Passes the Bechdel test
Ocean's Twelve
2004. Directed by Steven Soderbergh, written by George Nolfi and George Clayton Johnson and Jack Golden Russell.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
18 women characters. 3 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 176. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 2 out of 3.
The film
They pulled off one of the biggest heists ever and now they have another job to complete. Ocean's Eleven, which consisted off Danny Ocean (Clooney), Rusty Ryan (Pitt) and Linus Caldwell (Damon) and others, all thought they would be able to enjoy their money, but someone has other plans. Terry Benedict (Garcia) is still fuming after losing his money and wants it back. The team now have the job of getting all the money they spent back, or risk being thrown in jail. How are they going to get it all back? By pulling off another amazing plan.
- Released
- 10 Dec 2004
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 6.5 / 10
- Metascore
- 58 / 100
- Awards
- 4 wins & 10 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Danny 149 lines, man
- Rusty 146 lines, man
- Isabel 131 lines, woman
- Tess 56 lines, woman
- Linus 53 lines, man
- Saul 46 lines, man
- Basher 44 lines, man
- Toulour 44 lines, man
- Turk 42 lines, man
- Virgil 42 lines, man
Full cast, 83 people
- George Clooney as Danny Ocean
- Julia Roberts as Tess Ocean
- Brad Pitt as Rusty Ryan
- Matt Damon as Linus Caldwell
- Catherine Zeta-Jones as Isabel Lahiri
- Andy Garcia as Terry Benedict
- Casey Affleck as Virgil Malloy
- Don Cheadle as Basher Tarr
- Bernie Mac as Frank Catton
- Scott Caan as Turk Malloy
- Vincent Cassel as François Toulour
- Eddie Jemison as Livingston Dell
- Carl Reiner as Saul Bloom
- Elliott Gould as Reuben Tishkoff
- Shaobo Qin as The Amazing Yen
- Suzy Eddie Izzard as Roman Nagel
- Jeroen Krabbé as Van der Woude
- Robbie Coltrane as Matsui
- Cherry Jones as Molly Star / Mrs. Caldwell
- Candice Azzara as Saul Bloom's Girlfriend
- Jared Harris as Basher's Engineer
- Ed Kross as Bank Officer
- Anne Jacques as Shop Owner
- David Sontag as Plainclothes Goon #1
- Larry Sontag as Plainclothes Goon #2
- Don Tiffany as House Painter
- Dina Connolly as Virgil's Fiancée
- Nelson Peltz as Partygoer
- Mini Anden as Supermodel
- Jennifer Liu as Mani-Pedi Woman #1
- Leah Zhang as Mani-Pedi Woman #2
- Craig Susser as Men's Club Waiter
- James Schneider as Club Heckler
- Nerissa Tedesco as Palm Reader
- Nichelle Hines as Assistant Manager
- Michael Van Der Heijden as Funeral Priest
- Johan Widerberg as Johan
- Jeroen Willems as Paul
- Chris Tates as Paul's Partner
- Michael Delano as Casino Manager
- David Lindsay as Arsenal Bus Driver
- Nasser Faris as Frank's Jail Mate
- Youma Diakite as Toulour Woman #1
- Andrea Buhl as Toulour Woman #2
- Sylvia Kwon as Toulour Woman #3
- Francesca Lancini as Toulour Woman #4
- Raquel Faria as Toulour Woman #5
- Elena Potapova as Toulour Woman #6
- Jessie Bell as Toulour Woman #7
- Anne-Solenne Hatte as Toulour Woman #8
- Denny Mendez as Toulour Woman #9
- Martina Stella as Nagel's Assistant
- Mattia Sbragia as Commissario Giordano
- Carlo Antonazzo as Security Advisor
- Mingming Gao as Chinese Mother
- Amelie Kahn-Ackermann as Chinese Daughter
- Luciano Miele as Hotel Manager
- Antonio De Matteo as Hotel Employee
- Ana Caterina Morariu as Bruce Willis' Companion
- Adriano Giannini as Museum Director
- Giulio Magnolia as Photographer
- Marco Matronelli as Photographer's Assistant
- Scott L. Schwartz as Bruiser
- Giselda Volodi as Toulour's Butler
- Mathieu Simonet as Backpack Kid
- Karl A. Brown as Train Security #1
- Marc Bodnar as Train Security #2
- Bruce Willis as Bruce Willis
- Albert Finney as Gaspar LeMarc (uncredited)
- Topher Grace as Topher Grace (uncredited)
- Jerry Weintraub as Denny Shields (uncredited)
- Jonathan Avigdori as Italian Policeman (uncredited)
- Keith Birkfeld as Italian Policeman (uncredited)
- Anthony Bonaventura as Bar Patron (uncredited)
