Passes the Bechdel test
Legion
2010. Directed by Scott Stewart, written by Peter Schink and Scott Stewart.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
5 women characters. 5 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 3 scenes out of 102. -
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
An out-of-the-way diner becomes the unlikely battleground for the survival of the human race. When God loses faith in humankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity's only hope lies in a group of strangers trapped in a desert diner with the Archangel Michael (Bettany).
- Released
- 22 Jan 2010
- Genres
- Action, Fantasy, Horror
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5.3 / 10
- Metascore
- 32 / 100
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Bob 98 lines, man
- Charlie 98 lines, woman
- Jeep 89 lines, man
- Kyle 71 lines, man
- Michael 67 lines, man
- Audrey 44 lines, woman
- Percy 39 lines, man
- Sandra 38 lines, woman
- Gladys 15 lines, woman
- Howard 15 lines, man
Full cast, 25 people
- Paul Bettany as Michael
- Lucas Black as Jeep Hanson
- Tyrese Gibson as Kyle Williams
- Adrianne Palicki as Charlie
- Charles S. Dutton as Percy Walker
- Jon Tenney as Howard Anderson
- Kevin Durand as Gabriel
- Willa Holland as Audrey Anderson
- Kate Walsh as Sandra Anderson
- Dennis Quaid as Bob Hanson
- Jeanette Miller as Gladys Foster
- Cameron Harlow as Minivan Boy
- Doug Jones as Ice Cream Man
- Josh Stamberg as Burton
- Yancey Arias as Estevez
- Danielle Lozeau as Teenage Girl
- Luce Rains as Raggedy Man
- Bryan Chapman as Football Player
- Denney Pierce as Minivan Dad
- Kaye Wade as Elderly Woman
- Chuck Hicks as Elderly Man
- Stephen Oyoung as Warehouse Guard
- Tyra Danielle as Woman with Presents
- Django Marsh as Minivan Boy
- Larry Odien as Puppeteer
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 2% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 102
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 10 to 12 | 14 | 13 |
| 13 to 15 | 9 | 22 |
| 16 to 18 | 5 | 36 |
| 19 to 21 | 5 | 18 |
| 22 to 24 | 44 | 14 |
| 25 to 27 | 2 | 8 |
| 28 to 30 | 1 | 25 |
| 31 to 33 | 5 | 30 |
| 34 to 36 | 1 | 15 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 14 |
| 40 to 42 | 8 | 4 |
| 43 to 45 | 18 | 67 |
| 46 to 48 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 to 51 | 5 | 1 |
| 52 to 54 | 2 | 2 |
| 55 to 57 | 8 | 8 |
| 58 to 60 | 11 | 13 |
| 61 to 63 | 3 | 6 |
| 64 to 66 | 3 | 6 |
| 67 to 69 | 6 | 10 |
| 70 to 72 | 3 | 11 |
| 73 to 75 | 8 | 4 |
| 76 to 78 | 11 | 31 |
| 79 to 81 | 4 | 8 |
| 82 to 84 | 3 | 3 |
| 85 to 87 | 1 | 3 |
| 88 to 90 | 1 | 1 |
| 91 to 93 | 2 | 3 |
| 94 to 96 | 3 | 3 |
| 97 to 99 | 11 | 10 |
| 100 to 102 | 5 | 2 |
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.
CHARLIE: That can't be more than an hour up the highway from here. AUDREY: Does that mean we can leave?
AUDREY: Oh my god...we did it! Charlie, you did it! AUDREY: It's okay. The baby's okay. CHARLIE: I don't...I...
AUDREY: It's okay...It's okay...Shhh... CHARLIE: So are we safe now? Is it over?
CHARLIE: Audrey...? SANDRA: Stay away from me! Don't come any closer! AUDREY: Mom!
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 33 are women's.
204 lines from women, 411 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
5 women and 15 men in the cast. 5 women and 10 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 2 of 625.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 31 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 33% of the words (1,737), men 67% (3,542).
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
14
Two men
49
Exhibit F: behind the camera
1 of the 13 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 20% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Scott Stewart (man)
- Written by
- Peter Schink (man), Scott Stewart (man)
- Produced by
- Marc Sadeghi (man), Steve Beswick (man), David Lancaster (man), Michel Litvak (man)
- Shot by
- John Lindley (man)
- Edited by
- Steven Kemper (man)
- Music by
- John Frizzell (man)
- Production design by
- Jeff Higinbotham (man)
- Costumes by
- Wendy Partridge (woman)
- Cast by
- Rick Montgomery (man)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
7 women, 41 men, 67 not listed
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Visual Effects
3 women, 13 men, 54 not listed
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Production
5 women, 16 men, 24 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 3 men, 37 not listed
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Camera
2 women, 13 men, 23 not listed
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Art
2 women, 4 men, 25 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
6 women, 1 men, 18 not listed
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Sound
3 women, 16 men, 5 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 29 on average. Men: 42 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Willa Holland 18, Adrianne Palicki 26, Kate Walsh 42
Men
Lucas Black 27, Tyrese Gibson 31, Kevin Durand 36, Paul Bettany 38, Jon Tenney 48, Dennis Quaid 55, Charles S. Dutton 58
Exhibit H: the money
It made 2.6 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $26 million
- Box office
- $67.9 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 102 scenes and 625 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
