Passes the Bechdel test

Mr. Right

Name: Mr. Right
Released: 2016

2016. Directed by Paco Cabezas, written by Max Landis.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
6 women characters. 1 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 5 scenes out of 74.
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

After going through a painful break-up, a woman meets a man who appears to be perfect for her. However, as their relationship develops, she learns that he is a former hit-man. Their new, but genuine, relationship is tested even further as they try to save each other, from his dark past which has come back to haunt him.

Released: 08 Apr 2016
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime
Rated: R
IMDb: 6.3 / 10
Metascore: 52 / 100
Awards: 2 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Right 230 lines, man
Martha 224 lines, woman
Von 88 lines, man
Hopper 50 lines, man
Elaine 44 lines, woman
Johnny Howl 41 lines, man
Richard 36 lines, man
Charlie 31 lines, man
Shotgun Steve 22 lines, man
Bruce 21 lines, man

Full cast, 26 people

Sam Rockwell as Mr. Right
Anna Kendrick as Martha McKay
Tim Roth as Hopper / Reynolds
James Ransone as Von Cartigan
Anson Mount as Richard Cartigan
Michael Eklund as Johnny Moon
RZA as Shotgun Steve
Douglas M. Griffin as Gus Patrick
Katie Nehra as Sophie
Jaiden Kaine as Bruce
Luis Da Silva, Jr. as Espinoza
Elena Sanchez as Dison
Garrett Kruithof as Gage
Christopher Matthew Cook as Garrety
Wendy McColm as Julia
Ross Gallo as Jeff
Jimmy Gonzales as Park Thug
Kelly Connolly as Hottie
Gigi Johnson as Young Martha
Jonathan Billions as Little Boy Kyle
Cooper Dodson as Little Boy Gordon
Alec Rayme as Sniper
Sue Rock as Sharon Lutz
Marcus M. Mauldin as City Cop
Bradley Gallo as Man in Alley
Sam Medina as Thug

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 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 74

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 2	21	1
3 to 4	2	12
5 to 6	9	0
7 to 8	1	0
9 to 10	8	6
11 to 12	6	36
13 to 14	12	0
15 to 16	29	19
17 to 18	11	11
19 to 20	6	17
21 to 22	5	9
23 to 24	5	5
25 to 26	0	8
27 to 28	26	4
29 to 30	8	7
31 to 32	31	33
33 to 34	5	27
35 to 36	0	2
37 to 38	1	20
39 to 40	9	20
41 to 42	8	30
43 to 44	0	20
45 to 46	10	11
47 to 48	13	17
49 to 50	9	26
51 to 52	3	16
53 to 54	0	20
55 to 56	0	30
57 to 58	12	32
59 to 60	0	23
61 to 62	0	37
63 to 64	6	13
65 to 66	6	11
67 to 68	0	5
69 to 70	5	18
71 to 72	4	7
73 to 74	8	15

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.

ELAINE: Martha, are you... MARTHA: Shut up!

MARTHA: Checkyoself into a hospital...emergency room...after I mega... ELAINE: I’m not touching her, she’s all...sticky. MARTHA: ...mega-punch...

ELAINE: Oh, uh, hello. MARTHA: Oh, uh, my hair...

MARTHA: Yes. ELAINE: Martha.

ELAINE: You can’t tell me to- MARTHA: What’re we going to do?

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 33 are women's.

279 lines from women, 568 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

6 women and 19 men in the cast. 1 women and 16 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 2 of 887. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 77 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 28% of the words (2,268), men 72% (5,779). Women have 33% 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

3 of the 12 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 28% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Paco Cabezas (man)
Written by: Max Landis (man)
Produced by: Bradley Gallo (man), Michael A. Helfant (gender not listed), Rick Jacobs (man), Lawrence Mattis (gender not listed)
Shot by: Daniel Aranyó (man)
Edited by: Tom Wilson (man)
Music by: Aaron Zigman (man)
Production design by: Mara LePere-Schloop (woman)
Costumes by: Jillian Kreiner (woman)
Cast by: Orly Sitowitz (woman)