Passes the Bechdel test
It's Kind of a Funny Story
2010. Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, written by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck and Ned Vizzini.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
14 women characters. 12 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 117. -
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
Craig is a high-school junior in the gifted program, infatuated with his best friend's girl. When he realizes he's suicidal, he checks himself into the psychiatric ward of a hospital, thinking they'll do an observation, help him, and send him home in time for school the next day. Once in, however, he must stay for a week; the juvenile ward is being renovated, so he's in with adults as well as a few youths. Bobby, a man with a young daughter, shows him around; Craig notices Noelle, about his age. He tries to keep his friends from finding out where he is. He draws, goes to therapy, sings, helps Bobby rehearse an interview. Is this the stuff of insight?
- Released
- 08 Oct 2010
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 7.1 / 10
- Metascore
- 63 / 100
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Craig 463 lines, man
- Bobby 180 lines, man
- Noelle 66 lines, woman
- Dr. Minerva 61 lines, woman
- Nia 51 lines, woman
- Lynn 31 lines, woman
- Aaron 30 lines, man
- George 27 lines, man
- Johnny 26 lines, man
- Smitty 26 lines, man
Full cast, 37 people
- Keir Gilchrist as Craig
- Emma Roberts as Noelle
- Zach Galifianakis as Bobby
- Viola Davis as Eden Minerva
- Lauren Graham as Lynn
- Jim Gaffigan as George
- Zoë Kravitz as Nia
- Jeremy Davies as Smitty
- Matthew Maher as Humble
- Adrian Martinez as Johnny
- Bernard White as Muqtada
- Daniel London as Solomon
- Novella Nelson as Professor
- MacIntyre Dixon as Roger
- Aasif Mandvi as Dr. Mahmoud
- Lou Myers as Jimmy
- Thomas Mann as Aaron
- Mary Birdsong as Bobby's Ex
- Dana DeVestern as Alyssa
- Karen Chilton as Nurse Harper
- Jared Goldstein as Ronny
- Rosalyn Coleman as Monica / Under Pressure Nurse #1
- Alan Aisenberg as Scuggs
- Molly Hager as Becca
- Ato Blankson-Wood as Jennifer
- Caitlin Kinnunen as Science Geek
- Stephen Scott Scarpulla as HS Director
- Jee Young Han as HS Do-Gooder
- Leo Allen as Mr. Reynolds
- Morgan Murphy as Joanie
- Billy McFadden as Little Craig
- Susan Blommaert as HS Teacher
- Ethan Herschenfeld as Acid Head
- Ben Folstein as Neil
- Kenya Brome as Under Pressure Nurse #2
- Delia Reed as Under Pressure Nurse #3
- Stewart Steinberg as Charlie Custodian
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 2% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 117
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 22 |
| 7 to 9 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 to 12 | 3 | 21 |
| 13 to 15 | 14 | 24 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 15 |
| 19 to 21 | 1 | 21 |
| 22 to 24 | 7 | 10 |
| 25 to 27 | 10 | 11 |
| 28 to 30 | 24 | 55 |
| 31 to 33 | 1 | 5 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 5 |
| 37 to 39 | 5 | 7 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 3 |
| 43 to 45 | 2 | 4 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 5 |
| 49 to 51 | 17 | 60 |
| 52 to 54 | 23 | 74 |
| 55 to 57 | 31 | 38 |
| 58 to 60 | 8 | 14 |
| 61 to 63 | 2 | 33 |
| 64 to 66 | 1 | 2 |
| 67 to 69 | 7 | 15 |
| 70 to 72 | 5 | 8 |
| 73 to 75 | 8 | 34 |
| 76 to 78 | 0 | 16 |
| 79 to 81 | 11 | 33 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 8 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 61 |
| 88 to 90 | 12 | 25 |
| 91 to 93 | 12 | 22 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 25 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 1 |
| 100 to 102 | 10 | 20 |
| 103 to 105 | 1 | 1 |
| 106 to 108 | 30 | 38 |
| 109 to 111 | 1 | 32 |
| 112 to 114 | 1 | 34 |
| 115 to 117 | 10 | 27 |
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.
LYNN: A pleasure to meet you. NOELLE: You too.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 23 are women's.
261 lines from women, 852 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
14 women and 19 men in the cast. 12 women and 21 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
A woman speaks the first line.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 73 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 24% of the words (2,346), men 76% (7,595). Women have 23% 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
3
Two men
74
Exhibit F: behind the camera
5 of the 14 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 31% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Anna Boden (woman), Ryan Fleck (man)
- Written by
- Ryan Fleck (man), Anna Boden (woman)
- From the novel by
- Ned Vizzini (man)
- Produced by
- Ben Browning (man), Kevin Misher (man)
- Shot by
- Andrij Parekh (man)
- Edited by
- Anna Boden (woman)
- Music by
- Kevin Drew (man)
- Production design by
- Beth Mickle (woman)
- Costumes by
- Kurt Swanson (man), Bart Mueller (man)
- Cast by
- Cindy Tolan (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
2 women, 4 men, 3 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 4 men, 2 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 5 men
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Art
1 women, 1 men, 2 not listed
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Directing
2 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
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Writing
1 women, 2 men
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Other crew
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 32 on average. Men: 37 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Emma Roberts 19, Zoë Kravitz 21, Lauren Graham 43, Viola Davis 45
Men
Keir Gilchrist 18, Adrian Martinez 38, Matthew Maher 39, Zach Galifianakis 41, Jeremy Davies 41, Jim Gaffigan 44
Exhibit H: the money
It made 81% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $8 million
- Box office
- $6.5 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 117 scenes and 1,130 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
