Passes the Bechdel test
Jackie
2016. Directed by Pablo Larraín, written by Noah Oppenheim.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
17 women characters. 8 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 105. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
This movie is a portrait of one of the most important and tragic moments in American history, seen through the eyes of the iconic First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. She places us in her world during the days immediately following her husband's assassination. Known for her extraordinary dignity and poise, here we see a portrait of her as she fights to establish her husband's legacy and the world of "Camelot" that she created and loved so well.
- Released
- 02 Dec 2016
- Genres
- Biography, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.6 / 10
- Metascore
- 81 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 3 Oscars. 44 wins & 170 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Jackie 265 lines, woman
- Journalist 53 lines, man
- Bobby 51 lines
- Nancy 32 lines, woman
- Priest 31 lines, man
- Valenti 23 lines, man
- Collingswood 16 lines
- President Johnson 13 lines, man
- Walton 12 lines, man
- Hill 10 lines, man
Full cast, 79 people
- Natalie Portman as Jackie Kennedy
- Peter Sarsgaard as Robert Kennedy
- Greta Gerwig as Nancy Tuckerman
- Billy Crudup as The Journalist
- John Hurt as The Priest
- Richard E. Grant as Bill Walton
- Caspar Phillipson as John Fitzgerald Kennedy
- Beth Grant as Lady Bird Johnson
- John Carroll Lynch as Lyndon B. Johnson
- Max Casella as Jack Valenti
- Sara Verhagen as Mary Gallagher
- Hélène Kuhn as Pam Turnure
- Deborah Findlay as Maud Shaw
- Corey Johnson as Larry O'Brien
- Aidan O'Hare as Ken O' Donnell
- Ralph Brown as Dave Powers
- David Caves as Clint Hill
- Penny Downie as Janet Lee
- Georgie Glen as Rose Kennedy
- Julie Judd as Ethel Kennedy
- Peter Hudson as Admiral George Burkley
- John Paval as Dr. John Walsh
- Bill Dunn as Father John Kuhn
- Vivienne Vernes as Judge Hugues
- Craig Sechler as Governor Connally
- Rebecca Compton as Nellie Connally
- Bryan Ashby as Reporter Love Field
- David DeBoy as John Metzler
- Stéphane Höhn as Charles Collingwood
- Serge Onteniente as Charles de Gaulle
- Sunnie Pelant as Caroline Kennedy
- Aiden Weinberg as John F. Kennedy Jr.
- Brody Weinberg as John F. Kennedy Jr.
- Roland Pidoux as Pablo Casals
- Emmanuel Herault as Robert McNamara
- William Beaux d'Albenas as Hugh Auchincloss
- Nicolas Guigou as James Auchincloss
- David Friszman as Jack Brooks
- Chloé Berthier as Toni Bradlee
- Eric Soubelet as Benjamin Bradlee
- Gaspard Koenig as Ted Kennedy
- Mathilde Ripley as Joan Bennett Kennedy
- Barbara Foliot as Pat Kennedy
- Albain Venzo as Peter Lawford
- Frédérique Adler as Eunice Kennedy Shriver
- Patrick Hamel as Sargent Shriver
- Benjamin Loeh as Kennedy Family Member
- Jeff Moore as Secret Service Agent
- Marla Aaron Wapner as Dallas Kennedy Fan
- Nathan Ferguson as Kennedy Family
- Lindsay Dyan Epp as Mourner
- Yann Bean as Air Force Officer
- Eric Supensky as Sargeant Shiver
- John Mitchell as Dallas Police Officer
- Alejandro Chamorro as General McHugh
- Dan Mendel as JFK Fan
- Don Whatley as Secret Service Limo Driver
- Stephanie Cookie Carson as Mourner
- Chaz Riddle as Mover
- Sarah Middlemiss as Mourner
- Kahil Dotay as Airport Worker #1
- Loretta Burnette as Mourner
- George Kardulias as Mourner with 8mm Movie Camera
- Kayla Anderson as Mourner / Townsperson
- Chrisdine King as Joan Kennedy
- Grégoire Foessel as Death Watch Guard
- Denise Basile as Eunice Kennedy Shriver
- Stephen L. Kolb as Greek Orthodox Archbishop Iakovos
- Rick Burk as Secret Service Agent
- Jay Bush II as General Earle Wheeler
- Robert E Thompson as Dallas Reporter
- Dawn Lucajko as Kennedy family mourner
- Richard Allen Cramer as Mourner (uncredited)
- Maya Nalli as Mourner
- Ken Starcevic as Ambulance Driver
- Ian McCleary as Reporter #2
