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Overboard

2018. Directed by Rob Greenberg, written by Bob Fisher and Rob Greenberg and Leslie Dixon.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

  1. Yes 1. At least two women
    20 women characters. 8 of them speak.
  2. Yes 2. Who talk to each other
    In 15 scenes out of 208.
  3. 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.

Poster for Overboard

The film

Kate Sullivan is a single mom of three daughters who works two jobs while studying to be a nurse. She is assigned to clean carpets on a yacht owned by spoiled, arrogant playboy Leonardo 'Leo' Montenegro. Leo makes rude remarks towards Kate and fires her without pay when she refuses to bring him food. When Kate calls out his behavior, Leo pushes her off the boat along with her cleaning equipment. Meanwhile, in Mexico, Leo's sisters Magdalena and Sofia are tending to their ailing father. Furious when Leo is announced as his successor to run the family-owned company, Magda decides to visit him. That night, Leo slips off the yacht and falls into the ocean unnoticed. He wakes up on a beach with amnesia and no recollection of his identity. He wanders through town and eventually reaches the hospital. Magda finds him and leaves him there unclaimed after learning he has amnesia. She returns home and falsely reports that Leo has died. Sofia suspects Magda is lying..

Released
04 May 2018
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Rated
PG-13
IMDb
6 / 10
Metascore
42 / 100
Awards
3 wins & 7 nominations total
Elsewhere
View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

  • Women
  • Men
  • Not in the cast list
  • Bigger name, more lines
  1. Leonardo 379 lines, man
  2. Kate 266 lines, woman
  3. Papi 45 lines, man
  4. Theresa 44 lines, woman
  5. Steward 40 lines, man
  6. Marcelo 39 lines, man
  7. Emily 38 lines, woman
  8. Jorge 37 lines, man
  9. Abby 27 lines
  10. Corina 20 lines, woman
Full cast, 55 people
  • Anna Faris as Kate Sullivan
  • Eugenio Derbez as Leonardo Montenegro
  • Eva Longoria as Theresa
  • John Hannah as Colin
  • Swoosie Kurtz as Grace
  • Mel Rodriguez as Bobby
  • Josh Segarra as Jason
  • Hannah Nordberg as Emily Sullivan
  • Alyvia Alyn Lind as Olivia Sullivan
  • Payton Lepinski as Molly Sullivan
  • Fernando Luján as Papi
  • Cecilia Suárez as Magdalena
  • Mariana Treviño as Sofia
  • Jesús Ochoa as Vito
  • Omar Chaparro as Burro
  • Adrián Uribe as Burrito
  • Edgar Vivar as Gastroenterologist
  • Per Graffman as Captain
  • Nils Hognestad as First Mate
  • Thomas Nicholson as Crew Member
  • Javier Lacroix as Carlos - Cook
  • Edwin Perez as Dishwasher
  • Garry Chalk as Dr. Fletcher
  • Morgan Brayton as Nurse
  • Darla Fay as Receptionist
  • Toby Hargrave as Local Boat Mechanic
  • Elizabeth Bowen as Boat Mechanic's Wife
  • Eric Keenleyside as Elk Cove Sheriff
  • Emily Maddison as Amanda
  • Cynthia Mendez as Lucia
  • Angie Larocque as Genevieve
  • Michael Karl Richards as Rich Client
  • Natalia Stenz as Rich Client's Girlfriend
  • Linda Pollard as Female Mikado Performer
  • David Mathews as Male Mikado Performer
  • Kerry O'Donovan as Musical Director
  • Lia Farrelly-Hodge as Jet Skier #1
  • Celeste Ziegler as Jet Skier #2
  • Stephi Chin-Salvo as Jet Skier #3
  • Tara Erica Moore as Pretty Girl
  • Lee Shan Gibson as Cop
  • Guy Christie as Flag Football Parent
  • Liam Tait as Lifeguard
  • Jody Glenham as Club Band - Bass
  • Daniel Ruiz as Club Band - Drums
  • Israel Ogunsakin as Club Band - Guitar
  • Luis Meglar as Club Band - Trombone
  • Malcolm Aiken as Club Band - Trumpet
  • Adrian Essiet as Club Band - Keyboard
  • Ron Bottitta as Soccer Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
  • Natalie Kay Dunn as Grocery Store Patron (uncredited)
  • Davin Mackay as Forklift Operator (uncredited)
  • Kennith Overbey as Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
  • Beta Chan as Dancer (uncredited)
  • Stuart Murray as Diner Patron (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 5 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 7% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 208

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Show the numbers
ScenesWomen's linesMen's lines
1 to 5412
6 to 10210
11 to 152612
16 to 201019
21 to 25014
26 to 30215
31 to 351820
36 to 402025
41 to 4508
46 to 5005
51 to 55013
56 to 604618
61 to 651313
66 to 70911
71 to 75149
76 to 8011
81 to 85013
86 to 90817
91 to 9539
96 to 100145
101 to 105940
106 to 110717
111 to 115135
116 to 1201917
121 to 1251223
126 to 13056
131 to 1351337
136 to 1401312
141 to 1452526
146 to 150415
151 to 155713
156 to 1603622
161 to 165410
166 to 170111
171 to 17523
176 to 18063
181 to 185216
186 to 1901314
191 to 195530
196 to 200112
201 to 205833
206 to 208219

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.
EMILY: I hate it when you pick us up in this thing. KATE: Be embarrassed in the car. I’ve got twelve minutes to get these deliveries across town.
EMILY: Delete that. KATE: Stop it. Give me my phone.
EMILY: I’m going to kill you. KATE: Do not jiggle the pizzas!
EMILY: Landlord again. KATE: I know. I’m on it.
KATE: I’m never gonna be a nurse. I can’t work here, look for another job, be any kind of parent and still have time to study. THERESA: Don’t give up yet. We’ll ask around. Something will turn up.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 40 are women's.

416 lines from women, 623 from men.

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

20 women and 25 men in the cast. 8 women and 14 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 10 of 1,116. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 42 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

  • First line by a woman
  • Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 39% of the words (4,398), men 61% (6,999). Women have 40% 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

Exhibit F: behind the camera

5 of the 15 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 32% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by
Rob Greenberg (man)
Written by
Bob Fisher (man), Rob Greenberg (man), Leslie Dixon (woman)
Story by
Leslie Dixon (woman)
Produced by
Eugenio Derbez (man), Ben Odell (man), Bob Fisher (man)
Shot by
Michael Barrett (man)
Edited by
Lee Haxall (woman)
Music by
Lyle Workman (man)
Production design by
Brent Thomas (man)
Costumes by
Karin Nosella (gender not listed)
Cast by
Tricia Wood (woman), Lisa Zagoria (woman)

The crew, department by department

  • Other crew

    2 women, 8 men, 5 not listed

  • Directing

    2 women, 2 men, 5 not listed

  • Production

    2 women, 5 men, 2 not listed

  • Writing

    2 women, 2 men

  • Art

    1 women, 1 men, 1 not listed

  • Editing

    1 women, 0 men, 1 not listed

  • Sound

    0 women, 2 men

  • Camera

    0 women, 1 men

  • Women
  • Men
  • Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit G: how old the stars were

Women: 36 on average. Men: 47 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Alyvia Alyn Lind 10, Hannah Nordberg 13, Anna Faris 41, Eva Longoria 43, Swoosie Kurtz 73

Men

Josh Segarra 31, Mel Rodriguez 44, John Hannah 55, Eugenio Derbez 56

Exhibit H: the money

It made 7.6 times what it cost.

Budget
$12 million
Box office
$91.2 million

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 208 scenes and 1,116 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works

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