Passes the Bechdel test

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Name: Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Released: 2005

2005. Directed by Doug Liman, written by Simon Kinberg.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
38 women characters. 6 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 200.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 2 out of 3.

The film

John and Jane Smith are a normal married couple, living a normal life in a normal suburb, working normal jobs...well, if you can call secretly being assassins "normal". But neither Jane nor John knows about their spouse's secret, until they are surprised to find each other as targets! But on their quest to kill each other, they learn a lot more about each other than they ever did in five (or six) years of marriage.

Released: 10 Jun 2005
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 6.5 / 10
Metascore: 55 / 100
Awards: 9 wins & 18 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

John 331 lines, man
Jane 316 lines, woman
Eddie 25 lines, man
Jasmine 21 lines, woman
Dr. Wexler 12 lines, man
Julie 12 lines, woman
Mr. Horner 12 lines, man
Room- Night 8 lines
Hamed 7 lines
Hector 7 lines

Full cast, 101 people

Angelina Jolie as Jane Smith
Brad Pitt as John Smith
Vince Vaughn as Eddie
Adam Brody as Benjamin Danz
Kerry Washington as Jasmine
Keith David as Father
Chris Weitz as Martin Coleman
Rachael Huntley as Suzy Coleman
Michelle Monaghan as Gwen
Stephanie March as Julie - Associate #1
Jennifer Morrison as Jade - Associate #2
Theresa Barrera as Janet - Associate #3
Perrey Reeves as Jessie - Associate #4
Melanie Tolbert as Jamie - Associate #5
Jerry T. Adams as Guard - Bull
Elijah Alexander as Marco Racin
Hans F. Alexander as Louis
Lauryn Alvarez as Coleman Kid #2
Burke Armstrong as Restaurant Patron
Ron Bottitta as P.J.
Earl H. Bullock as 50's Man
Miguel Angel Caballero as Bellboy - Bogotá
Victor A. Chapa as Americana Hotel Manager
Maree Cheatham as Father's Secretary
Laine Collins as Eddie's Waitress
Noah Dahl as Coleman Kid #1
Merrilee Dale as Mom #2
Chris Daniels as Mailman Assassin
Patrika Darbo as 50's Woman
Jennifer DeMille as Breakfast Diner Waitress
Tyce Diorio as Salsa Dancer #2
Patricia Donaldson as Louise
Sabi Dorr as Bodyguard #3
Greg Ellis as Mickey
David Escobedo as Americana Hotel Bartender
Kaela Freeman as Neighborhood Girl
Megan Gallagher as 40's Woman
Amy Hathaway as Beauty
Jessica Hedden as Hopskotch Girl #2
Kathrine Herzer as Hopscotch Girl #1
Nigel Hudson as Boxing Sparring Partner
Ravil Isyanov as Curtis
Stephanie Ittleson as Party Guest
Mark Ivanir as Patron - Dive Bar
Benton Jennings as Maitre'D
Simon Kinberg as Investment Banker #1
Peter Lavin as Leroy
Deren Tadlock as Doorman
Sean Mahon as Lucky
Kevin Makely as Johnson
Mike McCaul as Bill the Neighbor
Derek Medina as Policia #2
Will Moore as House Assassin #1
Joel Munoz as Policia #1
Mark Newsom as Guard #1
Richie Ornelas as Policia #4
Jordan Osher as House Assassin #2
Edward Padilla as Colombian Military Officer
Eugene C. Palmer as Judge
Luis Racer as Policia #3
Liz Ramos as Salsa Dancer #1
Leonard Robinson as Watchguard
Felix A. Ruiz as Vocalist
Sam Sabbah as Bodyguard
Kim Schioldan as Bartender - Dive Bar
Ty Sharp as Towncar Driver
Jimmy Shubert as Ancient Barker
Abigail Rose Solomon as Mom #3
Hannah Von Kanel as Hopskotch Girl #3
Ali Marsh as Mom #1
Kim H. Winther as Mr. Smith's Father
Michael Winther as Investment Banker #2
Mike Wolfe as Bartender - Coleman House
Jeff Yagher as 40's Man
Bryan Anthony as Dancer
Douglas Caldwell as Dancer
R.J. Durell as Dancer
Melissa Hurley as Dancer
Jacqui Landrum as Dancer
Carol Mack as Dancer
Michael Morris as Dancer
Gloria Rodriguez as Dancer
Linda Kathleen Taylor as Dancer
Anne Vardanian as Dancer
Ara Vardanian as Dancer
Luis Vasquez as Dancer
John W. Woodruff as Dancer
Angela Bassett as Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited)
William Fichtner as Dr. Wexler - Marriage Counselor (voice) (uncredited)
David Block as Security Guard (uncredited)
John Branch as Swat Team Member (uncredited)
Julius Callahan as Sebastian James (uncredited)
Shilo Frontierro as Assassin (uncredited)
Lisa Gabriel as Dancer (uncredited)
Tony Longo as Big Bad Bathroom Dude (uncredited)
Janelle Marra as Woman #3 (uncredited)
Heather Petrone as BB Gun Shooter (uncredited)
Bill Viney as Dancer (uncredited)
Hawk Younkins as Swat Officer (uncredited)
Matt McColm as Assassin (uncredited)
Mo Gallini as Algerian Assassin (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 5 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 200

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 5	29	40
6 to 10	4	5
11 to 15	4	1
16 to 20	5	6
21 to 25	0	0
26 to 30	2	1
31 to 35	6	5
36 to 40	0	3
41 to 45	4	3
46 to 50	0	4
51 to 55	0	2
56 to 60	9	8
61 to 65	4	7
66 to 70	4	6
71 to 75	0	0
76 to 80	0	0
81 to 85	4	0
86 to 90	24	13
91 to 95	5	7
96 to 100	8	0
101 to 105	13	17
106 to 110	7	13
111 to 115	1	26
116 to 120	16	0
121 to 125	20	10
126 to 130	0	21
131 to 135	19	12
136 to 140	30	35
141 to 145	1	15
146 to 150	7	8
151 to 155	5	5
156 to 160	9	12
161 to 165	25	25
166 to 170	13	12
171 to 175	5	4
176 to 180	5	6
181 to 185	2	2
186 to 190	1	3
191 to 195	51	33
196 to 200	20	42

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.

JANE: I'm already on it, JASMINE: We have a drop at the box downtown.

JASMINE: Jane, you sure you want to go home in the middle of all- JANE: I need to ..• Jasmine, I .•• I've got to go. I'll be back.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 47 are women's.

362 lines from women, 412 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

38 women and 41 men in the cast. 6 women and 10 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

A woman speaks the first line. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 25 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 41% of the words (2,650), men 59% (3,802). Women have 47% of the lines, so their lines run shorter 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

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

1 of the 14 people in these jobs is a woman. Across the whole crew, 19% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Doug Liman (man)
Written by: Simon Kinberg (man)
Produced by: Lucas Foster (man), Akiva Goldsman (man), Eric McLeod (man), Arnon Milchan (man), Patrick Wachsberger (man)
Shot by: Bojan Bazelli (man)
Edited by: Michael Tronick (man)
Music by: John Powell (man)
Production design by: Jeff Mann (man)
Costumes by: Michael Kaplan (man)
Cast by: Joseph Middleton (man), Michelle Morris-Gertz (woman)