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Last Holiday

2006. Directed by Wayne Wang, written by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman and J.B. Priestley.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

  1. Yes 1. At least two women
    28 women characters. 12 of them speak.
  2. Yes 2. Who talk to each other
    In 8 scenes out of 114.
  3. 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.

Poster for Last Holiday

The film

In morte veritas. Georgia Byrd clerks at a New Orleans department store. She defers pleasure: cooks gourmet meals, eats Lean Cuisine; likes a co-worker in silence; has savings, but hasn't left Louisiana. All that changes when a CT Scan discloses she has three weeks to live. She cashes her savings and heads to Grandhotel Pupp in the Czech Republic, where Chef Didier presides. She checks into the Presidential Suite, orders everything on the menu, snowboards, and comes to the attention of the chef and the hotel's powerful American guests: a Congressman, a Senator, a retail magnate, and his mistress. She has nothing to lose, so she tells them what she thinks. Will the truth set them free?

Released
13 Jan 2006
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rated
PG-13
IMDb
6.6 / 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
  1. Georgia 361 lines, woman
  2. Sean 110 lines, man
  3. Kragen 56 lines, man
  4. Ms. Burns 51 lines, woman
  5. Senatordillings 39 lines, man
  6. Stewart 36 lines, man
  7. Ms. Gunther 34 lines, woman
  8. Darius 32 lines, man
  9. Adamian 24 lines, man
  10. Dr. Gupta 21 lines, man
Full cast, 90 people
  • Queen Latifah as Georgia Byrd
  • LL Cool J as Sean Williams
  • Timothy Hutton as Matthew Kragen
  • Giancarlo Esposito as Senator Dillings
  • Alicia Witt as Ms. Burns
  • Gérard Depardieu as Chef Didier
  • Jane Adams as Rochelle
  • Michel Estime as Marlon
  • Susan Kellermann as Ms. Gunther
  • Jascha Washington as Darius
  • Matt Ross as Adamian
  • Ranjit Chowdhry as Dr. Gupta
  • Michael Nouri as Congressman Stewart
  • Jaqueline Fleming as Tanya
  • Kendall Mosby as Anton
  • Chlöe Bailey as Angie
  • Halle Bailey as Tina
  • Dan Ziskie as Dr. Thompson
  • Julia Lashae as HMO Administrator
  • Werner Richmond as Reverend
  • Emeril Lagasse as Emeril Lagasse
  • Erica Edwards as Salesgirl
  • Brandy Scott as Salesgirl
  • Margaret Mungai as Salesgirl
  • Shirl Cieutat as Lady Moocher
  • Donna Denley as Nurse
  • Maria Mason as Receptionist
  • Lana Likic as Dress Shop Saleswoman
  • Camille Hunt as Dress Shop Saleswoman
  • Ellen Savaria as Mrs. Stewart
  • John Wilmot as Bank Officer
  • Jessie Terrebonne as Flight Attendant
  • Randall Sims as Flight Attendant
  • Susan Levitas as First Class Flight Attendant
  • Vladimír Kulhavý as Taxi Driver
  • Zina Blahusova as Grand Dame
  • Petr Vaněk as Felipe
  • Lucie Vondráčková as Marie
  • Noel le Bon as Gambini
  • Lucie Březovská as Brigitta
  • Daniel Čech as Pupp Waiter
  • Vanessa Gendron as Pupp Waiter
  • Tomáš Měcháček as Ski Instructor
  • David O'Kelly as Maitre D'
  • Alban Klose as Base Jump Instructor
  • Kyle Pecoraro as French Fry Kid
  • Alena Otradovcova as Croupier
  • Smokey Robinson as Smokey Robinson
  • Karri Benoit as Smokey's Singer
  • Amon Bourne as Smokey's Singer
  • Lindsay Walker as Smokey's Singer
  • Jan Unger as Taxi Driver
  • Jiří Zeman as Pupp Head Waiter
  • Barbora Fišerová as Massage Therapist
  • Andrew Le as Store Clerk
  • Jeff Becker as Heavyset Guy
  • Mary-Ann Falgout as Reporter
  • Keith Toups as Cat Scan Tech
  • Jaroslav Vízner as English Gentleman
  • Tomáš Jeřábek as Puppeteer
  • Mary Jo 'MJ' McGrath as Flight Attendant
  • Ramsey Gbelawoe as Georgia's Cook
  • E. Lorraine Scott as Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir
  • Craig Adams as Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir
  • Alvin Batiste Jr. as Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir
  • Dion Campbell as Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir
  • Lois DeJean as Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir
  • Hilda Dejoie as Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir
  • Lydia Duncan as Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir
  • Edmonia Haley as Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir
  • Ruby Haley as Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir
  • Onassis Jones as Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir
  • Tyrone Jones as Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir
  • Deona Kelly as Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir
  • Katteri Kelly as Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir
  • Brenton Landrum as Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir
  • Jermaine Landrum as Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir
  • Ozzie Lennox Jr. as Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir
  • Sylvester McDowell as Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir
  • Henrietta Peterson as Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir
  • Timothy Ray as Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir
  • Tonia Scott-Coleman as Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir
  • Sharon Schaeffer as Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir
  • Chris Singer as Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir
  • Donieta Webb as Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir
  • Stella Webb as Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir
  • Damon Williams as Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir
  • Tiffany Williams as Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir
  • Avery White as Department Supervisor (uncredited)
  • Mervyn Warren as Smokey's Keyboard Player (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 8% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 114

