Fails the Bechdel test
Moneyball
2011. Directed by Bennett Miller, written by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
9 women characters. 5 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
Oakland A's GM Billy Beane is handicapped with the lowest salary constraint in baseball. If he ever wants to win the World Series, Billy must find a competitive advantage. Billy is about to turn baseball on its ear when he uses statistical data to analyze and place value on the players he picks for the team.
- Released
- 23 Sep 2011
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, Sport
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 7.6 / 10
- Metascore
- 87 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 6 Oscars. 29 wins & 82 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Billy 596 lines, man
- Peter 152 lines, man
- Art 45 lines, man
- Grady 41 lines, man
- Casey 38 lines, woman
- Schott 25 lines, man
- Hatteberg 24 lines, man
- Scott 18 lines, man
- Tara 17 lines, man
- Justice 15 lines, man
Full cast, 77 people
- Brad Pitt as Billy Beane
- Jonah Hill as Peter Brand
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Art Howe
- Robin Wright as Sharon
- Chris Pratt as Scott Hatteberg
- Stephen Bishop as David Justice
- Reed Diamond as Mark Shapiro
- Brent Jennings as Ron Washington
- Ken Medlock as Grady Fuson
- Tammy Blanchard as Elizabeth Hatteberg
- Jack McGee as John Poloni
- Vyto Ruginis as Pittaro
- Nick Searcy as Matt Keough
- Glenn Morshower as Ron Hopkins
- Casey Bond as Chad Bradford
- Nick Porrazzo as Jeremy Giambi
- Kerris Dorsey as Casey Beane
- Arliss Howard as John Henry
- Reed Thompson as Young Billy
- James Shanklin as Billy's Dad
- Diane Behrens as Billy's Mom
- Takayo Fischer as Suzanne - Billy's Secretary
- Derrin Ebert as Mike Magnante
- Miguel Mendoza as Ricardo Rincon
- Gerardo Celasco as Carlos Peña
- Tom Gamboa as Scout Martinez
- Barry Moss as Scout Barry
- Artie Harris as Scout Artie
- Bob Bishop as Scout Bob
- George Vranau as Scout George
- Phil Pote as Scout Pote
- Art Ortiz as Eric Chavez
- Royce Clayton as Miguel Tejada
- Marvin Horn as Terrence Long
- Brent Dohling as Mark Ellis
- Ken Rudulph as Reporter
- Lisa Guerrero as Reporter
- Christopher Dehau Lee as Eric Kubota
- Joe Satriani as Self
- Simon James as Voos
- Greg Papa as Game Announcer (voice)
- Bob Costas as Sports Announcer (voice)
- Tim McCarver as Sports Announcer (voice)
- Eddie Frierson as Call-In Radio Host (voice)
- Glen Kuiper as Oakland A's Announcer (voice)
- Joe Provost as Oakland A's Security Guard
- John Brantley Cole as Young Jongewaard
- Jake Wilson as Sabatini
- Robert P. Macaluso as Coach Bob
- Keith Middlebrook as Coach Parker
- Damon Farmar as Shapiro's Advisor
- Michael Gillespie as Ken Macha
- Chad Kreuter as Rick Peterson
- Blake Pike as John
- Robert Ninfo as Eric Byrnes
- Gary 'G. Thang' Johnson as Jermaine Dye
- Corey Vanderhook as Ramon Hernandez
- Melvin Perdue as Ray Durham
- Ari Zagaris as Jim Mercir
- Jon Stein as Seymour
- Madeleine G. Hall as Hattebergs' Daughter
- Holly Pitrago as Shapiro's Assistant
- Ken Korach as Radio Color Commentator (voice)
- Julie Wagner as Clubhouse Reporter
- Ken Colquitt as Clubhouse Reporter
- Eric Winzenried as PR Guy
- Richard Padilla as Umpire - Game 20
- Ed Montague as Umpire - Indians
- Jack Knight as Umpire - 1984
- Patrick Riley as Umpire - 1989
- Phil Benson as 1st Base Umpire
- Joyce Guy as Flight Attendant
- George Thomas as Security Guard #2
- Spike Jonze as Alán (uncredited)
- Derek Jeter as Himself (archive footage)
- Deanna Marks as Player's Wife (uncredited)
- Bobby Kotick as Stephen Schott
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 10% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 145
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 to 8 | 0 | 77 |
| 9 to 12 | 0 | 98 |
| 13 to 16 | 0 | 64 |
| 17 to 20 | 3 | 17 |
| 21 to 24 | 0 | 13 |
| 25 to 28 | 0 | 94 |
| 29 to 32 | 8 | 65 |
| 33 to 36 | 11 | 15 |
| 37 to 40 | 0 | 2 |
| 41 to 44 | 0 | 54 |
| 45 to 48 | 3 | 24 |
| 49 to 52 | 0 | 7 |
| 53 to 56 | 0 | 19 |
| 57 to 60 | 0 | 17 |
| 61 to 64 | 14 | 18 |
| 65 to 68 | 8 | 13 |
| 69 to 72 | 0 | 6 |
| 73 to 76 | 0 | 24 |
| 77 to 80 | 0 | 9 |
| 81 to 84 | 5 | 87 |
| 85 to 88 | 0 | 44 |
| 89 to 92 | 0 | 21 |
| 93 to 96 | 0 | 12 |
| 97 to 100 | 0 | 14 |
| 101 to 104 | 9 | 119 |
| 105 to 108 | 0 | 37 |
| 109 to 112 | 0 | 1 |
| 113 to 116 | 2 | 10 |
| 117 to 120 | 0 | 2 |
| 121 to 124 | 0 | 3 |
| 125 to 128 | 6 | 21 |
| 129 to 132 | 0 | 0 |
| 133 to 136 | 0 | 50 |
| 137 to 140 | 0 | 32 |
| 141 to 144 | 0 | 0 |
| 145 to 145 | 0 | 0 |
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, 6 are women's.
69 lines from women, 1094 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
9 women and 33 men in the cast. 5 women and 26 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 291 of 1,286.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 290 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 3% of the words (375), men 97% (11,045). Women have 6% of the lines, so their lines run shorter 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
82
Exhibit E: behind the camera
4 of the 15 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 33% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Bennett Miller (man)
- Written by
- Steven Zaillian (man), Aaron Sorkin (man)
- Story by
- Stan Chervin (man)
- Produced by
- Rachael Horovitz (woman), Brad Pitt (man), Michael De Luca (man)
- Shot by
- Wally Pfister (man)
- Edited by
- Christopher Tellefsen (man)
- Music by
- Mychael Danna (man)
- Production design by
- Jess Gonchor (man)
- Costumes by
- Kasia Walicka Maimone (woman)
- Cast by
- Francine Maisler (woman), Chris Bustard (man), Carolyn Pickman (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
8 women, 13 men, 8 not listed
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Sound
8 women, 14 men, 2 not listed
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Other crew
2 women, 9 men, 12 not listed
-
Art
3 women, 9 men, 8 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
7 women, 2 men, 7 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 6 men, 4 not listed
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Editing
2 women, 5 men, 1 not listed
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Directing
2 women, 4 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 40 on average. Men: 42 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Tammy Blanchard 34, Robin Wright 45
Men
Jonah Hill 27, Chris Pratt 32, Stephen Bishop 40, Philip Seymour Hoffman 44, Reed Diamond 44, Brad Pitt 47, Brent Jennings 60
Exhibit G: the money
It made 2.2 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $50 million
- Box office
- $110 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 145 scenes and 1,286 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
