Passes the Bechdel test

Juno

Name: Juno
Released: 2007

2007. Directed by Jason Reitman, written by Diablo Cody.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
18 women characters. 10 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 12 scenes out of 118.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

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

The film

A tale told over four seasons, starting in autumn when Juno, a 16-year-old high-school junior in Minnesota, discovers she's pregnant after one event in a chair with her best friend, Bleeker. In the waiting room of an abortion clinic, the quirky and whip-sharp Juno decides to give birth and to place the child with an adoptive couple. She finds one in the PennySaver personals, contacts them, tells her dad and step-mother, and carries on with school. The chosen parents, upscale yuppies (one of whom is cool and laid back, the other meticulous and uptight), meet Juno, sign papers, and the year unfolds. Will Juno's plan work, can she improvise, and what about Bleeker?

Released: 25 Dec 2007
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 7.4 / 10
Metascore: 81 / 100
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 90 wins & 101 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Juno 343 lines, woman
Mark 124 lines, man
Vanessa 82 lines, woman
Bleeker 69 lines, man
Leah 58 lines, woman
Mac 49 lines, man
Bren 37 lines, woman
Ultrasound Tech 11 lines, woman
Bleeker'S Mom 9 lines, woman
Gerta 8 lines, woman

Full cast, 30 people

Elliot Page as Juno MacGuff
Michael Cera as Paulie Bleeker
Jennifer Garner as Vanessa Loring
Jason Bateman as Mark Loring
J.K. Simmons as Mac MacGuff
Allison Janney as Bren MacGuff
Olivia Thirlby as Leah
Eileen Pedde as Gerta Rauss
Rainn Wilson as Rollo
Daniel Clark as Steve Rendazo
Darla Fay as Bleeker's Mom
Aman Johal as Vijay
Valerie Tian as Su-Chin
Emily Perkins as Punk Receptionist
Kaaren de Zilva as Ultrasound Technician
Steven Christopher Parker as Guy Lab Partner
Candice King as Amanda, Girl Lab Partner
Sierra Pitkin as Liberty Bell
Cut Chemist as Chemistry Teacher
Eve Harlow as Tough Girl
Kirsten Alter as Nurse
Emily Tennant as Pretty-to-Goth Girl
Ashley Whillans as Katrina De Voort
Jeff Witzke as Track Announcer
Colin McSween as Keith
Peggy Logan as Sex Ed Teacher
Cameron Bright as RPG Nerd
Joy Galmut as Delivery Room Doctor
Wendy Russell as Vanessa's Friend #1
Robyn Ross as Vanessa's Friend #2

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 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 118

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	2	0
4 to 6	8	5
7 to 9	2	2
10 to 12	24	0
13 to 15	4	0
16 to 18	11	11
19 to 21	4	3
22 to 24	17	11
25 to 27	3	1
28 to 30	3	0
31 to 33	15	2
34 to 36	37	0
37 to 39	46	19
40 to 42	3	1
43 to 45	38	16
46 to 48	16	15
49 to 51	3	4
52 to 54	15	8
55 to 57	2	15
58 to 60	31	0
61 to 63	27	26
64 to 66	34	14
67 to 69	19	0
70 to 72	4	2
73 to 75	17	17
76 to 78	39	0
79 to 81	0	2
82 to 84	29	5
85 to 87	14	13
88 to 90	44	37
91 to 93	0	0
94 to 96	0	0
97 to 99	8	6
100 to 102	12	14
103 to 105	15	14
106 to 108	5	0
109 to 111	14	2
112 to 114	2	1
115 to 117	2	0
118 to 118	4	4

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scenes

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

JUNO: I have no idea how to spit this out. BREN: Hon, did you get expelled? JUNO: No. The school would probably contact you in the event of my expulsion. BREN: Well, I was just asking. It seemed plausible.

JUNO: The baby? I don't know anything about it yet. I only know it's got fingernails, allegedly. BREN: Nails? Really?

JUNO: Yeah, well, there's this couple who've been trying to have a baby for five years. LEAH: We found them in the Penny Saver by the exotic birds section. JUNO: But they have a real lawyer and everything. I'm going to meet with them next weekend. BREN: Junebug, that is a tough, tough thing to do. Probably tougher than you can understand right now.

VANESSA: Can I take your coats? JUNO: Sure. JUNO: Wicked pic in the Penny Saver, by the way. Super classy. Not like those other people with the fake woods in the background. Like I'm really … VANESSA: You found us in the Penny Saver?

JUNO: Geeeerta Rauuuss! GERTA: Nice to meet you.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 68 are women's.

573 lines from women, 270 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

18 women and 11 men in the cast. 10 women and 11 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 14 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 71% of the words (6,950), men 29% (2,792). Women have 68% 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

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

6 of the 13 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 28% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Jason Reitman (man)
Written by: Diablo Cody (woman)
Produced by: Lianne Halfon (woman), Mason Novick (man), Russell Smith (man), John Malkovich (man)
Shot by: Eric Steelberg (man)
Edited by: Dana E. Glauberman (woman)
Music by: Mateo Messina (man)
Production design by: Steve Saklad (man)
Costumes by: Monique Prudhomme (woman)
Cast by: Mindy Marin (woman), Kara Lipson (woman)