Passes the Bechdel test
Nightcrawler
2014. Directed by Dan Gilroy, written by Dan Gilroy.
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 1 scene out of 1. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
NIGHTCRAWLER is a thriller set in the nocturnal underbelly of contemporary Los Angeles. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Lou Bloom, a driven young man desperate for work who discovers the high-speed world of L.A. crime journalism. Finding a group of freelance camera crews who film crashes, fires, murder and other mayhem, Lou muscles into the cut-throat, dangerous realm of nightcrawling - where each police siren wail equals a possible windfall and victims are converted into dollars and cents. Aided by Rene Russo as Nina, a veteran of the blood-sport that is local TV news, Lou blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.
- Released
- 31 Oct 2014
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.8 / 10
- Metascore
- 76 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 46 wins & 126 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Lou 284 lines, man
- Nina 128 lines, woman
- Rick 99 lines, man
- Detective Fronteiri 31 lines
- Frank 18 lines, man
- Joe 18 lines, man
- Anchorman 17 lines
- Anchorwoman 17 lines
- Director 12 lines, man
- Detective Frontieri 8 lines, woman
Full cast, 43 people
- Jake Gyllenhaal as Louis Bloom
- Rene Russo as Nina Romina
- Riz Ahmed as Rick
- Bill Paxton as Joe Loder
- Kevin Rahm as Frank Kruse
- Michael Hyatt as Detective Frontieri
- Price Carson as Detective Lieberman
- Ann Cusack as Linda
- Kent Shocknek as Kent Shocknek
- Sharon Tay as Sharon Tay
- Carolyn Gilroy as Jenny
- Marco Rodríguez as Scrapyard Owner
- Michael Papajohn as Security Guard
- Jonny Coyne as Pawn Shop Owner
- Rick Chambers as KWLA Anchor Ben Waterman
- Pat Harvey as Pat Harvey
- Rick Garcia as Rick Garcia
- James Huang as Marcus Mayhem Video
- Leah Fredkin as Female Anchor
- Bill Seward as Bill Seward
- Holly Hannula as KWLA Anchor Lisa Mays
- Nick Chacon as Cop #1
- Kevin Dunigan as Cop #2
- Alex Ortiz as Cop #3
- Eric Lange as Ace Video Cameraman
- Kiff VandenHeuvel as Editor
- Christina De Leon as Barred Door Woman
- Jamie McShane as Freaked Motorist
- Dig Wayne as Neighbor
- Myra Turley as Female Neighbor
- Merritt Bailey as Freelancer
- Juan Fernandez as Reporter Ron De La Cruz
- Lisa Remillard as Reporter Deena Rain
- Manuel Lujan as Technical Director
- Chris Wolfe as Reporter Joel Beatty
- Austin Raishbrook as Stringer (uncredited)
- Marc Raishbrook as Stringer (uncredited)
- Dale Shane as Paramedic (uncredited)
- Kathleen York as Jackie (uncredited)
- Viviana Chavez as Desiree (uncredited)
- Stephanie D'Abruzzo as Telephone Woman with Gloves (uncredited)
- Emily Dahm as DUI Girl (uncredited)
- Bill Blair as Control Room Switcher (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
We couldn't read who says what in this film's script, so there's no dialogue chart for it yet.
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scene
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
FREELANCER: S’over. Shot the place to shit. NINA: Great shot. Oh that’s fantastic. That’s a great piece of tape.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 24 are women's.
153 lines from women, 490 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
15 women and 25 men in the cast. 8 women and 21 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 85 of 745.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 143 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 19% of the words (1,506), men 81% (6,456). Women have 24% 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
1
Two men
27
Exhibit F: behind the camera
4 of the 14 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 26% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Dan Gilroy (man)
- Written by
- Dan Gilroy (man)
- Produced by
- Jennifer Fox (woman), Tony Gilroy (man), Jake Gyllenhaal (man), David Lancaster (man), Michel Litvak (man)
- Shot by
- Robert Elswit (man)
- Edited by
- John Gilroy (man)
- Music by
- James Newton Howard (man)
- Production design by
- Kevin Kavanaugh (man)
- Costumes by
- Amy Westcott (woman)
- Cast by
- Mindy Marin (woman), Dixie Webster-Davis (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
5 women, 39 men, 8 not listed
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Production
8 women, 9 men, 4 not listed
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Sound
5 women, 11 men, 1 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
4 women, 1 men, 8 not listed
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Art
2 women, 3 men, 5 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 6 men, 2 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 4 men, 2 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 1 men, 2 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 51 on average. Men: 45 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Michael Hyatt 44, Sharon Tay 48, Ann Cusack 53, Rene Russo 60
Men
Riz Ahmed 31, Jake Gyllenhaal 33, Kevin Rahm 43, Kent Shocknek 57, Bill Paxton 59
Exhibit H: the money
It made 5.6 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $8.5 million
- Box office
- $47.4 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 1 scenes and 745 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