- Justin Schweiger as Secret Service #1
- Lee Harvey Oswald as Self (archive Footage)
- Matt C Ritter as News Photographer (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 15% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 105
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 to 6 | 25 | 15 |
| 7 to 9 | 10 | 4 |
| 10 to 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 to 15 | 9 | 5 |
| 16 to 18 | 5 | 5 |
| 19 to 21 | 19 | 25 |
| 22 to 24 | 21 | 4 |
| 25 to 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 to 30 | 14 | 11 |
| 31 to 33 | 25 | 8 |
| 34 to 36 | 14 | 3 |
| 37 to 39 | 9 | 8 |
| 40 to 42 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 to 45 | 3 | 1 |
| 46 to 48 | 28 | 14 |
| 49 to 51 | 23 | 5 |
| 52 to 54 | 24 | 12 |
| 55 to 57 | 1 | 1 |
| 58 to 60 | 2 | 1 |
| 61 to 63 | 22 | 9 |
| 64 to 66 | 10 | 0 |
| 67 to 69 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 to 72 | 21 | 20 |
| 73 to 75 | 8 | 3 |
| 76 to 78 | 1 | 0 |
| 79 to 81 | 3 | 0 |
| 82 to 84 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 to 87 | 2 | 0 |
| 88 to 90 | 3 | 2 |
| 91 to 93 | 3 | 1 |
| 94 to 96 | 5 | 6 |
| 97 to 99 | 5 | 8 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 1 |
| 103 to 105 | 1 | 0 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scene
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
NANCY: Mrs. Kennedy? JACKIE: Are the children awake? NANCY: They're playing in Caroline's room. JACKIE: How do I do this?
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 65 are women's.
320 lines from women, 172 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
17 women and 30 men in the cast. 8 women and 13 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 3 of 580.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 20 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 68% of the words (4,203), men 32% (2,007). Women have 65% 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
13
Two men
2
Exhibit F: behind the camera
5 of the 19 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 33% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Pablo Larraín (man)
- Written by
- Noah Oppenheim (man)
- Produced by
- Scott Franklin (man), Juan de Dios Larraín (man), Darren Aronofsky (man), Mickey Liddell (man), Ari Handel (man), Pascal Caucheteux (man) and 2 more
- Shot by
- Stéphane Fontaine (man)
- Edited by
- Sebastián Sepúlveda (man)
- Music by
- Mica Levi (non-binary) (non-binary)
- Production design by
- Jean Rabasse (man)
- Costumes by
- Madeline Fontaine (woman)
- Cast by
- Lindsay Graham Ahanonu (woman), Jessica Kelly (woman), Mary Vernieu (woman), Mathilde Snodgrass (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
0 women, 13 men, 15 not listed
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Production
9 women, 8 men, 8 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
5 women, 2 men, 12 not listed
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Art
2 women, 4 men, 9 not listed
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Camera
2 women, 4 men, 8 not listed
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Sound
4 women, 7 men, 1 non-binary, 1 not listed
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Visual Effects
1 women, 4 men, 1 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 1 men, 4 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Non-binary
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 45 on average. Men: 54 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Greta Gerwig 33, Natalie Portman 35, Beth Grant 67
Men
Peter Sarsgaard 45, Caspar Phillipson 45, Billy Crudup 48, Max Casella 49, John Carroll Lynch 53, Richard E. Grant 59, John Hurt 76
Exhibit H: the money
It made 1.6 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $9 million
- Box office
- $14 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 105 scenes and 580 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
