Passes the Bechdel test

Marty Supreme

Name: Marty Supreme
Released: 2025

2025. Directed by Josh Safdie, written by Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
20 women characters. 7 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 163.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 2 out of 3.

The film

1952. Twenty-three year old New Yorker Marty Mauser puts one hundred and ten percent into everything he does; unfortunately for the world it is all in pursuit of his own self-absorbed wants as he takes advantage of everyone in his orbit. One of those is his married childhood friend Rachel, with whom he has been having an affair, the consequences of which he doesn't consider. He could be the best table tennis player in the world, but in receiving no official support has made no money in the activity. He wants to show the world that he is the best, and in turn make money toward supporting his overbearing mother, who is currently supported by Marty's uncle, in whose shoe store he works. He also thinks an American being at the top would be good for the sport's profile. Now he not only has to make it to the world championships in Japan, which he cannot afford to attend, but win. Among those he hopes will be able to help him are retired movie star Kay Stone and her powerful businessman husband Milton Rockwell. But for every step forward Marty takes in his pursuit to make it to the championships, he always seems to take two steps in a wrong direction.

Released: 25 Dec 2025
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Rated: R
IMDb: 7.5 / 10
Metascore: 89 / 100
Awards: Nominated for 9 Oscars. 44 wins & 302 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Marty 639 lines, man
Kay 119 lines, woman
Rachel 116 lines, woman
Milton 95 lines, man
Mishkin 67 lines, man
Wally 53 lines, man
Dion 40 lines, man
Murray 37 lines, man
Sethi 25 lines, man
Mom 23 lines, woman

Full cast, 122 people

Timothée Chalamet as Marty Mauser
Gwyneth Paltrow as Kay Stone
Odessa A'zion as Rachel Mizler
Kevin O'Leary as Milton Rockwell
Tyler, The Creator as Wally
Fran Drescher as Rebecca Mauser
Abel Ferrara as Ezra Mishkin
Emory Cohen as Ira Mizler
Géza Röhrig as Béla Kletzki
Koto Kawaguchi as Koto Endo
Larry Sloman as Murray Norkin
Luke Manley as Dion Galanis
Pico Iyer as Ram Sethi
Mariann Tepedino as Mariann
Ralph Colucci as Lloyd
Devorah Shubowitz as Norkin Customer
George Gervin as Lawrence
Marinel Tinnirello as Not Marty's Messenger
Sandra Bernhard as Judy
John Catsimatidis as Christopher Galanis
Nick Waplington as Wembley Photographer
Nikhil Kumar as Amit Vishwakarma
Keith Kirkwood as Wembley Round 1 Umpire
Conn Horgan as Angry British Bailey Fan
Joshua Bennett as Ted Bailey
Timo Boll as Vladimir Sebek
Mahadeo Shivraj as Wembley Round 3 Umpire
John Keating as Daily Mail Reporter
Ed Malone as The Sun Reporter
Roddy O'Hehir as The Star Reporter
Michael Cummings as Irish Times Reporter
Harvey Shield as Ritz Maître D'
Diego Schaaf as Wembley Finals Umpire
Sho Miyazaki as Japanese Coach
Andy Kai Nagashima as Japanese Team Member
Dennis Creaghan as Wembley Announcer
Francis Dumaurier as French Maître D'
Kemba Walker as Globetrotter
Tracy McGrady as Globetrotter
Musto Pelinkovicci as Greasy MC
Marius Tanase as Coach Abe
Philippe Petit as Brussels MC
Donato P. Daddario as Officer Sal
Frankie Carbone as Officer Frank
Lizzi Bougatsos as Pet Store Customer Mom
Lucas Z. Heinrich as Pet Store Customer Son
Johnny Engle as Bruised Man
Jimmy Lindquist as Halsey Desk Clerk
Todd Vulpio as Pissed Off Neighbor at Halsey
Johnny Zito as Halsey Worker / Male Voice (voice)
Stephen Dachtera as Halsey Worker
Brian Marks as Paramedic
Kevin Eccleston as Paramedic
Richard Schlossbach as Fox's Employee
Emilio El Kilani as Boyd
Isaac Simon as Roger
Cody Kostro as Board Man
George J. Katsiavos as Overalls
Levon Hawke as Christian
Spenser Granese as Clark
Hailey Benton Gates as Trish
Patrick Wiki Morales as Lawrence's Dirtbag
Ted Williams as Ted
Alison Bartlett as Rockwell Receptionist Voice (voice)
Fred Hechinger as Troy
David Mamet as Director Glenn Nordmann
Jake Braff as Playwright
Bill Buell as Henry the Suitor
Naomi Fry as Assistant to Kay Stone
Paul Grimstad as Production Manager
Barry Daniels as Hotel Edison Custodian
Roman Persits as Pawn Shop Leon
Garrett Hermann as Gas Station Attendant
Penn Jillette as Hoff
Linda Malamy as Ira's Grandmother
Mitchell Wenig as Mitch
Ronald Bronstein as Blarney Stone Phone Voice (voice)
Edward Puydak as Blarney Stone Bartender
Hector Diaz as Park Hero
Isaac Mizrahi as Merle
Kevin Loreque as Fred Astaire
Joseph Cappiello as Patrolman Cap
Joseph Jankauskas as Patrolman Joey
Joris Stuyck as Gloomy Rockwell Friend
Dante Fiallo as Partygoer
Nancy Shankman as Kay's Mom
Chris Nelson as Milton's Friend
Eric Rampulla as Milton's Friend
Randy Credico as Milton's Friend
Bob Rubin as Robert
Michael A. Sollecito as Reuben
Cheryl Flowers-Briggs as E.R. Nurse
Rory Gevis as E.R. Nurse
Mia Humberd-Hilf as Flight Attendant
Brian Sexton as Rockwell Executive
Rick Garlick as Rockwell Executive
Shingo Aiba as Haneda Ramp Agent
Yasu Suzuki as Japanese Rockwell Executive
Tatsuo Ichikawa as Haneda Greeter
Mark Okita as Japanese MC
Joe Matsumura as Japanese Show Worker & Translator
Rei Ogaki as Japanese Challenger #1
Anna Melody as Japanese Usher
Ryuku Kina as Ueno Ball Boy
Jota Ito as Japanese Coach from JTTA
Hideyuki Yamashiro as Japanese Show Worker
Tony Crosbie as IATT Representative
Mahmoud Osfour as IATT Representative
Kojun Natsu as IATT Japanese Peer
Sadaharu Matsushita as IATT Japanese Peer
Gao Ogawa as IATT Japanese Peer
Tomoki Urabe as Japanese Challenger #2
Charles Glover as American General
Etsuko Enami as Japanese Scorekeeper
Koji Oribe as Japanese Ping Pong Umpire
Johnnie Yamamoto as Man in Ueno Crowd
Nick Wood as Officer
Susan Lazarus as Bellevue Phone Operator
Rae Maddren as Bellevue Maternity Reception
Carolyn Gershenson as Newborn Nursery Nurse
Robert Pattinson as British Open Semifinals Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
Joél Isaac as Portuguese Player (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 4% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 163

