Passes the Bechdel test
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
2008. Directed by Peter Sollett, written by Lorene Scafaria and Rachel Cohn and David Levithan.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
13 women characters. 4 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 78. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
It's been three weeks, two days, and 23 hours since Tris broke up with Nick. And now here she is at his gig, with a new guy. How could she have moved on so fast? This begins the night of Nick, Norah and Manhattan. The night of stripping nuns, hotel ice rooms, Russian food, psychotic ex-boyfriends and lovingly trashy ex-girlfriends. It's the night of Julio and Salvatore. The night of holding hands and writing songs and singing in the rain. It's a night they'll never forget.
- Released
- 03 Oct 2008
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Music
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 6.6 / 10
- Metascore
- 64 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win & 9 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Norah 285 lines, woman
- Nick 276 lines, man
- Tris 82 lines, woman
- Dev 71 lines, man
- Thom 53 lines, man
- Caroline 43 lines, woman
- Tal 41 lines, man
- Beefy Guy 10 lines, man
- Blackman 5 lines
- Crowd 3 lines
Full cast, 64 people
- Michael Cera as Nick
- Kat Dennings as Norah
- Aaron Yoo as Thom
- Rafi Gavron as Dev
- Ari Graynor as Caroline
- Alexis Dziena as Tris
- Jonathan B. Wright as Beefy Guy (Lethario)
- Zachary Booth as Gary
- Jay Baruchel as Tal
- Justin Rice as Bishop Allen
- Christian Rudder as Bishop Allen
- Giorgio Angelini as Bishop Allen
- Darbie Nowatka as Bishop Allen
- Cully Symington as Bishop Allen
- Jeremy Haines as Randy (Are You Randy)
- Sammy Marc Rubin as Sammy (Are You Randy)
- Glenn Kubota as Korean Guy
- Marika Daciuk as Ukrainian Waitress
- Marcel Simoneau as Drunk Kid
- Seth Meyers as Drunk Guy in Yugo
- Lorene Scafaria as Drunk Girl in Yugo
- Andy Samberg as Homeless Man
- Billy Griffith as Switzerland
- Ruth Maleczech as Homeless Caroline
- Eddie Kaye Thomas as Jesus
- Frankie Faison as Ticket Salesman
- Marilyn McDonald as Janitor
- John Cho as Hype Man
- Kevin Corrigan as Man at Port Authority
- John Cantwell as Nellie Olesons
- Nora Burns as Nellie Olesons
- Eric Bernat as Nellie Olesons
- Toney Chem as Are You Randy Fan
- Devendra Banhart as Customer in Deli
- Steve Antonucci as Hipster (uncredited)
- Joey Auzenne as Groupie (uncredited)
- Joseph Basile as Running Partying Man on Street (uncredited)
- Rachel Cohn as Veselka Diner Patron (uncredited)
- Simon Dasher as Caroline's Admirer (uncredited)
- Stephanie Ellis as Hipster (uncredited)
- Natalia Fedner as Hipster Dancer (uncredited)
- Cassidy Gard as Hipster (uncredited)
- Joe Giorgio as Tal's Bandmate (uncredited)
- Vanessa Hardy as Hipster (uncredited)
- Mimi Imfurst as Drag Queen (uncredited)
- Jonesy as Cute Bandboy (uncredited)
- David Levithan as Veselka Diner Patron (uncredited)
- Kelli Mandruk as Bartender (uncredited)
- Lance R. Marshall as Hipster (uncredited)
- The Nellie Olesons as Themselves (uncredited)
- Frank Pelligra as Brooklyn Pool Bouncer (uncredited)
- Adam S. Phillips as Bouncer (uncredited)
- Nicole Pursell as Lesbian on Street (uncredited)
- Sam Rocco as Hipster (uncredited)
- R.J. Romano as Tal's Bandmate (uncredited)
- Richard S. Sargent as Groupie (uncredited)
- Jill Sayre as (voice) (uncredited)
- Michelle Taylor as Bowery Ballroom Doorgirl (uncredited)
- Kiki Valentine as Extra (uncredited)
- Richard Waddingham as Norah's Father (uncredited)
- Rachel Kiri Walker as Brooklyn Hipster (uncredited)
- Bill Walters as Homeless at PABT (uncredited)
- Justin Wood as Hipster (uncredited)
- C. Vincent Woodhull as Hipster (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 4% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 78
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 20 |
| 3 to 4 | 24 | 27 |
| 5 to 6 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 to 8 | 48 | 15 |
| 9 to 10 | 12 | 16 |
| 11 to 12 | 2 | 8 |
| 13 to 14 | 2 | 6 |
| 15 to 16 | 3 | 13 |
| 17 to 18 | 21 | 26 |
| 19 to 20 | 1 | 8 |
| 21 to 22 | 2 | 5 |
| 23 to 24 | 17 | 19 |
| 25 to 26 | 13 | 32 |
| 27 to 28 | 11 | 27 |
| 29 to 30 | 14 | 2 |
| 31 to 32 | 10 | 6 |
| 33 to 34 | 4 | 2 |
| 35 to 36 | 9 | 25 |
| 37 to 38 | 12 | 14 |
| 39 to 40 | 11 | 10 |
| 41 to 42 | 8 | 11 |
| 43 to 44 | 31 | 0 |
| 45 to 46 | 15 | 4 |
| 47 to 48 | 3 | 10 |
| 49 to 50 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 to 52 | 2 | 5 |
| 53 to 54 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 56 | 18 | 15 |
| 57 to 58 | 12 | 8 |
| 59 to 60 | 5 | 4 |
| 61 to 62 | 11 | 15 |
| 63 to 64 | 7 | 8 |
| 65 to 66 | 11 | 12 |
| 67 to 68 | 18 | 13 |
| 69 to 70 | 8 | 6 |
| 71 to 72 | 28 | 27 |
| 73 to 74 | 2 | 13 |
| 75 to 76 | 14 | 22 |
| 77 to 78 | 0 | 4 |
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.
CAROLINE: Can somebody get that? CAROLINE: Norah? Help? NORAH: Caroline? Where are you? JANITOR: Aw, hell no.
NORAH: I've stopped counting. TRIS: You're rejecting me?
TRIS: Oh, and by the way ... I was cheating on you the entire time! CAROLINE: Norah?! CAROLINE: Who's gonna take me home?!
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 47 are women's.
414 lines from women, 462 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
13 women and 31 men in the cast. 4 women and 8 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 23 of 911.
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 47% of the words (3,542), men 53% (3,998).
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
36
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 24% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Peter Sollett (man)
- Written by
- Lorene Scafaria (woman)
- From the novel by
- Rachel Cohn (gender not listed), David Levithan (man)
- Produced by
- Kerry Kohansky-Roberts (woman), Andrew Miano (man), Chris Weitz (man), Paul Weitz (man)
- Shot by
- Tom Richmond (man)
- Edited by
- Myron Kerstein (man)
- Music by
- Mark Mothersbaugh (man)
- Production design by
- David Doernberg (man)
- Cast by
- Joseph Middleton (man)
The crew, department by department
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Production
3 women, 7 men
-
Writing
1 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Art
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 1 men
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Directing
0 women, 1 men
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Editing
0 women, 1 men
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Sound
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 24 on average. Men: 24 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Kat Dennings 22, Alexis Dziena 24, Ari Graynor 25
Men
Rafi Gavron 19, Michael Cera 20, Jonathan B. Wright 21, Zachary Booth 25, Jay Baruchel 26, Aaron Yoo 29, Justin Rice 31
Exhibit H: the money
It made 3.7 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $9 million
- Box office
- $33.6 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 78 scenes and 911 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
