Passes the Bechdel test

Ocean's Eight

Name: Ocean's Eight
Released: 2018

2018. Directed by Gary Ross, written by Gary Ross and Olivia Milch and George Clayton Johnson.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
59 women characters. 27 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 45 scenes out of 183.
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

Following her release from prison, Debbie Ocean, younger sister of the late Danny Ocean, meets with her former partner-in-crime Lou to convince her to join a heist that she planned while serving her sentence. Debbie and Lou assemble the rest of their team: Rose Weil, a disgraced fashion designer who is deeply in debt with the IRS; Amita, a jewelry maker and friend of Debbie's who is eager to move out of her mother's house and start her own life; Nine Ball, a computer hacker; Constance, a street hustler and pickpocket; and Tammy, a profiteer and another friend of Debbie's who has been secretly selling stolen goods out of her family's suburban home. Debbie plans to steal the Toussaint, a $150 million Cartier necklace, from the Met Gala in three-and-a-half weeks, and use Met Gala co-host Daphne Kluger, a famous actress known for her long neck, as an unwitting mule who will wear the necklace into the gala.

Released: 08 Jun 2018
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 6.3 / 10
Metascore: 61 / 100
Awards: 3 wins & 17 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Debbie 282 lines, woman
Cate 160 lines, woman
Daphne Kluger 58 lines, woman
Tammy 50 lines, woman
Rose Weil 47 lines, woman
Nine Ball 45 lines, woman
John Frazier 40 lines, man
Amita 29 lines, woman
Constance 29 lines, woman
Klaus 28 lines

Full cast, 125 people

Sandra Bullock as Debbie Ocean
Cate Blanchett as Lou
Anne Hathaway as Daphne Kluger
Mindy Kaling as Amita
Sarah Paulson as Tammy
Awkwafina as Constance
Rihanna as Nine Ball
Helena Bonham Carter as Rose Weil
Richard Armitage as Claude Becker
James Corden as John Frazier
Elizabeth Ashley as Ethel
Dana Ivey as Diana
Marlo Thomas as Rene
Mary Louise Wilson as Marlene
Elliott Gould as Reuben
Shaobo Qin as Yen
Griffin Dunne as Parole Board Officer
Deidre Goodwin as Prison Guard
Daniella Rabbani as Bergdorf Salesperson
Brian J. Carter as Mr. Randall
Gemma Forbes as Mrs. Randall
Katherine Hozier-Adams as Plaza Hotel Front Desk Clerk
Freddy J. Davila as Plaza Hotel Doorman
Francesca Calo as Plaza Hotel Maid
Midori Francis as April
Charlotte Kirk as Cara
Linda Atkinson as Chairwoman
Sas Goldberg as Press Conference Reporter
Steven Hauck as Omaha Banker
David Gibson as Omaha Banker
Craig Waletzko as Omaha Banker
Alexandre De Betak as Fashion Show Designer
Naheed Khan as Amita's Mother
Dakota Fanning as Penelope Stern
Whitney White as Cynthia
Will Stephen as 3 Card Monty Chump
Timothy Woods as Derek
Talia Cuomo as Keri
Charles Prendergast as Charlie
Richard Robichaux as Lawrence
Alexander Blaise as Cartier President
Asher Bailey as Tinder Boy
Brian Anthony Wilson as American Wing Guard
Damian Young as David Welch
Gideon Glick as Kyle McCallister
James Hindman as Paul Damanian
Eaddy Kiernan as Eaddy
David Little as Bingo Master
Liana Wright-Mark as Gallery Receptionist
Christopher Batyr as Maitre'd
Clark Carmichael as Undercover Man
Nancy Lemenager as Undercover Woman
Bianca LaVerne Jones as Detective
McNally Sagal as Detective Morris
Caitlin Mehner as Pamela
James Biberi as Yuri
Migs Govea as Guillermo
Nathanya Alexander as Veronica
Natasha Harper as Museum Gala Head Waiter
Shannon Freyer as Lorraine
Grant Hyun as Hipster Customer
Tatiana Spottiswoode as Hipster Customer
Edward Barsamian as Vogue Red Carpet Host
Whit Anderson as Museum Gala Host
Conor Donovan as Bus Boy
Michael Gandolfini as Bus Boy
Jimmy Kieffer as Museum Gala Security Guard
Kevin Brown as Gala Great Hall Security Guard
Simon Feil as Yardley Executive
Suzanne Jaehne as Yardley Executive
Doug Yasuda as Yardley Executive
Robert G. McKay as Detective
Soraya Butler as Auctioneer
Jill Marie Lawrence as Costume Exhibit Security Guard
Daniel May Wong as Costume Exhibit Security Guard
Waris Ahluwalia as Waris Ahluwalia
Lily Aldridge as Lily Aldridge
Hailey Bieber as Hailey Baldwin
Dennis Basso as Dennis Basso
Derek Blasberg as Derek Blasberg
Andrew Bolton as Andrew Bolton
Hamish Bowles as Hamish Bowles
Leon Bridges as Leon Bridges
Cindy Bruna as Cindy Bruna
Common as Common
Desiigner as Desiigner
Anna Ewers as Anna Ewers
Tonne Goodman as Tonne Goodman
Wes Gordon as Wes Gordon
Prabal Gurung as Prabal Gurung
Gigi Hadid as Gigi Hadid
Matt Harvey as Matt Harvey
Dee Ocleppo Hilfiger as Dee Hilfiger
Tommy Hilfiger as Tommy Hilfiger
Kendall Jenner as Kendall Jenner
Kylie Jenner as Kylie Jenner
Kim Kardashian as Kim Kardashian West
Jaime King as Jaime King
Heidi Klum as Heidi Klum
Aerin Lauder as Aerin Lauder
Adriana Lima as Adriana Lima
Nick Mangold as Nick Mangold
John McEnroe as John McEnroe
Wendi Murdoch as Wendy Murdoch
Olivia Munn as Olivia Munn
Kimberly Pauley as Kimberly Pauley
Zac Posen as Zac Posen
Rainey Qualley as Rainey Qualley
Sofia Richie Grainge as Sofia Richie
Amy Robach as Amy Robach
Sofia Sanchez de Betak as Sofia Sanchez de Betak
Lauren Santo Domingo as Lauren Santo Domingo
Maria Sharapova as Maria Sharapova
Jonathan Simkhai as Jonathan Simkhai
Alexander Wang as Alexander Wang
Liu Wen as Liu Wen
Serena Williams as Serena Williams
Anna Wintour as Anna Wintour
Cameron Winklevoss as Cameron Winklevoss
Tyler Winklevoss as Tyler Winklevoss
Georgia Witkin as Dr. Georgia Witkin
Jason Wu as Jason Wu
Katie Holmes as Katie Holmes (uncredited)
Nina Cuso as Vogue Editor (uncredited)
Sophia Slaysman as Fashion Show Guest (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 15% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 183

