Fails the Bechdel test
Miami Vice
2006. Directed by Michael Mann, written by Michael Mann and Anthony Yerkovich.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
2 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
9 women characters. 5 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
Women do talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
Ricardo Tubbs is urbane and dead smart. He lives with Bronx-born Intel analyst Trudy, as they work undercover transporting drug loads into South Florida to identify a group responsible for three murders. Sonny Crockett [to the untrained eye, his presentation may seem unorthodox, but procedurally, he is sound] is charismatic and flirtatious until - while undercover working with the supplier of the South Florida group - he gets romantically entangled with Isabella, the Chinese-Cuban wife of an arms and drugs trafficker. The best undercover identity is oneself with the volume turned up and restraint unplugged. The intensity of the case pushes Crockett and Tubbs out onto the edge where identity and fabrication become blurred, where cop and player become one - especially for Crockett in his romance with Isabella and for Tubbs in the provocation of an assault on those he loves.
- Released
- 28 Jul 2006
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.1 / 10
- Metascore
- 66 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win & 9 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Crockett 203 lines, man
- Tubbs 140 lines, man
- Isabella 87 lines, woman
- Fujima 38 lines, man
- Castillo 32 lines, man
- Gina 26 lines, woman
- Montoya 17 lines, man
- Trudy 17 lines, woman
- Stevens 15 lines, man
- Aryan Brother 8 lines, man
Full cast, 72 people
- Colin Farrell as Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett
- Jamie Foxx as Det. Ricardo 'Rico' Tubbs
- Naomie Harris as Det. Trudy Joplin
- Gong Li as Isabella
- John Ortiz as José Yero
- Ciarán Hinds as FBI Agent John Fujima
- Justin Theroux as Det. Larry Zito
- Barry Shabaka Henley as Lt. Martin Castillo
- Elizabeth Rodriguez as Det. Gina Calabrese
- John Hawkes as Alonzo Stevens
- Eddie Marsan as Nicholas
- Luis Tosar as Arcángel de Jesús Montoya
- Domenick Lombardozzi as Det. Stan Switek
- Isaach de Bankolé as Neptune
- Tom Towles as Coleman
- Mario Ernesto Sánchez as El Tiburon
- Frankie J. Allison as Deep-Chested Aryan Brother
- Tony Curran as Aryan Brother
- Stephan Jones as Dark-Haired Aryan Brother
- Rob Larson as Long-Haired Aryan Brother
- Don Frye as Long-Haired Aryan Brother
- Maxim Danilov as Russian FBI Agent
- Pasha D. Lychnikoff as Russian FBI Agent
- Ana Cristina Oliveira as Female Bartender
- Everlayn Borges as Miss Cuba
- Juanita Billue as Miss Jamaica
- Patrick Michael Buckley as Air Traffic Controller
- Marc Macaulay as Air Traffic Supervisor
- Mike Pniewski as ER Doctor
- Vivienne Sendaydiego as ER Doctor
- Richard Katanga as Haitian Paramilitary Captain
- Dexter Fletcher as Haitian Paramilitary
- Oleg Taktarov as Russian Security
- Andrew Rasputin as Isabella's Security
- Ilan Krigsfeld as Isabella's Russian Bodyguard
- Juliana Guedes as Isabella's Secretary
- James Maurice Rowan Jr. as Guy in Double Wide Trailer
- Deborah Demere as Woman in Double Wide Trailer
- Abdel Tornes as The Courier
- Maria Leon as Casino Office Worker
- Kenny Acevedo as FBI Agent
- Julia Yarbrough as Self
- Ryan M. Phillips as Newscaster
- Amir Aviram as Guy Hitting on Gina
- Julia Perevedentseva as Blonde Talking to Tubbs
- Gilbert Quintana as Marine Shed Guard
- Eboni Nichols as Dancer
- Donald Dowd as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- Paul Aldanée as Mansion VIP (uncredited)
- Alexander Alonso as Yero Security (uncredited)
- Jay Amor as Yero Security (uncredited)
- Ryan Anthony as Club Patron (uncredited)
- Chris Astoyan as Agent Perry (uncredited)
- Ashley Avis as Supermodel (uncredited)
- Brad Batchelor as Boat Race Fan (uncredited)
- Eric Bendross as Night Club Patron (uncredited)
- Arthur Bergman as Man Waiting in Nightclub Line (uncredited)
- Robert Berson as Drug Cartel Operator (uncredited)
