Fails the Bechdel test
Jockey
2022. Directed by Clint Bentley, written by Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
0 / 3
Fails
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No
1. At least two women
Fewer than two women characters. -
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
An aging jockey aims for a final championship, when a rookie rider arrives claiming to be his son.
- Released
- 01 May 2022
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.3 / 10
- Metascore
- 77 / 100
- Awards
- 5 wins & 15 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Jackson 281 lines, man
- Ruth 116 lines, woman
- Gabriel 93 lines, man
- Leo 23 lines, man
- Scott 13 lines, man
- Ana 12 lines
- Jerry Meyer 11 lines, man
- Ronnie 10 lines
- Willie 9 lines, man
- Mike 6 lines
Full cast, 13 people
- Clifton Collins Jr. as Jackson Silva
- Moisés Arias as Gabriel Boullait
- Molly Parker as Ruth Wilkes
- Logan Cormier as Leo Brock
- Vincent Francia as Ronnie Langford
- Danny Garcia as Benny Hernandez IV
- Marlon St. Julien as Marlon St. Julien
- Ryan Barber as Jockey
- Martin Bourdieu as Jockey
- Akio Kato as Jockey
- Richard Lull as Jockey
- Scott Stevens as Jockey
- John Shumaker as Pastor John
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 6% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 71
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 3 to 4 | 23 | 19 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 to 12 | 8 | 7 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 45 |
| 15 to 16 | 11 | 11 |
| 17 to 18 | 9 | 8 |
| 19 to 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 11 |
| 23 to 24 | 0 | 25 |
| 25 to 26 | 0 | 13 |
| 27 to 28 | 12 | 9 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 8 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 32 |
| 35 to 36 | 0 | 11 |
| 37 to 38 | 14 | 24 |
| 39 to 40 | 0 | 1 |
| 41 to 42 | 0 | 21 |
| 43 to 44 | 2 | 2 |
| 45 to 46 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 to 48 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 to 50 | 24 | 34 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 to 54 | 0 | 25 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 3 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 13 |
| 59 to 60 | 0 | 20 |
| 61 to 62 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 to 64 | 12 | 10 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 21 |
| 67 to 68 | 0 | 23 |
| 69 to 70 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 to 71 | 0 | 1 |
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, 21 are women's.
116 lines from women, 436 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
1 women and 5 men in the cast. 1 women and 3 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 16 of 589.
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 19% of the words (1,119), men 81% (4,912). Women have 21% 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
0
Two men
27
Exhibit E: behind the camera
1 of the 12 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 24% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Clint Bentley (man)
- Written by
- Greg Kwedar (man), Clint Bentley (man)
- Produced by
- Clint Bentley (man), Nancy Schafer (woman), Greg Kwedar (man)
- Shot by
- Adolpho Veloso (man)
- Edited by
- Parker Laramie (man)
- Music by
- Aaron Dessner (man), Bryce Dessner (man)
- Production design by
- Gui Marini (man)
- Costumes by
- Jessica Wenger (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
-
Production
6 women, 9 men, 4 not listed
-
Sound
0 women, 3 men
-
Art
0 women, 2 men
-
Writing
0 women, 2 men
-
Camera
0 women, 1 men
-
Costume & Make-Up
0 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
-
Directing
0 women, 1 men
-
Editing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 49 on average. Men: 46 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Molly Parker 49
Men
Moisés Arias 27, Clifton Collins Jr. 51, Akio Kato 61
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 71 scenes and 589 lines of dialogue. How the test works
