 | 79 |
| 61 to 64 | 1 | 60 |
| 65 to 68 | 0 | 21 |
| 69 to 72 | 0 | 28 |
| 73 to 76 | 0 | 4 |
| 77 to 80 | 1 | 62 |
| 81 to 84 | 1 | 67 |
| 85 to 88 | 0 | 24 |
| 89 to 92 | 0 | 42 |
| 93 to 96 | 9 | 9 |
| 97 to 100 | 3 | 36 |
| 101 to 104 | 1 | 34 |
| 105 to 108 | 1 | 19 |
| 109 to 112 | 0 | 4 |
| 113 to 116 | 8 | 70 |
| 117 to 120 | 0 | 20 |
| 121 to 124 | 0 | 7 |
| 125 to 128 | 0 | 5 |
| 129 to 132 | 0 | 1 |
| 133 to 136 | 1 | 16 |
| 137 to 140 | 3 | 37 |
| 141 to 144 | 1 | 24 |
| 145 to 148 | 0 | 21 |
| 149 to 152 | 3 | 14 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scene
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
EVE DRAPER: Poison? Drunk all and not one drop to help me after? I’ll kiss thy lips. Happly some poison doth yet hang on them. JOYCE COOPER: She’s ever so good.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 6 are women's.
80 lines from women, 1180 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
10 women and 35 men in the cast. 14 women and 35 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 86 of 1,358.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 110 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 8% of the words (904), men 92% (10,249). Women have 6% of the lines, so their lines run longer 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
1
Two men
122
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 22% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Edgar Wright (man)
- Written by
- Edgar Wright (man), Simon Pegg (man)
- Produced by
- Tim Bevan (man), Eric Fellner (man), Nira Park (woman)
- Shot by
- Jess Hall (man)
- Edited by
- Chris Dickens (man)
- Music by
- David Arnold (man)
- Production design by
- Marcus Rowland (man)
- Costumes by
- Annie Hardinge (woman)
- Cast by
- Nina Gold (woman), Robert Sterne (man)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
2 women, 10 men, 2 not listed
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Production
4 women, 4 men, 4 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 8 men, 1 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 1 men, 6 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 2 men, 6 not listed
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Art
1 women, 4 men, 1 not listed
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Other crew
2 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 3 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 33 on average. Men: 44 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Olivia Colman 33
Men
Rafe Spall 23, Paddy Considine 33, Nick Frost 34, Simon Pegg 37, Bill Bailey 43, Kevin Eldon 47, Jim Broadbent 57, Karl Johnson 58, Timothy Dalton 60
Exhibit H: the money
It made 6.7 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $12 million
- Box office
- $80.6 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 152 scenes and 1,358 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