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 4	22	0
5 to 8	12	0
9 to 12	4	0
13 to 16	18	5
17 to 20	35	0
21 to 24	24	0
25 to 28	30	0
29 to 32	27	0
33 to 36	25	0
37 to 40	50	0
41 to 44	43	0
45 to 48	45	0
49 to 52	47	0
53 to 56	12	1
57 to 60	3	4
61 to 64	2	0
65 to 68	26	0
69 to 72	20	2
73 to 76	53	0
77 to 80	15	1
81 to 84	10	1
85 to 88	19	0
89 to 92	4	0
93 to 96	0	0
97 to 100	8	0
101 to 104	9	0
105 to 108	11	0
109 to 112	2	0
113 to 116	9	1
117 to 120	13	0
121 to 124	10	0
125 to 128	23	0
129 to 132	3	1
133 to 136	2	0
137 to 140	11	0
141 to 144	2	0
145 to 148	4	21
149 to 152	44	9
153 to 156	10	11
157 to 160	9	5
161 to 164	1	1
165 to 168	11	0
169 to 172	7	0
173 to 176	20	0
177 to 180	2	0
181 to 183	18	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.

DEBBIE: Easy. I’ve been in the slammer. CATE: Really? Hadn’t heard. DEBBIE: Thanks. That was stressful... CATE: I’m sure.

DEBBIE: This is great. CATE: Try heating it. CATE: There’s a room for you upstairs. DEBBIE: New club?

CATE: First Monday in May? DEBBIE: Shh. DEBBIE OCEAN: It’s the biggest event of the year. Hundreds of the richest people gathered under one roof... CATE: So...

CATE: It was gorgeous. ROSE WEIL: It was shite. CATE: I think that’s a little harsh. ROSE WEIL: “Derivative of myself.” That’s what they say. Do you know what a hell that is? Resenting who you were because you’ll never be that again -- …

CATE: What? DEBBIE: I am never taking the F train again. DEBBIE: Hi there. CATE: Shh.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 92 are women's.

775 lines from women, 63 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

59 women and 42 men in the cast. 27 women and 5 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 3 of 986. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 22 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 88% of the words (5,915), men 12% (791). Women have 92% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.

Exhibit E: the test the other way

Run the other way, for men, the film scores 2 out of 3.

Conversations between two named characters

Two women

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

5 of the 13 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 29% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Gary Ross (man)
Written by: Olivia Milch (woman), Gary Ross (man)
Story by: Gary Ross (man)
Produced by: George Clooney (man), Steven Soderbergh (man), Susan Ekins (woman)
Shot by: Eigil Bryld (man)
Edited by: Juliette Welfling (woman)
Music by: Daniel Pemberton (man)
Production design by: Alex DiGerlando (man)
Costumes by: Sarah Edwards (woman)
Cast by: Debra Zane (woman)