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Show the numbers
ScenesWomen's linesMen's lines
1 to 364
4 to 6139
7 to 93619
10 to 121531
13 to 151713
16 to 1843
19 to 213424
22 to 244212
25 to 27168
28 to 30125
31 to 3340
34 to 3636
37 to 3952
40 to 422010
43 to 45161
46 to 48913
49 to 511319
52 to 54219
55 to 57219
58 to 6039
61 to 63354
64 to 661622
67 to 692228
70 to 7203
73 to 751431
76 to 781812
79 to 81210
82 to 8430
85 to 8771
88 to 903622
91 to 9311
94 to 96121
97 to 99015
100 to 10278
103 to 105155
106 to 1082519
109 to 111611
112 to 1142111

The evidence

  • Straight from the script
  • Counted from the script and the credits

Tap an exhibit to open it.

Exhibit A: the passing scenes

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
GEORGIA: I used to buy all my clothes at the store where I work. Cause of my discount. But all that crap's made by poor slave girls in Indonesian swe… SALESGIRL: So's this stuff. GEORGIA: Maybe ... but this is a fine example of slave girl work! GEORGIA: Answer me straight. You think anyone would ever call me "ma'am" in this dress?
ROCHELLE: Georgia! Are you all right? GEORGIA: No!
CONGREGATION: WHY, IN HEAVEN'S, ME? GEORGIA: OH DEARLORD! DEARLORD! WHYEEEAYEEAY! WHYEEEAYEEAY!
GEORGIA: Oh no. Slight neuron necrosis! Someone behind her clears their throa~· MS. GUNTHER: Not feeling well, Ms. Byrd? Perhaps you're indulging too much. Georgia quickly puts her pills away. GEORGIA: What do you want? MS. GUNTHER: You have a spa appointment.
MS. BURNS: Stop that, you moron! Now Georgia opens her eyes on the table. Blinks. GEORGIA: Damn! ON THE OTHERSIDE OF THE ROOMPARTITION Ms. Burns is getting a deep tissue massage. MS .• BURNS What the hell are you trying to do to me…

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 54 are women's.

512 lines from women, 430 from men.

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

28 women and 30 men in the cast. 12 women and 18 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 2 of 1,027. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 25 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

  • First line by a woman
  • Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 52% of the words (7,599), men 48% (7,006). Women have 54% of the lines, so their lines run shorter 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

Exhibit F: behind the camera

1 of the 12 people in these jobs is a woman. Across the whole crew, 3% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by
Wayne Wang (man)
Written by
Peter S. Seaman (man), Jeffrey Price (man)
Produced by
Laurence Mark (man), Jack Rapke (man)
Shot by
Geoffrey Simpson (man)
Edited by
Deirdre Slevin (gender not listed)
Music by
George Fenton (man)
Production design by
William Arnold (man)
Costumes by
Daniel Orlandi (man)
Cast by
Mark Fincannon (man), Sheila Jaffe (woman)

The crew, department by department

  • Production

    1 women, 11 men

  • Art

    0 women, 4 men, 1 not listed

  • Directing

    0 women, 4 men, 1 not listed

  • Sound

    0 women, 5 men

  • Camera

    0 women, 3 men

  • Writing

    0 women, 3 men

  • Other crew

    0 women, 2 men

  • Costume & Make-Up

    0 women, 1 men

  • Women
  • Men
  • Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit G: how old the stars were

Women: 42 on average. Men: 40 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Alicia Witt 30, Queen Latifah 35, Jane Adams 40, Susan Kellermann 61

Men

Jascha Washington 16, LL Cool J 37, Timothy Hutton 45, Giancarlo Esposito 47, Gérard Depardieu 57

Exhibit H: the money

It made 85% of what it cost.

Budget
$45 million
Box office
$38.4 million

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 114 scenes and 1,027 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works

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