- Tara Cardinal as Club Girl (uncredited)
- Michelle Chin as Isabella's Mother (uncredited)
- Hailey Hansard as Dancer (uncredited)
- Stephane Kay as Miami Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)
- Claudine Oriol as Club Patron (uncredited)
- Danny Pardo as Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
- Pablo Patlis as Bartender (uncredited)
- Nathan Russell as DEA Agent (uncredited)
- Taso N. Stavrakis as Long-Haired Sniper (uncredited)
- Lorenzo Toledo as Yero Security (uncredited)
- Jon Tomlinson as Powerboat Throttleman (uncredited)
- Joe Vida as Detective Jones (uncredited)
- David Yuzuk as Bodyguard (uncredited)
- Julia Zgoda as Dancer (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 5% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 170
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 to 8 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 to 12 | 3 | 10 |
| 13 to 16 | 12 | 56 |
| 17 to 20 | 0 | 14 |
| 21 to 24 | 0 | 10 |
| 25 to 28 | 1 | 5 |
| 29 to 32 | 0 | 68 |
| 33 to 36 | 0 | 8 |
| 37 to 40 | 0 | 31 |
| 41 to 44 | 3 | 6 |
| 45 to 48 | 2 | 3 |
| 49 to 52 | 0 | 3 |
| 53 to 56 | 5 | 9 |
| 57 to 60 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 to 64 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 to 68 | 9 | 13 |
| 69 to 72 | 5 | 3 |
| 73 to 76 | 0 | 8 |
| 77 to 80 | 0 | 4 |
| 81 to 84 | 1 | 8 |
| 85 to 88 | 10 | 27 |
| 89 to 92 | 12 | 13 |
| 93 to 96 | 8 | 7 |
| 97 to 100 | 14 | 18 |
| 101 to 104 | 1 | 55 |
| 105 to 108 | 14 | 11 |
| 109 to 112 | 0 | 4 |
| 113 to 116 | 0 | 9 |
| 117 to 120 | 18 | 20 |
| 121 to 124 | 0 | 14 |
| 125 to 128 | 0 | 1 |
| 129 to 132 | 7 | 22 |
| 133 to 136 | 1 | 7 |
| 137 to 140 | 1 | 4 |
| 141 to 144 | 1 | 5 |
| 145 to 148 | 4 | 5 |
| 149 to 152 | 0 | 2 |
| 153 to 156 | 0 | 1 |
| 157 to 160 | 0 | 7 |
| 161 to 164 | 0 | 0 |
| 165 to 168 | 1 | 2 |
| 169 to 170 | 2 | 3 |
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, 21 are women's.
135 lines from women, 500 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
9 women and 33 men in the cast. 5 women and 19 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 12 of 669.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 112 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 26% of the words (1,705), men 74% (4,900). Women have 21% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.
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
3
Two men
46
Exhibit E: behind the camera
2 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 20% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Michael Mann (man)
- Written by
- Michael Mann (man)
- Produced by
- Michael Mann (man), Pieter Jan Brugge (man)
- Shot by
- Dion Beebe (man)
- Edited by
- William Goldenberg (man), Paul Rubell (man)
- Music by
- John Murphy (man)
- Production design by
- Victor Kempster (man)
- Costumes by
- Janty Yates (woman), Michael Kaplan (man)
- Cast by
- Francine Maisler (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
8 women, 11 men, 24 not listed
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Sound
5 women, 24 men, 13 not listed
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Other crew
3 women, 11 men, 24 not listed
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Art
1 women, 10 men, 14 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 11 men, 10 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 3 men, 12 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 3 men, 11 not listed
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Editing
0 women, 5 men, 4 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 31 on average. Men: 41 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Elizabeth Rodriguez 25, Naomie Harris 29, Gong Li 40
Men
Colin Farrell 30, Justin Theroux 34, Jamie Foxx 38, John Ortiz 38, John Hawkes 46, Barry Shabaka Henley 51, Ciarán Hinds 53
Exhibit G: the money
It made 1.2 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $135 million
- Box office
- $164 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 170 scenes and 669 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
