Passes the Bechdel test
Me Him Her
2015. Directed by Max Landis, written by Max Landis.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
13 women characters. 13 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 5 scenes out of 55. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Brendan Ehrlick, star of TV's popular cop series "Hard Justice," would like to come out of the closet to his parents. His first step? Come out to his best friend Cory in Florida and solicit his help. Cory already knows he's gay but comes to L.A. anyway, where his actions, rather than help Brendan, put him in awkward, possibly career-threatening situations. As corporate managers advise Brendan to remain uninformative in dealing with paparazzi, Cory ventures off into a one-night-stand with Emily, a lesbian on the rebound from a toxic relationship. He falls for her, but being with him confuses her life-long lesbian identity. Her struggles with this prompt Cory towards suddenly becoming a better friend to Brendan, leading to an immediate abduction followed by a violent, sword-wielding confrontation at the "Hard Justice" cast party.
- Released
- 11 Mar 2016
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Rated
- Not Rated
- IMDb
- 5.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 39 / 100
- Awards
- 1 nomination
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Cory 354 lines, man
- Brendan 262 lines, man
- Gabbi 188 lines, woman
- Heather 48 lines, woman
- Laura 34 lines, woman
- Kris 15 lines, woman
- Old Man 13 lines, man
- Cynthia 11 lines, man
- Steve 9 lines, man
- Mrs. Ehrlick 8 lines, woman
Full cast, 24 people
- Luke Bracey as Brendan
- Dustin Milligan as Cory
- Emily Meade as Gabbi
- Haley Joel Osment
- Geena Davis as Mrs. Ehrlick
- Alia Shawkat as Laura
- Casey Wilson
- Jake McDorman as Griffin
- Scott Bakula as Mr. Ehrlick
- Angela Sarafyan as Heather
- Kyle Bornheimer as Steve
- Rebecca Drysdale as Kris
- Zena Grey as Pixie Girl
- Miles Fisher
- Hunter Elizabeth as Hot Teen Girl
- Max Landis as Party Bystander
- Matt Cohen as Nug Nug Junior (uncredited)
- Kelli Barksdale as Hot Teen Driver (uncredited)
- Ashley McCarthy as Hot Girl in Car (uncredited)
- Kristina Hess as Hot Girl in Car (uncredited)
- Marianne Bourg as Girl at the Bar (uncredited)
- Nicole Bosworth as Goth Girl (uncredited)
- Buda as LGBT Parade Paparazzi (uncredited)
- Cassandra Starr as Reporter (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 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 55
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 to 4 | 17 | 54 |
| 5 to 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 to 8 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 58 |
| 11 to 12 | 25 | 60 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 to 16 | 21 | 16 |
| 17 to 18 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 to 20 | 0 | 30 |
| 21 to 22 | 10 | 52 |
| 23 to 24 | 6 | 0 |
| 25 to 26 | 10 | 15 |
| 27 to 28 | 4 | 32 |
| 29 to 30 | 32 | 78 |
| 31 to 32 | 29 | 23 |
| 33 to 34 | 36 | 4 |
| 35 to 36 | 1 | 3 |
| 37 to 38 | 21 | 28 |
| 39 to 40 | 1 | 9 |
| 41 to 42 | 30 | 92 |
| 43 to 44 | 43 | 70 |
| 45 to 46 | 1 | 1 |
| 47 to 48 | 13 | 31 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 to 52 | 1 | 1 |
| 53 to 54 | 0 | 1 |
| 55 to 55 | 0 | 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.
GABBI: How could you do this to me? I don’t understand! Explain to me, explain to me how you could fucking do this, are you this fucking broken? Ar… HEATHER: Gabbi- GABBI: WHAT!? HEATHER: I think you should leave.
LAURA: You’re not going to work. GABBI: Called in sick. LAURA: Two days in a row? GABBI: I don’t want to move.
GABBI: I think I’ll wait out here. LAURA: Oh come on, don’t be a wuss. LAURA: Oh. Good to see you’re feeling better. GABBI: Baby steps.
LAURA: So you’re just not gonna talk to me. You run off for forty minutes, am I your valet, is this your hotel? GABBI: I said I was sorry, what do you want- GABBI: FUCK OFF!
LAURA: I’m gonna- GABBI: Yeah. HEATHER: Gabrielle, it’s me. GABBI: Yeah, I know.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 31 are women's.
304 lines from women, 677 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
13 women and 8 men in the cast. 13 women and 11 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 60 of 1,023.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 73 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 (3,227), men 67% (6,655). Women have 31% 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
11
Two men
39
Exhibit F: behind the camera
None of the 4 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 20% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Max Landis (man)
- Written by
- Max Landis (man)
- Shot by
- Ross Riege (man)
- Edited by
- Joe Landauer (man)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
2 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 1 men
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Directing
0 women, 1 men
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Editing
0 women, 1 men
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Sound
0 women, 1 men
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Writing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 36 on average. Men: 35 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Alia Shawkat 26, Emily Meade 27, Angela Sarafyan 32, Casey Wilson 35, Geena Davis 60
Men
Luke Bracey 26, Haley Joel Osment 27, Jake McDorman 29, Dustin Milligan 30, Scott Bakula 61
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 55 scenes and 1,023 lines of dialogue. How the test works
