Fails the Bechdel test

Jojo Rabbit

Name: Jojo Rabbit
Released: 2019

2019. Directed by Taika Waititi, written by Christine Leunens and Taika Waititi.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

1 / 3

Fails

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

Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.

The film

A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a young Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie) in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler (Taika Waititi), Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.

Released: 08 Nov 2019
Genres: Comedy, Drama, War
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 7.9 / 10
Metascore: 58 / 100
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 53 wins & 191 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Jojo 409 lines, man
Elsa 180 lines, woman
Adolf 82 lines, man
Frau Betzler 76 lines, woman
Klenzendorf 65 lines, man
Yorki 51 lines, man
Deertz 28 lines, man
Finkel 14 lines, man
Secretary 10 lines, woman
Christoph 8 lines, man

Full cast, 31 people

Roman Griffin Davis as Jojo
Thomasin McKenzie as Elsa
Scarlett Johansson as Rosie
Taika Waititi as Adolf
Sam Rockwell as Captain Klenzendorf
Rebel Wilson as Fraulein Rahm
Alfie Allen as Finkel
Stephen Merchant as Deertz
Archie Yates as Yorki
Luke Brandon Field as Christoph
Sam Haygarth as Hans
Stanislav Callas as Russian Soldier
Joe Weintraub as Herr Junker
Brian Caspe as Herr Mueller
Gabriel Andrews as Herr Klum
Billy Rayner as Herr Frosch
Christian Howlings as Bazooka Boy
Gilby Griffin Davis as Clone
Hardy Griffin Davis as Clone
Curtis Matthew as Doctor
Robert East as Herr Grusch
James McVan as American Soldier (uncredited)
Judith Georgi as German Translator (uncredited)
Victoria Hogan as Woman (uncredited)
Bethany Adams as Secretary (uncredited)
Iva Šindelková as Postwoman (uncredited)
Matej Seifert as Soldier (uncredited)
Trish Osmond as Old Woman (uncredited)
Odeta Cali as Gestapo Secretary (uncredited)
Samuel Bogner as Hitlerjugend (uncredited)
Issy Stewart as Kissing Girl (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 3% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 86

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 2	0	2
3 to 4	0	21
5 to 6	4	22
7 to 8	0	41
9 to 10	1	20
11 to 12	8	9
13 to 14	4	4
15 to 16	8	24
17 to 18	1	3
19 to 20	0	15
21 to 22	13	25
23 to 24	1	3
25 to 26	0	20
27 to 28	0	0
29 to 30	8	8
31 to 32	7	4
33 to 34	0	1
35 to 36	22	44
37 to 38	13	20
39 to 40	38	37
41 to 42	8	2
43 to 44	1	2
45 to 46	0	1
47 to 48	6	7
49 to 50	13	11
51 to 52	19	16
53 to 54	22	21
55 to 56	0	58
57 to 58	2	16
59 to 60	15	15
61 to 62	2	3
63 to 64	13	51
65 to 66	5	7
67 to 68	0	11
69 to 70	0	0
71 to 72	10	8
73 to 74	2	2
75 to 76	0	28
77 to 78	2	7
79 to 80	15	13
81 to 82	1	29
83 to 84	13	45
85 to 86	1	3

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, 29 are women's.

278 lines from women, 679 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit B: who's in it

10 women and 21 men in the cast. 5 women and 14 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 27 of 984. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 88 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 28% of the words (3,163), men 72% (8,308). Women have 29% 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

4 of the 13 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 22% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Taika Waititi (man)
Written by: Taika Waititi (man)
From the novel by: Christine Leunens (woman)
Produced by: Taika Waititi (man), Carthew Neal (gender not listed), Chelsea Winstanley (woman)
Shot by: Mihai Malaimare Jr. (man)
Edited by: Tom Eagles (man)
Music by: Michael Giacchino (man)
Production design by: Ra Vincent (man)
Costumes by: Mayes C. Rubeo (woman)
Cast by: Des Hamilton (man), Maya Kvetny (woman)