Fails the Bechdel test
Leprechaun
1993. Directed by Mark Jones, written by Mark Jones.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
3 women characters. 1 of them speak. -
No
2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
In North Dakota, Dan O'Grady returns from Ireland, where he tricked the Leprechaun and stole his gold coins. However, the Leprechaun has followed him and kills his wife Mrs. O'Grady, but Dan succeeds to lock him in a box in his basement with a four-leaf clover on the top of the box. Dan is ready to torch the house, but he has a heart attack before the arson. Ten years later, J.D. buys the derelict house by a very low price, and moves from Los Angeles with his spoiled teenage daughter Tory Redding intending to renovate the house. He hires the three-man company composed by the handsome Nathan; the intellectually disabled Ozzie; and the smart boy Alex to paint the house, and Tory shows attraction to Nathan. When Ozzie goes to the basement, he accidentally removes the clover from the top of the box, unleashing the little monster. But nobody believes him and the Leprechauns wants to retrieve his one-hundred golden coins, beginning a crime spree.
- Released
- 08 Jan 1993
- Genres
- Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 4.8 / 10
- Metascore
- 17 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Tory 134 lines, woman
- Alex 99 lines, man
- Leprechaun 94 lines, man
- Ozzie 94 lines, man
- Nathan 73 lines, man
- O'Grady 23 lines, man
- Leah 18 lines, woman
- Owner 6 lines, man
- Child 4 lines
- Doctor 4 lines
Full cast, 16 people
- Warwick Davis as Leprechaun
- Jennifer Aniston as Tory
- Ken Olandt as Nathan
- Mark Holton as Ozzie
- Robert Hy Gorman as Alex
- Shay Duffin as O'Grady
- John Sanderford as J.D.
- John Voldstad as Shop Owner
- Pamela Mant as Mrs. O'Grady
- William Newman as Sheriff Cronin
- David Permenter as Deputy Tripet
- Raymond C. Turner as Dispatcher
- Heather Kennedy as Waitress
- Tim Garrick as Customer
- Alexandra Sachs as Little Girl (voice)
- Brandon Sachs as Little Boy (voice)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 1 scene, 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 31
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 1 | 39 | 39 |
| 2 to 2 | 7 | 22 |
| 3 to 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 to 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 to 5 | 2 | 21 |
| 6 to 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 to 7 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 to 8 | 1 | 48 |
| 9 to 9 | 12 | 16 |
| 10 to 10 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 to 11 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 to 12 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 to 13 | 3 | 12 |
| 14 to 14 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 to 15 | 4 | 7 |
| 16 to 16 | 3 | 14 |
| 17 to 17 | 8 | 4 |
| 18 to 18 | 4 | 11 |
| 19 to 19 | 17 | 19 |
| 20 to 20 | 6 | 11 |
| 21 to 21 | 6 | 5 |
| 22 to 22 | 8 | 33 |
| 23 to 23 | 3 | 13 |
| 24 to 24 | 3 | 5 |
| 25 to 25 | 2 | 5 |
| 26 to 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 to 27 | 5 | 8 |
| 28 to 28 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 to 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 to 30 | 2 | 2 |
| 31 to 31 | 12 | 43 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 28 are women's.
152 lines from women, 394 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
3 women and 9 men in the cast. 1 women and 9 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 5 of 554.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 40 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 30% of the words (1,824), men 70% (4,307). Women have 28% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.
Exhibit D: 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
0
Two men
41
Exhibit E: behind the camera
1 of the 8 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 18% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Mark Jones (man)
- Written by
- Mark Jones (man)
- Produced by
- Jeffrey B. Mallian (man)
- Shot by
- Levie Isaacks (man)
- Edited by
- Christopher Roth (man)
- Music by
- Kevin Kiner (man)
- Production design by
- Naomi Slodki (gender not listed)
- Cast by
- Lisa London (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Camera
1 women, 5 men, 11 not listed
-
Sound
0 women, 6 men, 11 not listed
-
Other crew
2 women, 6 men, 7 not listed
-
Production
3 women, 8 men, 2 not listed
-
Lighting
0 women, 1 men, 9 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
0 women, 2 men, 4 not listed
-
Directing
1 women, 1 men, 4 not listed
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Art
0 women, 0 men, 5 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 23 on average. Men: 38 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Jennifer Aniston 23
Men
Robert Hy Gorman 12, Warwick Davis 22, Ken Olandt 34, Mark Holton 34, John Sanderford 40, John Voldstad 41, William Newman 58, Shay Duffin 61
Exhibit G: the money
It made 8.6 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $1 million
- Box office
- $8.6 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 31 scenes and 554 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
