Fails the Bechdel test
Next Friday
2000. Directed by Steve Carr, written by Ice Cube and DJ Pooh.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
2 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
7 women characters. 5 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
Women do talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 2 out of 3.
The film
Debo has escaped from prison and is looking to get revenge on Craig. So Craig's dad takes him to Rancho Cucamonga to hide out with his Uncle Elroy and cousin Day-Day, who moved to the suburbs after winning the lottery. But once he gets there, Craig and Day-Day have a set of suburban misadventures that make his South Central experiences look tame.
- Released
- 12 Jan 2000
- Genres
- Comedy
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 41 / 100
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Craig 199 lines, man
- Day-Day 160 lines, man
- Roach 84 lines, man
- Uncle Elroy 80 lines, man
- Mr. Jones 50 lines, man
- Joker 42 lines, man
- Karla 34 lines, woman
- Ezal 27 lines, man
- Debo 23 lines, man
- Suga 20 lines, woman
Full cast, 27 people
- Ice Cube as Craig Jones
- Mike Epps as Day-Day
- Justin Pierce as Roach
- John Witherspoon as Mr. Jones
- Don Curry as Uncle Elroy
- Jacob Vargas as Joker
- Lobo Sebastian as Lil Joker
- Rolando Molina as Baby Joker
- Lisa Rodríguez as Karla
- Tommy Lister Jr. as Debo
- Kym Whitley as Suga
- Amy Hill as Miss Ho-Kym
- Tamala Jones as D'wana
- The Lady of Rage as Baby D'
- Carmen Serano as Girl #1
- Maria Arcé as Girl #2
- Vanessa White as Girl #3
- Clifton Powell as Pinky
- Michael Blackson as Customer #1
- Ronn Riser as Stanley / Mystery Guest
- David Earl Waterman as Sheriff #3
- Cheridah Best as Sheriff Lady
- Sticky Fingaz as Tyrone
- Shane Conrad as Real Estate Man
- Keebo as Pinky Chaffeur
- Greg Bronson as Customer (uncredited)
- Michael Rapaport as Mailman with Tax Notice (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 2% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 80
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 18 |
| 11 to 12 | 9 | 48 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 8 |
| 15 to 16 | 8 | 24 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 16 |
| 19 to 20 | 0 | 30 |
| 21 to 22 | 9 | 42 |
| 23 to 24 | 5 | 35 |
| 25 to 26 | 0 | 20 |
| 27 to 28 | 13 | 63 |
| 29 to 30 | 6 | 60 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 38 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 6 |
| 35 to 36 | 0 | 4 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 4 |
| 39 to 40 | 0 | 34 |
| 41 to 42 | 4 | 23 |
| 43 to 44 | 0 | 21 |
| 45 to 46 | 0 | 13 |
| 47 to 48 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 to 50 | 2 | 5 |
| 51 to 52 | 5 | 6 |
| 53 to 54 | 10 | 16 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 14 |
| 57 to 58 | 2 | 9 |
| 59 to 60 | 6 | 21 |
| 61 to 62 | 0 | 7 |
| 63 to 64 | 2 | 19 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 17 |
| 67 to 68 | 0 | 11 |
| 69 to 70 | 0 | 9 |
| 71 to 72 | 0 | 5 |
| 73 to 74 | 0 | 11 |
| 75 to 76 | 1 | 4 |
| 77 to 78 | 3 | 15 |
| 79 to 80 | 8 | 25 |
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, 11 are women's.
93 lines from women, 717 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
7 women and 15 men in the cast. 5 women and 12 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 75 of 827.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 129 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 10% of the words (656), men 90% (6,088). Women have 11% 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
1
Two men
64
Exhibit E: behind the camera
2 of the 8 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 27% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Steve Carr (man)
- Written by
- Ice Cube (man)
- Produced by
- Ice Cube (man)
- Shot by
- Christopher Baffa (man)
- Edited by
- Elena Maganini (woman)
- Music by
- Terence Blanchard (man)
- Production design by
- Dina Lipton (gender not listed)
- Cast by
- Kimberly Hardin (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Sound
6 women, 17 men, 5 not listed
-
Other crew
1 women, 17 men, 6 not listed
-
Production
3 women, 8 men, 7 not listed
-
Art
2 women, 2 men, 12 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
5 women, 0 men, 5 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 4 men, 3 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 4 men, 2 not listed
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Editing
2 women, 1 men, 4 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Men: 34 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Men
Justin Pierce 24, Jacob Vargas 28, Rolando Molina 28, Mike Epps 29, Ice Cube 30, Don Curry 38, Tommy Lister Jr. 41, John Witherspoon 57
Exhibit G: the money
It made 5.4 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $11 million
- Box office
- $59.8 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 80 scenes and 827 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
