Passes the Bechdel test

Lucy in the Sky

Name: Lucy in the Sky
Released: 2019

2019. Directed by Noah Hawley, written by Brian C. Brown and Elliott DiGuiseppi and Noah Hawley.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
12 women characters. 6 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 9 scenes out of 139.
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

In LUCY IN THE SKY, Natalie Portman plays Lucy Cola, a strong woman whose determination and drive as an astronaut take her to space, where she's deeply moved by the transcendent experience of seeing her life from afar. Back home as Lucy's world suddenly feels too small, her connection with reality slowly unravels.

Released: 04 Oct 2019
Genres: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Rated: R
IMDb: 4.9 / 10
Metascore: 36 / 100
Awards: 4 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Laura 336 lines, woman
Mark 134 lines, man
Drew 80 lines, man
Erin 36 lines, woman
Paxton 34 lines, man
Hank 26 lines, man
Pete 20 lines
Ruth 20 lines, woman
Mission Control 19 lines
Nana 17 lines, woman

Full cast, 35 people

Natalie Portman as Lucy Cola
Jon Hamm as Mark Goodwin
Zazie Beetz as Erin Eccles
Dan Stevens as Drew Cola
Ellen Burstyn as Nana Holbrook
Colman Domingo as Frank Paxton
Nick Offerman as Will Plimpton
Tig Notaro as Kate Mounier
Pearl Amanda Dickson as Blue Iris
Jeffrey Donovan as Jim Hunt
Jeremiah Birkett as Hank Lynch
Stella Edwards as Chelsea
Arlo Mertz as Emily
Tobias Schönleitner as Miles Henckle
Diana DeLaCruz as Dr. Addison
Cali DiCapo as Elementary School Girl
Joe Williamson as Mayer Hines
Arnell Powell as Earl Pearly
Rene H. Herrera as Nasa Safety Diver #1
Casey Adams as Nasa Safety Diver #2
Rick Rottger as Nasa Safety Diver #3
Sean Taylor as Nasa Safety Diver #4
Shay Ali as Test Engineer
Zylan Brooks as Doctor
Jake Dashnaw as San Diego Police #1
Chad Dashnaw as San Diego Police #2
Alyma Dorsey as San Diego Police #3
Ryan Ryusaki as San Diego Police #4
Mic Rodgers as San Diego Police #5
Jay Hieron as San Diego Police #6
Brittany Berryman as Gas Station Mom
Aiden Berryman as Gas Station Boy #1
Jonny Berryman as Gas Station Boy #2
Nicole Dele as Store Clerk
Rasha Goel as News Anchor

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 11% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 139

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	10	8
4 to 6	7	5
7 to 9	0	1
10 to 12	15	22
13 to 15	13	19
16 to 18	8	10
19 to 21	29	6
22 to 24	15	3
25 to 27	14	18
28 to 30	45	46
31 to 33	6	6
34 to 36	13	10
37 to 39	14	15
40 to 42	9	3
43 to 45	5	6
46 to 48	4	3
49 to 51	11	14
52 to 54	4	1
55 to 57	3	1
58 to 60	6	8
61 to 63	19	16
64 to 66	14	6
67 to 69	14	10
70 to 72	4	0
73 to 75	5	5
76 to 78	0	1
79 to 81	5	2
82 to 84	19	12
85 to 87	27	5
88 to 90	2	3
91 to 93	6	9
94 to 96	2	0
97 to 99	0	0
100 to 102	21	27
103 to 105	0	0
106 to 108	1	3
109 to 111	1	2
112 to 114	9	0
115 to 117	7	0
118 to 120	6	0
121 to 123	0	0
124 to 126	23	2
127 to 129	3	4
130 to 132	6	9
133 to 135	0	0
136 to 138	0	0
139 to 139	4	0

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.

CHITHRA: Panel 4 on its way to you now. LAURA: Roger that.

NEIL AND ED: MOM!!! LAURA: -- Oof.

RUTH: What do you think, mom? LAURA: I think the glass is too big. RUTH: What does that mean?

ERIN: It’s an honor. LAURA: I saw you on the track this morning. ERIN: Right. LAURA: You need to keep your head up.

EMILY: Uhm -- CHELSEA: Where’d you get that brownie? LAURA: Over there. And they’re so good.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 57 are women's.

429 lines from women, 321 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

12 women and 17 men in the cast. 6 women and 13 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 3 of 844. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 11 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 53% of the words (3,546), men 47% (3,186). Women have 57% 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

Two women

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

6 of the 16 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 42% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Noah Hawley (man)
Written by: Brian C. Brown (man), Elliott DiGuiseppi (man), Noah Hawley (man)
Story by: Elliott DiGuiseppi (man), Brian C. Brown (man)
Produced by: Reese Witherspoon (woman), Bruna Papandrea (woman), Noah Hawley (man), John Cameron (man)
Shot by: Polly Morgan (woman)
Edited by: Regis Kimble (man)
Music by: Jeff Russo (man)
Production design by: Stefania Cella (woman)
Costumes by: Louise Frogley (woman)
Cast by: Ronna Kress (woman)