- Thomas D. Craven as Bar Patron (uncredited)
- Antonella Elia as Arrested Hooker (uncredited)
- Nikki Taylor Melton as Girl in Park (uncredited)
- Carla Mori as Photographer (uncredited)
- Roberta Potrich as Fan (uncredited)
- Rik Sinkeldam as Man on Bike (uncredited)
- Gian Franco Tordi as Italian Secret Service (uncredited)
- James Zahn as Bartender (uncredited)
- Rachel Zeskind as Dancer (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 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 176
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 5 to 8 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 to 12 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 to 16 | 0 | 24 |
| 17 to 20 | 0 | 9 |
| 21 to 24 | 0 | 9 |
| 25 to 28 | 0 | 14 |
| 29 to 32 | 0 | 46 |
| 33 to 36 | 0 | 5 |
| 37 to 40 | 6 | 11 |
| 41 to 44 | 0 | 49 |
| 45 to 48 | 0 | 85 |
| 49 to 52 | 0 | 30 |
| 53 to 56 | 0 | 7 |
| 57 to 60 | 28 | 18 |
| 61 to 64 | 3 | 35 |
| 65 to 68 | 17 | 33 |
| 69 to 72 | 3 | 21 |
| 73 to 76 | 2 | 31 |
| 77 to 80 | 0 | 25 |
| 81 to 84 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 to 88 | 0 | 44 |
| 89 to 92 | 7 | 6 |
| 93 to 96 | 10 | 24 |
| 97 to 100 | 1 | 16 |
| 101 to 104 | 6 | 19 |
| 105 to 108 | 7 | 6 |
| 109 to 112 | 2 | 3 |
| 113 to 116 | 2 | 11 |
| 117 to 120 | 4 | 9 |
| 121 to 124 | 0 | 1 |
| 125 to 128 | 11 | 7 |
| 129 to 132 | 11 | 25 |
| 133 to 136 | 15 | 9 |
| 137 to 140 | 13 | 23 |
| 141 to 144 | 3 | 4 |
| 145 to 148 | 8 | 9 |
| 149 to 152 | 8 | 3 |
| 153 to 156 | 7 | 8 |
| 157 to 160 | 10 | 21 |
| 161 to 164 | 0 | 1 |
| 165 to 168 | 0 | 12 |
| 169 to 172 | 2 | 16 |
| 173 to 176 | 2 | 16 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scene
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
AGENT MOLLY STARR: Who's in charge? ISABEL: I am.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 21 are women's.
200 lines from women, 754 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
18 women and 45 men in the cast. 3 women and 21 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 5 of 1,035.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 180 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 22% of the words (1,989), men 78% (7,232). Women have 21% of the lines, so their lines run longer 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
68
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 9 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 23% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Steven Soderbergh (man)
- Written by
- George Nolfi (man)
- Produced by
- Jerry Weintraub (man)
- Shot by
- Steven Soderbergh (man)
- Edited by
- Stephen Mirrione (man)
- Music by
- David Holmes (man)
- Production design by
- Philip Messina (man)
- Costumes by
- Milena Canonero (woman)
- Cast by
- Debra Zane (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
1 women, 17 men, 24 not listed
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Production
6 women, 14 men, 21 not listed
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Art
4 women, 9 men, 11 not listed
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Sound
4 women, 10 men, 5 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 6 men, 9 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
5 women, 1 men, 9 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 5 men, 3 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 4 men, 5 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 36 on average. Men: 39 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Catherine Zeta-Jones 35, Julia Roberts 37
Men
Scott Caan 28, Casey Affleck 29, Matt Damon 34, Brad Pitt 40, Don Cheadle 40, George Clooney 43, Bernie Mac 47, Andy Garcia 48
Exhibit H: the money
It made 3.3 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $110 million
- Box office
- $363 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 176 scenes and 1,035 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
