Fails the Bechdel test

Jimmy and Judy

Name: Jimmy and Judy
Released: 2006

2006. Directed by Randall Rubin and Jonathan Schroder, written by Randall Rubin and Jonathan Schroder.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

1 / 3

Fails

Yes 1. At least two women
5 women characters. 4 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

Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.

The film

In the Kentucky suburbs of Cincinnati, social misfit Jimmy Wright always has his video camera - at his psychiatrist's, spying on his parents in their bedroom, and watching high-school senior, Judy Oaks-Kellen. He rescues Judy from a teacher and students who tease and torment her, and showing her his video tape of revenge kick-starts their friendship, which is soon in an overdrive of romance, sex, and pleasure. Jimmy is in and out of mental institutions, and before long, he and Judy are on the run. Cocaine, guns, and a commune of other misfits figure in their flight. How far can their love take them? It's all on video.

Released: 05 Feb 2006
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Rated: R
IMDb: 5.8 / 10
Awards: 1 win total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Jimmy 380 lines, man
Judy 321 lines, woman
Dinko 29 lines, man
Buddy 26 lines, man
Uncle Rodney 22 lines, man
Prostitute 15 lines, woman
Dr. Walters 13 lines, man
Jimmy'S Dad 13 lines, man
Elvis 11 lines, man
Jimmy'S Mom 11 lines, woman

Full cast, 17 people

Edward Furlong as Jimmy Wright
Rachael Bella as Judy
William Sadler as Uncle Rodney
Chaney Kley as Dinko
A.J. Buckley as Buddy
James Eckhouse as Jimmy's Dad
Jane Leigh Connelly as Hazel
Patrick Bristow as Dr. Walters
Lindsay Beamish as Connie
Randall Rubin as Elvis Impersonator
Gay Storm as Jimmy's Mom
Gregory Patrick Agnew as Judy's Father
Tamara Hopkins as Judy's Mom
Bobbi Burton as Mrs. Ambrose
Nicole Randall Johnson as Prostitute
Shana Rae as Naked Girl
Rob Wilds as Grocery Store Manager

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 1% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 68

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 2	0	1
3 to 4	0	5
5 to 6	15	18
7 to 8	0	0
9 to 10	4	3
11 to 12	15	11
13 to 14	0	3
15 to 16	5	5
17 to 18	1	17
19 to 20	12	12
21 to 22	46	51
23 to 24	6	5
25 to 26	12	17
27 to 28	24	26
29 to 30	15	17
31 to 32	10	13
33 to 34	12	7
35 to 36	41	54
37 to 38	16	12
39 to 40	24	54
41 to 42	2	15
43 to 44	1	1
45 to 46	0	3
47 to 48	4	4
49 to 50	7	11
51 to 52	18	14
53 to 54	11	22
55 to 56	0	3
57 to 58	3	6
59 to 60	11	20
61 to 62	5	27
63 to 64	5	8
65 to 66	3	11
67 to 68	25	35

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, 41 are women's.

353 lines from women, 511 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit B: who's in it

5 women and 7 men in the cast. 4 women and 7 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 8 of 871. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 19 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 32% of the words (2,671), men 68% (5,709). Women have 41% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.

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

Two men

Exhibit E: behind the camera

None of the 10 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 0% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Randall Rubin (gender not listed), Jon Schroder (gender not listed)
Written by: Randall Rubin (gender not listed), Jon Schroder (gender not listed)
Produced by: Randall Rubin (gender not listed), Gregory Scanlan (gender not listed), Ed Sanders (man), Jonathan Schroder (gender not listed)
Shot by: Ben Kufrin (man)
Production design by: Will Benson (gender not listed)