Passes the Bechdel test

No Time to Die

Name: No Time to Die
Released: 2021

2021. Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, written by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade and Cary Joji Fukunaga.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
15 women characters. 8 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 6 scenes out of 239.
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

Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.

Released: 08 Oct 2021
Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 7.3 / 10
Metascore: 68 / 100
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 54 wins & 75 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Bond 342 lines, man
Madeleine 117 lines, woman
Nomi 78 lines, woman
Q 72 lines, man
Safin 61 lines, man
M 56 lines
Valdo 48 lines, man
Felix 36 lines, man
Paloma 36 lines, woman
Tanner 34 lines, man

Full cast, 62 people

Daniel Craig as James Bond
Léa Seydoux as Madeleine
Rami Malek as Lyutsifer Safin
Lashana Lynch as Nomi
Ralph Fiennes as M
Ben Whishaw as Q
Naomie Harris as Moneypenny
Rory Kinnear as Tanner
Jeffrey Wright as Felix Leiter
Billy Magnussen as Logan Ash
Christoph Waltz as Blofeld
David Dencik as Valdo Obruchev
Ana de Armas as Paloma
Dali Benssalah as Primo (Cyclops)
Lisa-Dorah Sonnet as Mathilde
Coline Defaud as Young Madeleine
Mathilde Bourbin as Madeleine's Mother
Hugh Dennis as Dr. Hardy
Priyanga Burford as Dr. Symes
Joe Grossi as Hotel Porter
Nicola Olivieri as Cemetery Caretaker
Pio Amato as Cemetery Attendant
Javone Prince as MI6 Security Guard
Davina Moon as Madeleine's Receptionist
Mattia Lacovone as Young Shepherd
Giansalvatore Duca as Young Shepherd
Amy Morgan as Alison Smith
Lizzie Winkler as Sarah Jones
Andrei Nova as Bunker Guard
Ernest Gromov as Bunker Guard
Gediminas Adomaitis as Blofeld's Right Hand Man
Andy Cheung as Chinese Businessman
Brigitte Millar as Vogel
Hayden Phillips as Sir Sebastian D'ath
Winston Ellis as Spectre Agent
Adnan Rashed as Spectre Agent
Rae Lim as Spectre Agent
Chi Chan as Spectre Agent
Dennis Good as Spectre Agent
Lourdes Faberes as Spectre Agent
Philip Philmar as Spectre Agent
Raymond Waring as Spectre Agent
Eliot Sumner as Spectre Guard
Rod Hunt as Spectre Guard
Michael Mercer as El Nido Bartender
Gemmar Mcfarlane as Passersby
Leighton Laing as Passersby
Kimo Armstrong as Passersby
Gordon Alexander as Lab Technician (uncredited)
Steve Barnett as Spectre Agent (uncredited)
Tuncay Gunes as Spectre Agent (uncredited)
Clem So as Spectre Agent (uncredited)
Douglas Bunn as Spectre Member (uncredited)
Toby Sauerback as Guard (uncredited)
John Farrer as Casino Player (uncredited)
Paul O'Kelly as Safin Henchman (uncredited)
Michael G. Wilson as Spectre Party Guest (uncredited)
Michael Herne as Spectre Guest (uncredited)
Julian Ferro as MI6 Security Guard (uncredited)
David Olawale Ayinde as Spectre Party Guest (uncredited)
Mark Addison as Spectre Agent Bodyguard
Svitlana Karabut

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 5 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 8% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 239

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 5	17	0
6 to 10	6	0
11 to 15	2	4
16 to 20	2	4
21 to 25	13	14
26 to 30	0	5
31 to 35	0	3
36 to 40	8	10
41 to 45	3	1
46 to 50	7	25
51 to 55	0	4
56 to 60	4	0
61 to 65	0	4
66 to 70	7	47
71 to 75	12	19
76 to 80	0	2
81 to 85	11	12
86 to 90	19	35
91 to 95	8	11
96 to 100	0	25
101 to 105	0	15
106 to 110	0	15
111 to 115	0	0
116 to 120	12	5
121 to 125	6	22
126 to 130	26	51
131 to 135	14	10
136 to 140	4	6
141 to 145	8	17
146 to 150	2	26
151 to 155	2	22
156 to 160	15	17
161 to 165	19	19
166 to 170	11	3
171 to 175	0	0
176 to 180	0	0
181 to 185	0	4
186 to 190	6	5
191 to 195	14	33
196 to 200	2	5
201 to 205	1	7
206 to 210	18	66
211 to 215	7	10
216 to 220	4	27
221 to 225	0	19
226 to 230	0	12
231 to 235	12	22
236 to 239	5	0

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.

NOMI: I’ll be outside when you’re done with your... important preparation. MADELEINE: I’ll be just a moment.

MADELEINE: If you hear anything what do you do? MATHILDE: I hide. MADELEINE: Very good. MADELEINE: Dis bon nuit au monsieur

MADELEINE: Put her in the back. MATHILDE: Where are we going? MADELEINE: We’re going on an adventure, darling. Hang on.

MATHILDE: Maman. A mosquito bit me. MADELEINE: It’s okay. MATHILDE: Dou Dou, do you like mosquitoes? MATHILDE: Maman, do mosquitoes have friends?

MADELEINE: No. YOU CAN’T SEPARATE US. MATHILDE. MATHILDE: Maman... MADELEINE: Remember what I told you! I’ll come looking for you! Okay?

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 32 are women's.

307 lines from women, 663 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

15 women and 33 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 2 of 1,055. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 63 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 24% of the words (1,743), men 76% (5,548). Women have 32% 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

4 of the 17 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 29% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Cary Joji Fukunaga (man)
Written by: Cary Joji Fukunaga (man), Neal Purvis (man), Robert Wade (man), Phoebe Waller-Bridge (woman)
Story by: Cary Joji Fukunaga (man), Neal Purvis (man), Robert Wade (man)
Produced by: Barbara Broccoli (woman), Michael G. Wilson (man)
Shot by: Linus Sandgren (man)
Edited by: Tom Cross (man), Elliot Graham (man)
Music by: Hans Zimmer (man)
Production design by: Mark Tildesley (man)
Costumes by: Suttirat Anne Larlarb (woman)
Cast by: Debbie McWilliams (woman)