Fails the Bechdel test
Megamind
2010. Directed by Tom McGrath, written by Alan Schoolcraft and Brent Simons.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
4 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 0 out of 3.
The film
After super-villain Megamind (Ferrell) kills his good-guy nemesis, Metro Man (Pitt), he becomes bored since there is no one left to fight. He creates a new foe, Titan (Hill), who, instead of using his powers for good, sets out to destroy the world, positioning Megamind to save the day for the first time in his life.
- Released
- 05 Nov 2010
- Genres
- Animation, Action, Adventure
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 7.3 / 10
- Metascore
- 63 / 100
- Awards
- 2 wins & 16 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Master Mind 256 lines, man
- Roxanne 131 lines, woman
- Titan 96 lines, man
- Hal 74 lines, man
- Plato 45 lines, man
- Einstein 26 lines, man
- Frank 21 lines, man
- Wayne Scott 20 lines, man
- Brad Helms 16 lines, man
- Da Vinci 15 lines
Full cast, 19 people
- Will Ferrell as Megamind (voice)
- Brad Pitt as Metro Man (voice)
- Tina Fey as Roxanne Ritchi (voice)
- Jonah Hill as Tighten (voice)
- David Cross as Minion (voice)
- Ben Stiller as Bernard (voice)
- Justin Theroux as Megaminds's Father (voice)
- Jessica Schulte as Megamind's Mother (voice)
- Tom McGrath as Lord Scott / Prison Guard (voice)
- Emily Nordwind as Lady Scott (voice)
- J.K. Simmons as Warden (voice)
- Ella Stiller as Schoolchild (voice)
- Quinn Dempsey Stiller as Schoolchild (voice)
- Brian Hopkins as Prisoner (voice)
- Christopher Knights as Prison Guard (voice)
- Mike Mitchell as Father in Crowd (voice)
- Jasper Johannes Andrews as Crying Baby (voice)
- Jack Blessing as Newscaster (voice)
- Stephen Kearin as Mayor (voice)
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 108
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 to 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 21 |
| 13 to 15 | 3 | 12 |
| 16 to 18 | 1 | 21 |
| 19 to 21 | 15 | 18 |
| 22 to 24 | 4 | 21 |
| 25 to 27 | 3 | 8 |
| 28 to 30 | 13 | 6 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 21 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 16 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 11 |
| 40 to 42 | 2 | 6 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 4 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 3 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 16 |
| 52 to 54 | 0 | 14 |
| 55 to 57 | 16 | 11 |
| 58 to 60 | 2 | 21 |
| 61 to 63 | 13 | 32 |
| 64 to 66 | 3 | 2 |
| 67 to 69 | 1 | 1 |
| 70 to 72 | 6 | 9 |
| 73 to 75 | 0 | 13 |
| 76 to 78 | 0 | 49 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 12 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 10 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 16 |
| 91 to 93 | 26 | 37 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 21 |
| 97 to 99 | 2 | 50 |
| 100 to 102 | 10 | 23 |
| 103 to 105 | 3 | 7 |
| 106 to 108 | 8 | 53 |
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, 19 are women's.
136 lines from women, 591 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
4 women and 14 men in the cast. 1 women and 4 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 19 of 813.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 116 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 19% of the words (1,510), men 81% (6,644).
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
42
Exhibit E: behind the camera
3 of the 10 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 17% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Tom McGrath (man)
- Written by
- Alan Schoolcraft (man), Brent Simons (man)
- Produced by
- Lara Breay (woman), Denise Nolan Cascino (woman)
- Edited by
- Michael Andrews (man)
- Music by
- Lorne Balfe (man), Hans Zimmer (man)
- Production design by
- David James (man)
- Cast by
- Leslee Feldman (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Visual Effects
4 women, 29 men, 90 not listed
-
Lighting
1 women, 2 men, 48 not listed
-
Other crew
3 women, 16 men, 25 not listed
-
Production
5 women, 2 men, 34 not listed
-
Sound
2 women, 21 men, 16 not listed
-
Editing
2 women, 4 men, 3 not listed
-
Writing
0 women, 5 men, 1 not listed
-
Art
0 women, 1 men, 3 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 40 on average. Men: 41 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Tina Fey 40
Men
Jonah Hill 26, Justin Theroux 39, Will Ferrell 43, Ben Stiller 44, Brad Pitt 46, David Cross 46, Tom McGrath 46
Exhibit G: the money
It made 2.5 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $130 million
- Box office
- $322 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 108 scenes and 813 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
