Passes the Bechdel test

Kin

Name: Kin
Released: 2018

2018. Directed by Jonathan Baker and Josh Baker, written by Jonathan Baker and Josh Baker and Daniel Casey.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
8 women characters. 6 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 180.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

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

The film

Co-directors Jonathan Baker and Josh Baker's sci-fi action thriller features James Franco, Zoe Kravitz, and Dennis Quaid. A young boy (Myles Truitt) finds a powerful otherworldly weapon, which he uses to save his older adoptive brother (Jack Reynor) from a crew of thugs. Before long, the two of them are also pursued by federal agents and mysterious mercenaries aiming to reclaim their asset.

Released: 31 Aug 2018
Genres: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 5.8 / 10
Metascore: 35 / 100
Awards: 4 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Jimmy 260 lines, man
Eli 124 lines, man
Milly 66 lines, woman
Hal 62 lines, man
Taylor 40 lines, man
Morgan 37 lines, woman
Jake 22 lines, man
Tall Cleaner 11 lines, man
Lee 9 lines, man
Guidance Counselor 8 lines, man

Full cast, 46 people

Myles Truitt as Eli Solinski
Jack Reynor as Jimmy Solinski
Dennis Quaid as Hal Solinski
Zoë Kravitz as Milly
James Franco as Taylor Balik
Carrie Coon as Morgan Hunter
Ian Matthews as Snick
Mark O'Brien as Jake
Gavin Fox as Dutch Balik
Stephane Garneau-Monten as Remy
Lukas Penar as Big Man
Carleigh Beverly as Audrey
Lily Gao as Female Cleaner
Michael B. Jordan as Male Cleaner
Milton Barnes as Guidance Counselor
Michael Grisley as School Bully
Khalid Karim as Hasan
Sean Fowler as Dying Cleaner
Carson Manning as On Site Guard #1
Dave Lewis as On Site Guard #2
Bree Wasylenko as Venus
Romano Orzari as Lee Jacobs
Mike Chute as Lee's Heavy
Neil Davison as Lee's Heavy
Peter Schindelhauer as Lee's Heavy
Maddy Hillis as Dancer
Kevan Kase as Bouncer
Sarah Dodd as Motel Cashier
Steve Whistance-Smith as Gas Station Cashier
Ivan Sherry as Bartender
Eli Ham as Casino Security Guard
Trent Pardy as Young Officer
Jonathan Cherry as Police Clerk
Anita Nittoly as Dispatch Officer
Jarrod MacLean as County Sheriff
Shawn J. Hamilton as TAC Leader
Amos Stern as TAC Sniper
Stella Acquisto as Reporter (uncredited)
Dave Alaimo as SSE Poker Player (uncredited)
Nolan Greenwald as Tac Team Breacher (uncredited)
Raimo Kurppa as Gambling Patron (uncredited)
Rufio Luey as TAC Trigger Man (uncredited)
Drew Moss as Taylor's Thug (uncredited)
Carlos Pinder as TAC Team Shield (uncredited)
Chris Rogers as Las Vegas Metro Police Officer (uncredited)
Ivan Wanis-Ruiz as Bellhop (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 4 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 180

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 4	0	12
5 to 8	0	5
9 to 12	0	0
13 to 16	0	0
17 to 20	0	4
21 to 24	0	35
25 to 28	0	48
29 to 32	0	0
33 to 36	0	0
37 to 40	0	9
41 to 44	0	20
45 to 48	0	16
49 to 52	0	6
53 to 56	0	17
57 to 60	0	7
61 to 64	0	13
65 to 68	0	28
69 to 72	0	1
73 to 76	0	1
77 to 80	0	5
81 to 84	0	6
85 to 88	0	20
89 to 92	0	2
93 to 96	0	12
97 to 100	2	2
101 to 104	4	20
105 to 108	19	66
109 to 112	10	9
113 to 116	24	25
117 to 120	3	5
121 to 124	10	13
125 to 128	0	5
129 to 132	0	24
133 to 136	7	17
137 to 140	2	5
141 to 144	0	1
145 to 148	6	10
149 to 152	10	17
153 to 156	2	6
157 to 160	0	13
161 to 164	2	22
165 to 168	0	5
169 to 172	1	10
173 to 176	1	8
177 to 180	9	23

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.

MILLY: ... thanks. OTHER DANCER: I’ll be back.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 16 are women's.

112 lines from women, 573 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

8 women and 31 men in the cast. 6 women and 23 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 283 of 730. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 282 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 17% of the words (1,351), men 83% (6,671). Women have 16% 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

4 of the 21 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 30% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Josh Baker (gender not listed), Jonathan Baker (man)
Written by: Daniel Casey (man), Josh Baker (gender not listed), Jonathan Baker (man)
Produced by: Jeff Arkuss (gender not listed), Dan Cohen (man), David Gross (gender not listed), Shawn Levy (man), Jesse Shapira (gender not listed)
Shot by: Larkin Seiple (man)
Edited by: Mark Day (man)
Music by: Stuart Braithwaite (gender not listed), Dominic Aitchison (gender not listed), Martin Bulloch (gender not listed), Barry Burns (man)
Production design by: Ethan Tobman (man)
Costumes by: Lea Carlson (woman)
Cast by: Rori Bergman (woman), Sara Kay (woman), Jenny Lewis (woman)