Passes the Bechdel test
Mr. Brooks
2007. Directed by Bruce A. Evans, written by Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
15 women characters. 8 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 162. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Earl Brooks is a highly-respected businessman who was recently named Portland's Man of the Year. He hides a terrible secret, though: he is a serial killer known as the Thumbprint Killer. He has been attending AA meetings and has kept his addiction to killing under control for two years now but his alter-ego Marshall has re-appeared and is pushing him to kill again. When he does kill a couple while they are making love, he is seen and photographed by someone who has his own death and murder fetish. In a parallel story, the police detective investigating the murder is having her own problems: she is going through a messy divorce, and a violent criminal who had vowed revenge some years before has escaped from prison and is after her.
- Released
- 01 Jun 2007
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 45 / 100
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Mr. Brooks 254 lines, man
- Detective Atwood 194 lines, woman
- Mr. Smith 82 lines, man
- Marshall 78 lines, man
- Snyder 45 lines
- Emma 30 lines, woman
- Jane 30 lines, woman
- Captain Lister 24 lines, woman
- Asian Attorney 19 lines, woman
- Sheila 14 lines, woman
Full cast, 42 people
- Kevin Costner as Earl Brooks
- Demi Moore as Det. Tracy Atwood
- Dane Cook as Mr. Smith
- William Hurt as Marshall
- Marg Helgenberger as Emma Brooks
- Danielle Panabaker as Jane Brooks
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson as Hawkins
- Reiko Aylesworth as Sheila
- Matt Schulze as Meeks
- Yasmine Delawari as Sunday
- Jason Lewis as Jesse Vialo
- Lindsay Crouse as Captain Lister
- Megan Brown Martinez as Dance Couple (Woman)
- Michael Cole as Atwood's Lawyer
- Ross Francis as Dance Couple (Man)
- Kit Gwin as Detective Carfagno
- Marcus Hester as Detective Smolny
- Jamie McShane as Crime Lab Technician
- Laura Bailey as Flight Attendant
- Jon Paul Burkhart as Flight Attendant
- Matthew Posey as AA Leader
- Brandon Ray Olive as Summons Server
- Ben Glass as ER Doctor
- Kanin Howell as Pick-Up Driver
- Steve Coulter as Roger
- Stephen Michael Ayers as Mr. Clifford
- Mark Scarboro as Detective
- Bradley Evans as Cop
- Rommel Sulit as Japanese Client
- Phillip DeVona as Police Officer
- Dodie Brown as Police Officer
- Ted Ferguson as Restaurant Patron
- Deborah R. Jones as CSI Agent
- Gio March as Police Officer
- Colvin Roberson as Driver
- Michael Sieve as Detective
- Aisha Hinds as Nancy Hart
- Thunderbird Dinwiddie as Sarah Leaves
- Jim Farnum as Master of Ceremonies
- Rosie Cafarelli as Vaughn
- David Gibbons as Box Plant Manager
- Jasa Abreo as Flight Attendant
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 9% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 162
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 9 | 25 |
| 5 to 8 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 to 12 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 to 16 | 6 | 15 |
| 17 to 20 | 22 | 4 |
| 21 to 24 | 2 | 12 |
| 25 to 28 | 16 | 55 |
| 29 to 32 | 16 | 9 |
| 33 to 36 | 13 | 10 |
| 37 to 40 | 28 | 3 |
| 41 to 44 | 18 | 6 |
| 45 to 48 | 0 | 24 |
| 49 to 52 | 8 | 15 |
| 53 to 56 | 6 | 12 |
| 57 to 60 | 4 | 3 |
| 61 to 64 | 28 | 20 |
| 65 to 68 | 1 | 5 |
| 69 to 72 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 to 76 | 18 | 24 |
| 77 to 80 | 0 | 19 |
| 81 to 84 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 to 88 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 to 92 | 8 | 17 |
| 93 to 96 | 9 | 31 |
| 97 to 100 | 5 | 16 |
| 101 to 104 | 14 | 11 |
| 105 to 108 | 0 | 2 |
| 109 to 112 | 11 | 2 |
| 113 to 116 | 0 | 9 |
| 117 to 120 | 2 | 2 |
| 121 to 124 | 17 | 8 |
| 125 to 128 | 4 | 0 |
| 129 to 132 | 14 | 0 |
| 133 to 136 | 1 | 16 |
| 137 to 140 | 21 | 20 |
| 141 to 144 | 11 | 22 |
| 145 to 148 | 1 | 7 |
| 149 to 152 | 1 | 15 |
| 153 to 156 | 6 | 5 |
| 157 to 160 | 8 | 8 |
| 161 to 162 | 5 | 3 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
EMMA: Please, Honey, don't have an abortion. JANE: Would you really want to have a grandchild, even though I'm not married?
JANE: I hope so. I'm not feeling so well. EMMA: Should you lie down? JANE: I think I'd better.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 42 are women's.
336 lines from women, 463 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
15 women and 26 men in the cast. 8 women and 10 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 12 of 881.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 45 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 40% of the words (4,178), men 60% (6,220). Women have 42% 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
15
Two men
33
Exhibit F: 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
- Bruce A. Evans (man)
- Written by
- Bruce A. Evans (man), Raynold Gideon (man)
- Produced by
- Jim Wilson (man), Kevin Costner (man), Raynold Gideon (man)
- Shot by
- John Lindley (man)
- Edited by
- Miklos Wright (man)
- Music by
- Ramin Djawadi (man)
- Production design by
- Jeffrey Beecroft (man)
- Costumes by
- Judianna Makovsky (woman)
- Cast by
- Mindy Marin (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
0 women, 5 men, 12 not listed
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Production
3 women, 9 men, 2 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 4 men, 7 not listed
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Art
1 women, 4 men, 6 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 2 men, 5 not listed
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Other crew
1 women, 4 men, 3 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 4 men, 3 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 2 men, 5 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 36 on average. Men: 46 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Danielle Panabaker 19, Reiko Aylesworth 34, Yasmine Delawari 34, Demi Moore 44, Marg Helgenberger 48
Men
Matt Schulze 34, Dane Cook 35, Ruben Santiago-Hudson 50, Kevin Costner 52, William Hurt 57
Exhibit H: the money
It made 2.4 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $20 million
- Box office
- $48.4 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 162 scenes and 881 lines of dialogue. How the test works
