Fails the Bechdel test
Nope
2022. Directed by Jordan Peele, written by Jordan Peele.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
2 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
8 women characters. 7 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 1 out of 3.
The film
After random objects falling from the sky result in the death of their father, ranch-owning siblings OJ and Emerald Haywood attempt to capture video evidence of an unidentified flying object with the help of tech salesman Angel Torres and documentarian Antlers Holst.
- Released
- 22 Jul 2022
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.8 / 10
- Metascore
- 77 / 100
- Awards
- 45 wins & 182 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Emerald 189 lines, woman
- Oj 147 lines, man
- Angel 104 lines, man
- Jupe 44 lines, man
- Holst 35 lines, man
- Ryder 17 lines, man
- Buster 14 lines, man
- Otis Sr 12 lines, man
- Amber 10 lines, woman
- Fynn 8 lines, man
Full cast, 30 people
- Daniel Kaluuya as OJ Haywood
- Keke Palmer as Emerald Haywood
- Brandon Perea as Angel Torres
- Michael Wincott as Antlers Holst
- Steven Yeun as Ricky 'Jupe' Park
- Wrenn Schmidt as Amber Park
- Keith David as Otis Haywood Sr.
- Devon Graye as Ryder Muybridge
- Terry Notary as Gordy
- Barbie Ferreira as Nessie
- Donna Mills as Bonnie Clayton
- Osgood Perkins as Fynn Bachman
- Eddie Jemison as Buster
- Jacob Kim as Young Ricky 'Jupe' Park
- Sophia Coto as Mary Jo Elliot
- Jennifer Lafleur as Phyllis Mayberry / Margaret Houston
- Andrew Patrick Ralston as Tom Bogan / Brett Houston
- Lincoln Lambert as Kolton Park
- Pierce Kang as Phoenix Park
- Roman Gross as Max Park
- Alex Hyde-White as Grizz
- Hetty Chang as Hetty Chang
- Liza Treyger as Commercial Makeup Artist
- Ryan W. Garcia as Sheriff Reyes
- Courtney Elizabeth as Mrs. Dolan
- Caden J. Lovgren as Jupiter's Claim Horse Wrangler
- Malcolm Jae O'Shea as Jupiter's Claim Outlaw
- Evan Shafran as Studio Security Guard (uncredited)
- Mark Casimir Dyniewicz Jr. as Fry's Customer (uncredited)
- Haley Babula as Mary Jo Elliot (adult) (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 5 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 209
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 to 10 | 0 | 18 |
| 11 to 15 | 13 | 47 |
| 16 to 20 | 10 | 7 |
| 21 to 25 | 22 | 34 |
| 26 to 30 | 11 | 7 |
| 31 to 35 | 10 | 8 |
| 36 to 40 | 23 | 39 |
| 41 to 45 | 15 | 36 |
| 46 to 50 | 5 | 4 |
| 51 to 55 | 5 | 4 |
| 56 to 60 | 3 | 4 |
| 61 to 65 | 2 | 2 |
| 66 to 70 | 7 | 7 |
| 71 to 75 | 21 | 28 |
| 76 to 80 | 7 | 11 |
| 81 to 85 | 5 | 16 |
| 86 to 90 | 1 | 4 |
| 91 to 95 | 1 | 2 |
| 96 to 100 | 0 | 6 |
| 101 to 105 | 0 | 1 |
| 106 to 110 | 3 | 5 |
| 111 to 115 | 4 | 9 |
| 116 to 120 | 4 | 21 |
| 121 to 125 | 1 | 3 |
| 126 to 130 | 2 | 5 |
| 131 to 135 | 0 | 1 |
| 136 to 140 | 1 | 1 |
| 141 to 145 | 4 | 4 |
| 146 to 150 | 3 | 8 |
| 151 to 155 | 10 | 10 |
| 156 to 160 | 3 | 7 |
| 161 to 165 | 1 | 9 |
| 166 to 170 | 0 | 6 |
| 171 to 175 | 2 | 6 |
| 176 to 180 | 2 | 2 |
| 181 to 185 | 2 | 9 |
| 186 to 190 | 1 | 2 |
| 191 to 195 | 0 | 2 |
| 196 to 200 | 4 | 3 |
| 201 to 205 | 2 | 0 |
| 206 to 209 | 2 | 0 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 35 are women's.
216 lines from women, 403 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
8 women and 15 men in the cast. 7 women and 16 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 3 of 649.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 32 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 35% of the words (2,072), men 65% (3,828).
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
2
Two men
49
Exhibit E: behind the camera
3 of the 10 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 36% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Jordan Peele (man)
- Written by
- Jordan Peele (man)
- Produced by
- Jordan Peele (man), Ian Cooper (man)
- Shot by
- Hoyte van Hoytema (man)
- Edited by
- Nicholas Monsour (man)
- Music by
- Michael Abels (man)
- Production design by
- Ruth De Jong (woman)
- Costumes by
- Alex Bovaird (woman)
- Cast by
- Carmen Cuba (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
7 women, 11 men, 6 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
6 women, 2 men, 10 not listed
-
Sound
1 women, 10 men, 4 not listed
-
Art
2 women, 1 men, 8 not listed
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Production
4 women, 7 men
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Visual Effects
0 women, 3 men, 6 not listed
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Camera
2 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
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Directing
2 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 31 on average. Men: 45 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Barbie Ferreira 25, Keke Palmer 28, Wrenn Schmidt 39
Men
Brandon Perea 27, Daniel Kaluuya 33, Devon Graye 35, Steven Yeun 38, Terry Notary 53, Michael Wincott 64, Keith David 66
Exhibit G: the money
It made 2.5 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $68 million
- Box office
- $172 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 209 scenes and 649 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
