Fails the Bechdel test
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017. Directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg, written by Jeff Nathanson and Terry Rossio and Ted Elliott.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
0 / 3
Fails
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No
1. At least two women
Fewer than two women characters. -
No
2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) finds the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost pirates led by his old nemesis, the terrifying Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem), escape from the Devil's Triangle, determined to kill every pirate at sea...including him. Captain Jack's only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, a powerful artifact that bestows upon its possessor total control over the seas.
- Released
- 26 May 2017
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 6.5 / 10
- Metascore
- 39 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win & 14 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Jack Sparrow 271 lines, man
- Carina Smyth 166 lines, woman
- Barbossa 124 lines, man
- Captain Brand 50 lines, man
- Henry Maddox 49 lines, man
- Scrum 37 lines, man
- Gibbs 29 lines, man
- Melia 29 lines
- Olivia 28 lines
- Pintel 22 lines, man
Full cast, 77 people
- Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow
- Javier Bardem as Armando Salazar
- Geoffrey Rush as Hector Barbossa
- Brenton Thwaites as Henry Turner
- Kaya Scodelario as Carina Smyth
- Golshifteh Farahani as Shansa
- Kevin McNally as Joshamee Gibbs
- Stephen Graham as Scrum
- Angus Barnett as Mullroy
- David Wenham as Scarfield
- Martin Klebba as Marty
- Adam Brown as Cremble
- Giles New as Murtogg
- Orlando Bloom as Will Turner
- Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann
- Paul McCartney as Uncle Jack
- Delroy Atkinson as Pike
- Danny Kirrane as Bollard
- Juan Carlos Vellido as Lieutenant Lesaro
- Rodney Afif as Officer Madga
- Rupert Raineri as Officer Santos
- Stephen Lopez as Officer Moss
- Nico Cortez as Spanish Officer
- Mahesh Jadu as Spanish Soldier
- Bruce Spence as Mayor Dix
- Justin Smith as Mr. Krill
- John Leary as Mr. Swift
- Anthony De La Torre as Young Jack Sparrow
- Finn Ireland as Young Pirate Jeff
- James Mackay as Maddox
- Bryan Probets as Bowen
- Will Ward as Pirate in Flashback
- Lewis McGowan as Young Henry Turner
- Alexander Scheer as Young Captain Teague
- Richard Piper as Captain Toms
- Michael Dorman as First Officer Wade
- Rohan Nichol as Officer Cole
- Paul Armstrong as Old Pirate
- Robert Morgan as Grimes
- Andreas Sobik as Pirate Captain
- Goran D. Kleut as Pirate with Broom
- Scott G. Anderson as British Officer
- Travis Jeffery as British Soldier
- Andrew Fraser as British Soldier
- Akos Armont as British Soldier
- Sean Lynch as British Soldier
- Ben O'Toole as British Soldier
- Dakota Askew as Young Monarch Soldier
- Jamie Carter as Young Monarch Soldier
- Joe Klocek as Young Monarch Soldier
- Derani Scarr as Woman
- Zoe Ventoura as Mayor's Wife
- Lenny Firth as Fisherman
- Akshay Caplash as CG Ghost Soldier
- Jordan Fulleylove as CG Ghost Soldier
- Mivon Prince-Leyva as CG Ghost Soldier
- Rafael Torrijos as CG Ghost Soldier
- James Fraser as Young Greenhorn
- Kenneth Radley as Pig Kelly
- Hannah Walters as Beatrice
- Jonathan Elsom as Priest
- K. Todd Freeman as Captain Morgan
- Matthew Walker as Confessional Priest
- Darcy Laurie as Uncle Jack's Cellmate
- James Lawson as Jail Guard
- Brooke Chamberlain as Upper Class Lady (uncredited)
- Jessica Green as Townswoman (uncredited)
- Kiara Freeman as Townschild (uncredited)
- Piper Nairn as Townschild (uncredited)
- Suzanne Dervish-Ali as Townsperson (uncredited)
- Donnie Baxter as Townsperson (uncredited)
- Winnie Mzembe as Maid (uncredited)
