Passes the Bechdel test
Hustlers
2019. Directed by Lorene Scafaria, written by Lorene Scafaria and Jessica Pressler.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
29 women characters. 25 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 36 scenes out of 209. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
Inspired by the viral New York Magazine article, "Hustlers" follows a crew of savvy former strip-club employees who band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.
- Released
- 13 Sep 2019
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.3 / 10
- Metascore
- 79 / 100
- Awards
- 25 wins & 79 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Destiny 228 lines, woman
- Ramona 218 lines, woman
- Mercedes 35 lines, woman
- Elizabeth 29 lines, woman
- Annabelle 20 lines, woman
- Stephen 16 lines, man
- Mom 14 lines, woman
- Doug 13 lines, man
- Destiny’S Grandmother 11 lines, woman
- Detective #2 11 lines
Full cast, 59 people
- Constance Wu as Destiny
- Jennifer Lopez as Ramona Vega
- Julia Stiles as Elizabeth
- Keke Palmer as Mercedes
- Lili Reinhart as Annabelle
- Mercedes Ruehl as Mother
- Cardi B as Diamond
- Lizzo as Liz
- Mette as Justice
- Madeline Brewer as Dawn
- Trace Lysette as Tracey
- Wai Ching Ho as Destiny’s Grandmother
- Emma Batiz as 12-Year-Old Juliet
- Vanessa Aspillaga as Manuela
- Jay Oakerson as DJ
- Marcy Richardson as Star
- G-Eazy as Johnny
- Konstantine Drakopoulos as Manager
- Dov Davidoff as Manager
- Brandon Keener as Alpha
- Devin Ratray as Stephen
- Usher as Himself
- Cate Smit as Interviewer
- Kristina Asriyan as Russian Stripper
- Alisa Ermolaev as Russian Stripper
- Frank Whaley as Reese
- Jacqueline Frances as Jackie
- Alex Breaux as Stockbroker
- Pamela Stewart as Reserved Woman
- Jon Glaser as Mark
- Grant MacDermott as Cool Guy
- Rhys Coiro as Spencer
- Mike Keller as Strait-Laced Man
- Gianmarco Soresi as Man in Glasses
- Zac Jaffee as Gary
- Ed Herbstman as Architect
- Ashley Neal as Georgia
- Georgia X. Lifsher as Crystal
- Hannah Weir as Trixie
- Stormi Maya as Angel
- Scarlett Sher as Lily
- Randi Kaplan as Woman on Cell
- Kersti Bryan as Amy
- Steven Boyer as Doug
- Mario Polit as Detective Hernandez
- Paul Nielsen as Detective Hunter
- Peter O'Connor as Hotel Guy
- Agatha Christine Celleri as 9-Year-Old Juliet
- John Palladino as Wall Street Guy
- John Forte as Middle Tier Guy
- Zachery Byrd as Bottom Tier Broker
- Momo Judy Ave as Dark-Haired Stripper
- Tia Barr as Talia (uncredited)
- Doris McCarthy as Bar Patron (uncredited)
- Ken Holmes as Broker (uncredited)
- David Wenzel as Shit Faced Guy (uncredited)
- Jack A. O'Connell as Sergeant
- Leonys Delossantos as Rodrigo (uncredited)
- Leonard Zimmerman as Diner Guy (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 5 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 209
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 to 10 | 5 | 10 |
| 11 to 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 to 20 | 32 | 1 |
| 21 to 25 | 48 | 0 |
| 26 to 30 | 7 | 0 |
| 31 to 35 | 11 | 1 |
| 36 to 40 | 24 | 0 |
| 41 to 45 | 21 | 9 |
| 46 to 50 | 4 | 0 |
| 51 to 55 | 5 | 0 |
| 56 to 60 | 9 | 1 |
| 61 to 65 | 21 | 7 |
| 66 to 70 | 16 | 5 |
| 71 to 75 | 23 | 0 |
| 76 to 80 | 15 | 9 |
| 81 to 85 | 12 | 1 |
| 86 to 90 | 7 | 2 |
| 91 to 95 | 28 | 2 |
| 96 to 100 | 30 | 3 |
| 101 to 105 | 16 | 0 |
| 106 to 110 | 1 | 0 |
| 111 to 115 | 10 | 0 |
| 116 to 120 | 26 | 1 |
| 121 to 125 | 9 | 0 |
| 126 to 130 | 64 | 0 |
| 131 to 135 | 12 | 0 |
| 136 to 140 | 10 | 0 |
| 141 to 145 | 13 | 0 |
| 146 to 150 | 30 | 0 |
| 151 to 155 | 12 | 0 |
| 156 to 160 | 4 | 0 |
| 161 to 165 | 22 | 0 |
| 166 to 170 | 7 | 4 |
| 171 to 175 | 4 | 5 |
| 176 to 180 | 7 | 7 |
| 181 to 185 | 9 | 1 |
| 186 to 190 | 2 | 0 |
| 191 to 195 | 3 | 0 |
| 196 to 200 | 2 | 0 |
| 201 to 205 | 31 | 0 |
| 206 to 209 | 4 | 1 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
JUSTICE: Hey you got a safety pin? DESTINY JUSTICE: No, sorry-- Where’s Mom? Mom??
DESTINY: Anybody wanna dance? DESTINY: Hey, you wanna-- DESTINY: Ow! DIAMOND: Back off, bitch!
RAMONA: ... of course you know the basics. RAMONA: You got the carousel... the fireman... front-hook... ankle- hook... stag... reverse stag... peter pan... superman... you could try the sciss… DESTINY: Jesus Christ. RAMONA: There it is.
RAMONA: You know Diamond from the Bronx? DIAMOND: Boogie Down heyyyyyy.
RAMONA: I said are we gonna make some fucking money tonight?! RAMONA: Tracy? Have you met Destiny? DESTINY TRACY: Hey. You’re from Queens? DESTINY: Kew Gardens.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 89 are women's.
619 lines from women, 80 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
29 women and 27 men in the cast. 25 women and 16 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 6 of 751.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 12 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 89% of the words (6,017), men 11% (769).
Exhibit E: the test the other way
Run the other way, for men, the film scores 2 out of 3.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
70
Two men
2
Exhibit F: behind the camera
8 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 47% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Lorene Scafaria (woman)
- Written by
- Lorene Scafaria (woman)
- Produced by
- Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas (woman), Will Ferrell (man), Benny Medina (man), Jennifer Lopez (woman), Jessica Elbaum (woman), Adam McKay (man)
- Shot by
- Todd Banhazl (man)
- Edited by
- Kayla Emter (woman)
- Production design by
- Jane Musky (woman)
- Costumes by
- Mitchell Travers (gender not listed)
- Cast by
- Gayle Keller (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Sound
5 women, 17 men, 6 not listed
-
Production
17 women, 7 men, 2 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 3 men, 13 not listed
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Camera
4 women, 6 men, 3 not listed
-
Art
5 women, 4 men, 2 not listed
-
Other crew
1 women, 7 men, 2 not listed
-
Directing
3 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
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Visual Effects
1 women, 1 men, 2 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 36 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Lili Reinhart 22, Keke Palmer 26, Cardi B 26, Madeline Brewer 27, Mette 28, Lizzo 31, Constance Wu 37, Julia Stiles 38, Jennifer Lopez 50, Mercedes Ruehl 71
Exhibit H: the money
It made 7.9 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $20 million
- Box office
- $158 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 209 scenes and 751 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
