Passes the Bechdel test

Labor Day

Name: Labor Day
Released: 2014

2014. Directed by Jason Reitman, written by Jason Reitman and Joyce Maynard.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
14 women characters. 12 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 280.
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

A depressed mother's husband has left her for she could not bear a second child. Living alone with her only son, she has an unlikely meeting with an injured escaped convict, and reluctantly takes him into her own care. The man proves to be better than his criminal image as the three bond over Labor Day weekend. The only problem? Everyone in town is looking for him.

Released: 31 Jan 2014
Genres: Crime, Drama, Romance
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 6.9 / 10
Metascore: 52 / 100
Awards: 7 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Frank 205 lines, man
Henry 187 lines, man
Adele 179 lines, woman
Adult Henry 105 lines, man
Eleanor 64 lines, woman
Evelyn 28 lines, woman
Gerald 22 lines, man
Officer Treadwell 20 lines, man
Mr. Jervis 15 lines, man
Teller 11 lines, woman

Full cast, 41 people

Kate Winslet as Adele
Josh Brolin as Frank
Gattlin Griffith as Henry
Tobey Maguire as Adult Henry
Tom Lipinski as Young Frank
Maika Monroe as Mandy
Clark Gregg as Gerald
James Van Der Beek as Officer Treadwell
J.K. Simmons as Mr. Jervis
Brooke Smith as Evelyn
Brighid Fleming as Eleanor
Alexie Gilmore as Marjorie
Lucas Hedges as Richard
Micah Fowler as Barry
Chandra Thomas as Bank Teller
Matthew Rauch as Bank Manager
Doug Trapp as Grocer
Kate Geller as Shopper
Ed Moran as Prosecutor
Sam Rush as Bowling Manager
James Chen as Paramedic
John Kooi as Special Service Officer
Dylan Minnette as High School Henry
Eileen Faxas as Anchor Woman #1
Lynn Jolicoeur as Anchor Woman #2
John Rue as Highway Patrolman
Ashley Ingram as Prison Nurse
Thomas McGowan as Delivery Doctor
Kate Hettesheimer as Pricemart Cashier
Elena Kampouris as Young Rachel McCann
Lauren Kelly as Teenage Rachel McCann
Cass Morgan as Grandmother
Dakota Shepard as Wife of Older Henry
Tara Franklin as Delivery Nurse
Grace Thorsen as Pregnant Woman
Micah Shepard as Red-Headed Man
Marceline Hugot as Mrs. Farnsworth
Marva Hicks as Morning Anchor
Linda Marie Larson as Waitress
Matthew Christian as Bar Guy
Jeff Witzke as Local Cop

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 6 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 280

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 6	8	5
7 to 12	2	2
13 to 18	4	8
19 to 24	5	25
25 to 30	4	13
31 to 36	9	13
37 to 42	2	7
43 to 48	6	17
49 to 54	0	7
55 to 60	9	9
61 to 66	0	4
67 to 72	3	23
73 to 78	11	35
79 to 84	7	24
85 to 90	3	10
91 to 96	1	6
97 to 102	5	10
103 to 108	6	4
109 to 114	14	18
115 to 120	19	11
121 to 126	23	23
127 to 132	26	36
133 to 138	8	25
139 to 144	11	15
145 to 150	1	2
151 to 156	0	3
157 to 162	0	6
163 to 168	24	18
169 to 174	10	7
175 to 180	10	1
181 to 186	4	0
187 to 192	6	0
193 to 198	11	33
199 to 204	14	18
205 to 210	5	7
211 to 216	3	10
217 to 222	10	29
223 to 228	25	10
229 to 234	7	14
235 to 240	4	17
241 to 246	0	4
247 to 252	4	8
253 to 258	1	6
259 to 264	0	17
265 to 270	0	5
271 to 276	0	10
277 to 280	1	0

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.

MANDY: Keep your belt on cowboy. ADELE: A hunger for human touch.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 36 are women's.

326 lines from women, 575 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

14 women and 17 men in the cast. 12 women and 14 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 36 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 37% of the words (3,564), men 63% (6,133). Women have 36% 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 15 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 33% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Jason Reitman (man)
Written by: Jason Reitman (man)
From the novel by: Joyce Maynard (woman)
Produced by: Jason Reitman (man), Russell Smith (man), Nicole C. Taylor (gender not listed), Lianne Halfon (woman), Helen Estabrook (woman)
Shot by: Eric Steelberg (man)
Edited by: Dana E. Glauberman (woman)
Music by: Rolfe Kent (man)
Production design by: Steve Saklad (man)
Costumes by: Danny Glicker (man)
Cast by: Suzanne Smith Crowley (woman), Jessica Kelly (woman)