Fails the Bechdel test
Mid90s
2018. Directed by Jonah Hill, written by Jonah Hill.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
7 women characters. 2 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 1 out of 3.
The film
Stevie is a teenager growing up in Los Angeles. He's struggling with his family, including his co-dependent single mom and his abusive older brother. At school, his richer friends seem to overlook him. When Stevie befriends a crew of skateboarders, he learns some tough lessons about class, race, and privilege.
- Released
- 26 Oct 2018
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.4 / 10
- Metascore
- 66 / 100
- Awards
- 4 wins & 11 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Stevie 217 lines, man
- Fuckshit 132 lines, man
- Ruben 104 lines, man
- Dabney 100 lines, woman
- Jorge 93 lines, man
- Ian 33 lines, man
- Fourth Grade 32 lines, man
- The Crew 11 lines
- Estee 10 lines, woman
- Chris 8 lines, man
Full cast, 30 people
- Sunny Suljic as Stevie
- Katherine Waterston as Dabney
- Lucas Hedges as Ian
- Na-kel Smith as Ray
- Olan Prenatt as Fuckshit
- Gio Galicia as Ruben
- Ryder McLaughlin as Fourth Grade
- Alexa Demie as Estee
- Fig Camila Abner as Angela
- Liana Perlich as Teresa
- Ama Elsesser as Zoe
- Judah Estrella Borunda as Sam
- Mecca Allen as Sara
- Aramis Hudson as Skate Shop Customer
- Sonny Greenback as 5-0 Kid
- Del the Funky Homosapien as Homeless Man #1 (as Teren 'Del the Funky Homosapien' Jones)
- Chad Muska as Homeless Man #2
- Donovon Piscopo as Pro Skater #1
- Kevin White as Pro Skater #2
- Aaron Meza as Cop #1
- Rick Howard as Cop #2
- Chico Brenes as Cop #3
- Donny Barley as Cop #4
- Harmony Korine as Todd
- Jahmin Assa as JJ The King of Beepers
- Jerrod Carmichael as Security Guard (uncredited)
- Jax Malcolm as Chris (uncredited)
- Kasey Elise as Agnus (uncredited)
- Zachary Read as Randon (uncredited)
- Craig Reed as Driver
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 3% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 100
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 to 9 | 19 | 17 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 11 |
| 22 to 24 | 14 | 39 |
| 25 to 27 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 12 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 67 |
| 37 to 39 | 16 | 15 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 42 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 13 |
| 46 to 48 | 12 | 21 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 48 |
| 52 to 54 | 3 | 19 |
| 55 to 57 | 2 | 7 |
| 58 to 60 | 0 | 48 |
| 61 to 63 | 9 | 9 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 30 |
| 67 to 69 | 0 | 22 |
| 70 to 72 | 9 | 11 |
| 73 to 75 | 1 | 31 |
| 76 to 78 | 0 | 2 |
| 79 to 81 | 13 | 11 |
| 82 to 84 | 7 | 30 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 3 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 27 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 41 |
| 94 to 96 | 8 | 3 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 11 |
| 100 to 100 | 0 | 11 |
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, 15 are women's.
114 lines from women, 630 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
7 women and 15 men in the cast. 2 women and 7 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 26 of 766.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 96 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 (1,108), men 83% (5,425). Women have 15% 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
0
Two men
49
Exhibit E: behind the camera
2 of the 14 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 33% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Jonah Hill (man)
- Written by
- Jonah Hill (man)
- Produced by
- Mikey Alfred (man), Eli Bush (man), Ken Kao (man), Scott Rudin (man), Lila Yacoub (woman), Jonah Hill (man)
- Shot by
- Christopher Blauvelt (man)
- Edited by
- Nick Houy (man)
- Music by
- Trent Reznor (man), Atticus Ross (man)
- Production design by
- Jahmin Assa (man)
- Cast by
- Allison Jones (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
13 women, 12 men, 7 not listed
-
Sound
1 women, 14 men, 4 not listed
-
Other crew
2 women, 8 men, 5 not listed
-
Art
1 women, 4 men, 8 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
6 women, 0 men, 5 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 3 men, 7 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 2 men, 5 not listed
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Visual Effects
2 women, 1 men, 4 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 33 on average. Men: 20 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Alexa Demie 27, Katherine Waterston 38
Men
Sunny Suljic 13, Ryder McLaughlin 20, Lucas Hedges 21, Olan Prenatt 22, Na-kel Smith 24
Exhibit G: the money
It made 5.5 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $1.7 million
- Box office
- $9.3 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 100 scenes and 766 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
