Fails the Bechdel test
Hot Tub Time Machine
2010. Directed by Steve Pink, written by Josh Heald and Sean Anders and John Morris.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
18 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
Three friends on losing streaks: Adam, whose girlfriend dumped him, Nick, with a dead-end job and a cheating wife, and Lou, a suicidal alcoholic. To help Lou recover from car-exhaust poisoning, Adam and Nick, with Adam's nephew Jacob, go to a winter resort that was their old party place. It's now a dump, but the lads rally for a night of drinking in the hot tub. Somehow, the hot tub takes them back to 1986, on a fateful night for each of them. Maybe if they do everything the same way they did that night, they'll get back to the future so Jacob can be born. There are serious temptations to do things differently. Will they make it back to their sorry lives? And what about Jacob?
- Released
- 26 Mar 2010
- Genres
- Comedy, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.4 / 10
- Metascore
- 63 / 100
- Awards
- 5 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Adam 234 lines, man
- Lou 187 lines, man
- Nick 130 lines, man
- Jacob 93 lines, man
- Lily 36 lines
- Jennie 27 lines, woman
- Blaine 25 lines, man
- Tad 11 lines
- Sandy 10 lines, man
- Rick 9 lines, man
Full cast, 65 people
- John Cusack as Adam
- Craig Robinson as Nick
- Rob Corddry as Lou
- Clark Duke as Jacob
- Sebastian Stan as Blaine
- Chevy Chase as Repairman
- Crispin Glover as Phil
- Lyndsy Fonseca as Jennie
- Lizzy Caplan as April
- Collette Wolfe as Kelly
- William Zabka as Rick
- Charlie McDermott as Chaz
- Aliu Oyofo as Young Nick
- Jake Rose as Young Adam
- Brook Bennett as Young Lou
- Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe as Zoe
- Jessica Paré as Tara
- Kellee Stewart as Courtney
- Julia Maxwell as Lucy
- Geoff Gustafson as Dr. Jeff
- Austin Warren as Nick's Band Member
- Adam Sabla as Nick's Band Member
- Jocelyn C. Waugh as Nick's Band Member
- Curtis Santiago as Nick's Band Member
- Ryan Guldemond as Nick's Band Member
- Jeremy Page as Nick's Band Member
- Anthony Dallas as Nick's Band Member
- Odessa Rojen as Young Courtney
- Viv Leacock as Courtney's Dad
- Jamie Switch as Massive Cell Phone Guy
- Chad Garner as "Poison" Tribute Band - Unskinny Bop
- Donald MacDonald as "Poison" Tribute Band - Unskinny Bop
- Chad MacDonald as "Poison" Tribute Band - Unskinny Bop
- Anthony Pagni as "Poison" Tribute Band - Unskinny Bop
- Blaine Anderson as MC
- Michael Roberds as Manager
- Daren A. Herbert as Receptionist
- Megan Holmes as 'Where's the Beef' Girl
- Ecstasia Sanders as Girl at Club
- Eddie Ruttle as Beer Luge Guy
- Heathcliffe Scaddan as Beer Luge Guy
- Peter Wilson as Beer Luge Guy
- Brent Lister as Blaine's Crony
- Lars Anderson as Blaine's Crony
- Paul Dzenkiw as Blaine's Crony
- Rhys Williams as Blaine's Crony
- Amy Esterle as Hot Tub Girl
- Natalia Dawn as Hot Tub Girl
- Ava Leemet as Candy Girl
- Willy Lavendel as Fancy Ski Guy
- Crystal Tisiga as Fancy Ski Girl
- Marie West as Winterfest Bartender
- Josh Heald as Manager
- Lynda Boyd as Adam's Secretary (uncredited)
- Jacob Blair as Gunnar (uncredited)
- Rob LaBelle as Stewart (uncredited)
- Robert Wu as Mr. Wang (uncredited)
- Thomas Lennon as Customer (uncredited)
- Diora Baird as Rick's Wife (uncredited)
- Luke Ryan as Hot Tub Bear (uncredited)
- Eli Jane as Hot Tub Girl (uncredited)
- Amber Hay as Vince Neil's Video Girl (uncredited)
- Cole Carson as Guy in Kodiak Restroom (uncredited)
- Keith Roenke as Kodiak Club Guy (uncredited)
- Adrienne Rusk as Kodiak Club Girl (uncredited)
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 91
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 29 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 22 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 17 |
| 11 to 12 | 0 | 38 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 9 |
| 15 to 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 15 |
| 19 to 20 | 0 | 19 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 26 |
| 23 to 24 | 0 | 22 |
| 25 to 26 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 20 |
| 29 to 30 | 2 | 20 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 31 |
| 33 to 34 | 4 | 45 |
| 35 to 36 | 0 | 8 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 to 40 | 0 | 4 |
| 41 to 42 | 0 | 10 |
| 43 to 44 | 0 | 18 |
| 45 to 46 | 8 | 49 |
| 47 to 48 | 8 | 21 |
| 49 to 50 | 2 | 13 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 10 |
| 53 to 54 | 0 | 17 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 21 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 17 |
| 59 to 60 | 0 | 19 |
| 61 to 62 | 1 | 23 |
| 63 to 64 | 0 | 19 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 2 |
| 67 to 68 | 0 | 21 |
| 69 to 70 | 0 | 1 |
| 71 to 72 | 0 | 6 |
| 73 to 74 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 to 76 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 to 78 | 0 | 2 |
| 79 to 80 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 to 82 | 4 | 14 |
| 83 to 84 | 0 | 48 |
| 85 to 86 | 0 | 30 |
| 87 to 88 | 3 | 6 |
| 89 to 90 | 0 | 9 |
| 91 to 91 | 3 | 4 |
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.
35 lines from women, 721 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
18 women and 27 men in the cast. 2 women and 11 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 265 of 817.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 264 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 5% of the words (534), men 95% (9,716).
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
66
Exhibit E: behind the camera
2 of the 15 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 25% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Steve Pink (man)
- Written by
- Josh Heald (man), Sean Anders (man), John Morris (man)
- Story by
- Josh Heald (man)
- Produced by
- John Cusack (man), Grace Loh (gender not listed), Matt Moore (man)
- Shot by
- Jack N. Green (man)
- Edited by
- George Folsey Jr. (man), James Thomas (man)
- Music by
- Christophe Beck (man)
- Production design by
- Bob Ziembicki (man)
- Costumes by
- Dayna Pink (woman)
- Cast by
- Susie Farris (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
6 women, 27 men, 6 not listed
-
Sound
2 women, 16 men, 5 not listed
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Production
3 women, 5 men, 9 not listed
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Art
5 women, 7 men, 4 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 9 men, 7 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
9 women, 1 men, 5 not listed
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Editing
0 women, 4 men, 2 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 26 on average. Men: 40 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Lyndsy Fonseca 23, Lizzy Caplan 27, Collette Wolfe 29
Men
Clark Duke 24, Sebastian Stan 27, Craig Robinson 38, Rob Corddry 39, John Cusack 43, Crispin Glover 45, Chevy Chase 66
Exhibit G: the money
It made 1.8 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $36 million
- Box office
- $64.8 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 91 scenes and 817 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