- Christie-Lee Britten as Greenwich Village Upper Class Lady (uncredited)
- Mollie McGregor as Twin Middle Class Lady (uncredited)
- Sophia McGregor as Twin Middle Class Lady (uncredited)
- Garreth Hadfield as Ghost Soldier / Red Coat Soldier (uncredited)
- Charnstar Anderson as Barbossa Pirate (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 9% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 94
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 to 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 17 |
| 11 to 12 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 34 |
| 15 to 16 | 5 | 9 |
| 17 to 18 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 to 20 | 0 | 19 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 19 |
| 23 to 24 | 1 | 44 |
| 25 to 26 | 0 | 22 |
| 27 to 28 | 6 | 17 |
| 29 to 30 | 12 | 33 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 22 |
| 33 to 34 | 24 | 30 |
| 35 to 36 | 0 | 33 |
| 37 to 38 | 3 | 15 |
| 39 to 40 | 0 | 5 |
| 41 to 42 | 25 | 23 |
| 43 to 44 | 0 | 8 |
| 45 to 46 | 0 | 12 |
| 47 to 48 | 14 | 17 |
| 49 to 50 | 4 | 4 |
| 51 to 52 | 1 | 9 |
| 53 to 54 | 0 | 20 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 5 |
| 57 to 58 | 10 | 11 |
| 59 to 60 | 8 | 25 |
| 61 to 62 | 10 | 59 |
| 63 to 64 | 1 | 42 |
| 65 to 66 | 10 | 26 |
| 67 to 68 | 2 | 4 |
| 69 to 70 | 7 | 14 |
| 71 to 72 | 6 | 34 |
| 73 to 74 | 1 | 4 |
| 75 to 76 | 0 | 5 |
| 77 to 78 | 0 | 8 |
| 79 to 80 | 0 | 2 |
| 81 to 82 | 1 | 2 |
| 83 to 84 | 0 | 16 |
| 85 to 86 | 12 | 13 |
| 87 to 88 | 1 | 1 |
| 89 to 90 | 6 | 17 |
| 91 to 92 | 1 | 8 |
| 93 to 94 | 0 | 0 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 19 are women's.
176 lines from women, 744 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
15 women and 53 men in the cast. 2 women and 22 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 23 of 1,015.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 92 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 20% of the words (1,841), men 80% (7,422). Women have 19% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.
Exhibit D: 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
0
Two men
56
Exhibit E: behind the camera
5 of the 15 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 25% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Espen Sandberg (man), Joachim Rønning (man)
- Written by
- Jeff Nathanson (man)
- Story by
- Terry Rossio (man), Jeff Nathanson (man)
- Produced by
- Jerry Bruckheimer (man)
- Shot by
- Paul Cameron (man)
- Edited by
- Leigh Folsom Boyd (woman), Roger Barton (man)
- Music by
- Geoff Zanelli (man)
- Production design by
- Nigel Phelps (man)
- Costumes by
- Penny Rose (woman)
- Cast by
- Susie Figgis (woman), Nikki Barrett (woman), Ronna Kress (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Visual Effects
2 women, 13 men, 23 not listed
-
Other crew
7 women, 14 men, 12 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
6 women, 6 men, 17 not listed
-
Sound
5 women, 18 men, 5 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 10 men, 13 not listed
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Art
2 women, 8 men, 5 not listed
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Production
5 women, 6 men, 4 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 3 men, 5 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 29 on average. Men: 50 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Kaya Scodelario 25, Golshifteh Farahani 33
Men
Brenton Thwaites 27, Stephen Graham 43, Javier Bardem 48, David Wenham 51, Johnny Depp 53, Angus Barnett 54, Kevin McNally 61, Geoffrey Rush 65
Exhibit G: the money
It made 3.5 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $230 million
- Box office
- $796 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 94 scenes and 1,015 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
