Passes the Bechdel test

Out of Sight

Name: Out of Sight
Released: 1998

1998. Directed by Steven Soderbergh, written by Elmore Leonard and Scott Frank.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
11 women characters. 5 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 158.
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

A career bank robber busts out of jail (Clooney) with the help of his buddy (Rhames) and kidnaps a US Marshal (Lopez) in the process. When the two cons head for Detroit to pull off their final big scam, the Marshal is put on their case but she finds she is attracted to one of them and has second thoughts about bringing them in.

Released: 26 Jun 1998
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Rated: R
IMDb: 7 / 10
Metascore: 84 / 100
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 13 wins & 15 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Foley 350 lines, man
Karen 304 lines, woman
Buddy 126 lines, man
Maurice 116 lines, man
Glenn 71 lines, man
Ripley 58 lines, man
Marshall 52 lines, man
Adele 46 lines, woman
Burdon 37 lines, man
Chino 30 lines, man

Full cast, 49 people

George Clooney as Jack Foley
Jennifer Lopez as Karen Sisco
Ving Rhames as Buddy Bragg
Don Cheadle as Maurice 'Snoopy' Miller
Steve Zahn as Glenn Michaels
Dennis Farina as Marshall Sisco
Catherine Keener as Adele Delisi
Isaiah Washington as Kenneth
Albert Brooks as Richard Ripley
Luis Guzmán as José 'Chino' Chirino
Viola Davis as Moselle
Nancy Allen as Midge
Jim Robinson as Bank Employee
Mike Malone as Bank Customer
Donna Frenzel as Bank Teller
Manny Suárez as Bank Cop
Keith Hudson as Bank Cop
Paul Soileau as Lulu
Scott Allen as Pup
Susan Hatfield as Parking Lot Woman
Brad Martin as White Boxer
James Black as Himey
Wendell B. Harris Jr. as Daniel Burdon
Chuck Castleberry as Library Guard
Chic Daniel as Shock Lock FBI Man
Keith Loneker as White Boy Bob
Connie Sawyer as Old Elevator Lady
Philip Perlman as Old Elevator Gent
Paul Calderon as Raymond Cruz
Gregory Alpert as Officer Grant
Mark Brown as Ripley Personnel
Sandra Ives as Ripley Receptionist
Joe Hess as Ripley Guard
Betsy Monroe as Waitress
Wayne Péré as Philip
Joe Chrest as Andy
Joe Coyle as Third Ad Guy
Stephen M. Horn as Federal Marshal
Michael Keaton as Ray Nicolette (uncredited)
Samuel L. Jackson as Hejira Henry (uncredited)
Oscar A. Diaz as Airport Patron (uncredited)
Jennifer Dorogi as Waitress (uncredited)
Deborah Smith Ford as Airport Passenger (uncredited)
Mike Gerzevitz as Xenon Light Guard (uncredited)
Thelma Gutiérrez as Flight Attendant (uncredited)
Wayne V. Johnson as Bank Manager (uncredited)
Pati Lauren as Bank Patron (uncredited)
Sherrie Peterson as Shopper (uncredited)
Ronnie Stutes as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 2% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 158

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 4	0	24
5 to 8	26	36
9 to 12	1	32
13 to 16	1	7
17 to 20	7	13
21 to 24	12	12
25 to 28	10	9
29 to 32	14	55
33 to 36	14	77
37 to 40	23	37
41 to 44	14	35
45 to 48	21	43
49 to 52	72	47
53 to 56	9	19
57 to 60	0	8
61 to 64	6	37
65 to 68	0	86
69 to 72	13	33
73 to 76	39	22
77 to 80	25	63
81 to 84	23	21
85 to 88	6	6
89 to 92	0	16
93 to 96	17	44
97 to 100	0	10
101 to 104	1	3
105 to 108	8	33
109 to 112	0	2
113 to 116	1	16
117 to 120	0	11
121 to 124	2	22
125 to 128	0	23
129 to 132	1	3
133 to 136	0	6
137 to 140	2	7
141 to 144	2	1
145 to 148	1	0
149 to 152	12	8
153 to 156	4	3
157 to 158	3	27

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.

KAREN: You don't, huh? ADELE: On your knees. ADELE: Lie face down on the floor.

ADELE: You're good. KAREN: Thank you.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 29 are women's.

390 lines from women, 957 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

11 women and 30 men in the cast. 5 women and 21 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 43 of 1,376. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 120 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 (3,427), men 76% (11,067). Women have 29% 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

5 of the 13 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 21% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Steven Soderbergh (man)
Written by: Scott Frank (man)
From the novel by: Elmore Leonard (man)
Produced by: Stacey Sher (woman), Danny DeVito (man), Michael Shamberg (man)
Shot by: Elliot Davis (man)
Edited by: Anne V. Coates (woman)
Music by: David Holmes (man)
Production design by: Gary Frutkoff (man)
Costumes by: Betsy Heimann (woman)
Cast by: Francine Maisler (woman), Kathy Driscoll-Mohler (woman)