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 4	8	20
5 to 8	3	17
9 to 12	15	17
13 to 16	9	42
17 to 20	0	24
21 to 24	0	24
25 to 28	36	63
29 to 32	0	58
33 to 36	0	2
37 to 40	0	56
41 to 44	0	0
45 to 48	1	0
49 to 52	11	14
53 to 56	0	73
57 to 60	15	22
61 to 64	0	38
65 to 68	0	20
69 to 72	0	44
73 to 76	0	20
77 to 80	2	63
81 to 84	0	14
85 to 88	2	15
89 to 92	1	2
93 to 96	13	41
97 to 100	18	67
101 to 104	19	37
105 to 108	11	11
109 to 112	2	26
113 to 116	26	54
117 to 120	16	35
121 to 124	3	0
125 to 128	22	21
129 to 132	30	31
133 to 136	18	27
137 to 140	2	23
141 to 144	0	52
145 to 148	5	16
149 to 152	4	3
153 to 156	0	63
157 to 160	7	20
161 to 163	0	2

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.

MOM CUSTOMER: Can we hold her?... Miss? RACHEL: Oh, sorry. Yes . RACHEL: One minute, I’ll be right back.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 20 are women's.

299 lines from women, 1177 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

20 women and 102 men in the cast. 7 women and 41 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 13 of 1,542. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 148 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 17% of the words (2,244), men 83% (10,835). Women have 20% 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

3 of the 16 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 23% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Josh Safdie (man)
Written by: Ronald Bronstein (man), Josh Safdie (man)
Produced by: Timothée Chalamet (man), Ronald Bronstein (man), Josh Safdie (man), Eli Bush (man), Anthony Katagas (man), Georgina Pope (woman)
Shot by: Darius Khondji (man)
Edited by: Ronald Bronstein (man), Josh Safdie (man)
Music by: Daniel Lopatin (man)
Production design by: Jack Fisk (man)
Costumes by: Miyako Bellizzi (woman)
Cast by: Jennifer Venditti (woman)