Passes the Bechdel test

Paradise

Name: Paradise
Released: 2013

2013. Directed by Diablo Cody, written by Diablo Cody.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
16 women characters. 27 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 14 scenes out of 72.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.

The film

Lamb Mannerheim's faith is shaken after a plane crash burns two-thirds of her body, and she shocks her small-town congregation when she publicly renounces God. As she sets out to experience the worldly pleasures of Las Vegas, she meets a bartender and a cynical lounge singer who help her check off as many dirty deeds as possible from her Napkin of Sin bucket list.

Released: 18 Oct 2013
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 5 / 10
Metascore: 35 / 100
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Lamb 363 lines, woman
William 156 lines, man
Loray 139 lines, woman
Melanie 52 lines, woman
Ryder 27 lines, woman
Doug 26 lines, man
Teenage Guy 16 lines, man
Driver 11 lines, man
Evangelist 7 lines, woman
Buffet Attendant 6 lines, man

Full cast, 28 people

Julianne Hough as Lamb Mannerheim
Russell Brand as William Carr
Octavia Spencer as Loray
Holly Hunter as Melanie Mannerheim
Nick Offerman as Doug Mannerheim
Kathleen Rose Perkins as Amber
Iliza Shlesinger as Carol
Phil Austin as Pastor Rick
Maz Jobrani as Vegas Driver
Sam Malone as Emcee
Azure Parsons as Charlie
Christopher Berry as Harold
Meg Dudley as Delaney
Kate Adair as Hipster Girl
Jordan Feldman as Declan
Sarah Colonna as Clerk
Danny Flaherty as Teenage Guy
Monika Guiberteau as Drunk Girl
Christopher Matthew Cook as Secutiry Guard
Cesar Lazcano as Zipline Attendant
Lauren Swinney as Old White Woman
Gralen Bryant Banks as Janitor
Audrey Burvant as Little Girl
Alyshia Ochse as Stripper #1
Ciera Payton as Stripper #2
Shane Partlow as Buffet Attendant
Jamie Lee as Evangelist
Kandra King as Church Member

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 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 72

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 2	1	0
3 to 4	32	11
5 to 6	14	0
7 to 8	20	1
9 to 10	28	14
11 to 12	2	4
13 to 14	17	0
15 to 16	11	10
17 to 18	6	4
19 to 20	1	5
21 to 22	11	8
23 to 24	2	0
25 to 26	2	0
27 to 28	11	6
29 to 30	12	1
31 to 32	63	21
33 to 34	34	4
35 to 36	12	0
37 to 38	34	0
39 to 40	34	15
41 to 42	16	12
43 to 44	41	20
45 to 46	6	9
47 to 48	32	21
49 to 50	45	9
51 to 52	7	5
53 to 54	5	7
55 to 56	22	23
57 to 58	6	4
59 to 60	16	0
61 to 62	43	0
63 to 64	3	1
65 to 66	4	4
67 to 68	16	2
69 to 70	30	12
71 to 72	8	7

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.

MELANIE: Maybe she didn’t take her medication yet. She has so much pain in the morning. LAMB: I took it, Mom. I took four. MELANIE: You mean you took one... LAMB: Times four.

MELANIE: Duh. Obviously. LAMB: I’m sorry. I’m really sorry. I’m just not feeling well today. Got my monthly bill.

LAMB: I’m going to go practice my guest sermon, okay? MELANIE: Let me know when you’re ready for hair and makeup.

MELANIE: The posters came out nice. I need one of those for my brag wall. LAMB: Is that the picture you sent them? Why did you send them an old photo? MELANIE: It’s the nicest photo we have of you. That reminds me, we need to go to the portrait studio as a family. We could wear matching outfits and … LAMB: I don’t look like that anymore. I looked like a Barbie.

LAMB: I don’t know what that is. LORAY: Now it’s dark and I’m alone but I won’t be afraid...

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 73 are women's.

647 lines from women, 240 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

16 women and 12 men in the cast. 27 women and 9 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 2 of 902. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 6 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 75% of the words (7,581), men 25% (2,521). Women have 73% of the lines, so their lines run longer 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

6 of the 9 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 59% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Diablo Cody (woman)
Written by: Diablo Cody (woman)
Produced by: Mason Novick (man)
Shot by: Tim Suhrstedt (man)
Edited by: Myron Kerstein (man)
Music by: Rachel Portman (woman)
Production design by: Laura Fox (woman)
Costumes by: Mary Claire Hannan (woman)
Cast by: Francine Maisler (woman)

The crew, department by department

Production

4 women, 4 men
Art

2 women, 1 men
Camera

0 women, 1 men
Costume & Make-Up

1 women, 0 men
Directing

1 women, 0 men
Editing

0 women, 1 men
Sound

1 women, 0 men
Writing

1 women, 0 men

Women
Men
Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit G: how old the stars were

Women: 38 on average. Men: 45 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Julianne Hough 25, Iliza Shlesinger 30, Kathleen Rose Perkins 38, Octavia Spencer 43, Holly Hunter 55

Men

Sam Malone 29, Russell Brand 38, Maz Jobrani 41, Nick Offerman 43, Phil Austin 72

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 72 scenes and 902 lines of dialogue. How the test works

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