Passes the Bechdel test
Materialists
2025. Directed by Celine Song, written by Celine Song.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
13 women characters. 12 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 89. -
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 ambitious young New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.
- Released
- 13 Jun 2025
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 70 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win & 12 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Lucy 377 lines, woman
- John 171 lines, man
- Harry 108 lines, man
- Sophie 46 lines, woman
- Violet 45 lines, woman
- Daisy 15 lines, woman
- Charlotte 13 lines, woman
- Logan 6 lines, man
- Mark 6 lines, man
- Robert 6 lines, man
Full cast, 27 people
- Dakota Johnson as Lucy
- Chris Evans as John
- Pedro Pascal as Harry
- Zoë Winters as Sophie
- Marin Ireland as Violet
- Dasha Nekrasova as Daisy
- Emmy Wheeler as Rose
- Louisa Jacobson as Charlotte
- Eddie Cahill as Robert
- Sawyer Spielberg as Mason
- Joseph Lee as Trevor
- John Magaro as Mark P. (voice)
- Nedra Marie Taylor as Audrey
- Sietzka Rose as Eleanor
- Halley Feiffer as Patricia
- Madeline Wise as Beth
- Ian Stuart as Logan
- Dan Domenech as Ron
- Emiliano Díez as Harry's Father
- Rachel Zeiger-Haag as Jenn
- Alison Bartlett as Jaime
- Lindsey Broad as Linda
- Baby Rose as Wedding Singer
- Justin Kuritzkes as James (voice) (uncredited)
- Fernando Belo as Peter (uncredited)
- Will Fitz as Catering Waiter (uncredited)
- Beshoy Mehany as Groomsman (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, 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 89
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 to 6 | 8 | 4 |
| 7 to 8 | 30 | 0 |
| 9 to 10 | 31 | 0 |
| 11 to 12 | 29 | 0 |
| 13 to 14 | 20 | 20 |
| 15 to 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 to 18 | 24 | 28 |
| 19 to 20 | 34 | 34 |
| 21 to 22 | 3 | 3 |
| 23 to 24 | 6 | 7 |
| 25 to 26 | 7 | 7 |
| 27 to 28 | 14 | 14 |
| 29 to 30 | 27 | 28 |
| 31 to 32 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 to 34 | 4 | 6 |
| 35 to 36 | 0 | 11 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 to 40 | 16 | 7 |
| 41 to 42 | 28 | 0 |
| 43 to 44 | 2 | 3 |
| 45 to 46 | 5 | 11 |
| 47 to 48 | 14 | 14 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 to 52 | 11 | 0 |
| 53 to 54 | 22 | 0 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 to 60 | 2 | 0 |
| 61 to 62 | 28 | 0 |
| 63 to 64 | 4 | 9 |
| 65 to 66 | 4 | 3 |
| 67 to 68 | 24 | 24 |
| 69 to 70 | 2 | 8 |
| 71 to 72 | 11 | 13 |
| 73 to 74 | 5 | 6 |
| 75 to 76 | 7 | 6 |
| 77 to 78 | 1 | 0 |
| 79 to 80 | 24 | 16 |
| 81 to 82 | 9 | 0 |
| 83 to 84 | 28 | 18 |
| 85 to 86 | 3 | 0 |
| 87 to 88 | 27 | 4 |
| 89 to 89 | 0 | 0 |
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.
VIOLET: Have you spoken to Sophie L.? LUCY: Not yet. Just Mark P. VIOLET: I just hung up with Sophie’s lawyer. LUCY: Her lawyer?
VIOLET: Unbelievable, so impressive! That’s such an amazing match. DAISY: Is this your fourth marriage?
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 63 are women's.
515 lines from women, 307 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
13 women and 11 men in the cast. 12 women and 9 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
A woman speaks the first line.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 15 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 65% of the words (5,398), men 35% (2,922). Women have 63% of the lines, so their lines run longer 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
20
Two men
4
Exhibit F: behind the camera
5 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 36% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Celine Song (woman)
- Written by
- Celine Song (woman)
- Produced by
- Pamela Koffler (woman), Christine Vachon (woman), David Hinojosa (man), Celine Song (woman)
- Shot by
- Shabier Kirchner (man)
- Edited by
- Keith Fraase (man)
- Music by
- Daniel Pemberton (man)
- Production design by
- Anthony Gasparro (man)
- Costumes by
- Katina Danabassis (gender not listed)
- Cast by
- Douglas Aibel (man)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
5 women, 10 men, 6 not listed
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Production
5 women, 8 men, 1 not listed
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Art
2 women, 2 men, 9 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 4 men, 8 not listed
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Other crew
3 women, 3 men, 6 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 4 men, 5 not listed
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Directing
2 women, 1 men, 2 not listed
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Editing
0 women, 2 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 38 on average. Men: 43 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Dasha Nekrasova 34, Louisa Jacobson 34, Dakota Johnson 35, Zoë Winters 40, Marin Ireland 45
Men
Sawyer Spielberg 33, Chris Evans 43, Eddie Cahill 47, Pedro Pascal 50
Exhibit H: the money
It made 5.4 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $20 million
- Box office
- $108 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 89 scenes and 827 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
