Fails the Bechdel test
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011. Directed by Rob Marshall, written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio and Stuart Beattie.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
17 women characters. 3 of them speak. -
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) crosses paths with a woman from his past, Angelica (Penélope Cruz), and he's not sure if it's love, or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane), Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past.
- Released
- 20 May 2011
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 6.6 / 10
- Metascore
- 45 / 100
- Awards
- 3 wins & 31 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Jack 315 lines, man
- Angelica 140 lines, woman
- Blackbeard 118 lines, man
- Barbossa 101 lines, man
- Gibbs 58 lines, man
- Philip 54 lines, man
- Scrum 41 lines, man
- Groves 22 lines, man
- Syrena 15 lines, woman
- George 14 lines, man
Full cast, 84 people
- Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow
- Penélope Cruz as Angelica
- Geoffrey Rush as Hector Barbossa
- Ian McShane as Edward "Blackbeard" Teach
- Kevin McNally as Joshamee Gibbs
- Sam Claflin as Philip
- Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey as Syrena
- Stephen Graham as Scrum
- Keith Richards as Captain Teague
- Richard Griffiths as King George
- Greg Ellis as Groves
- Damian O'Hare as Gillette
- Óscar Jaenada as The Spaniard
- Anton Lesser as Lord John Carteret
- Roger Allam as Prime Minister Henry Pelham
- Judi Dench as Society Lady
- Christopher Fairbank as Ezekiel
- Paul Bazely as Salaman
- Bronson Webb as Cook
- Richard Thomson as Derrick
- Yuki Matsuzaki as Garheng
- Robbie Kay as Cabin Boy
- Steve Evets as Purser
- Ian Mercer as Quartermaster
- Deobia Oparei as Gunner
- Gemma Ward as Tamara - First Mermaid
- Sebastian Armesto as King Ferdinand
- Juan Carlos Vellido as Spanish Sea Captain
- Tristan Laurence Perez as Spanish Fisherman
- Norberto Morán as Spanish Castaway
- Gerard Monaco as Spanish Officer
- Tyrone Lopez as Spanish Soldier
- Luke Roberts as Captain of the Guard
- Daniel Ings as Guard
- Emilia Jones as English Girl
- Patrick Kennedy as English Father
- Jody Halse as Jailor
- Clifford Rose as Bailiff
- Paul Hunter as Foreman
- Jorgelina Guadalupe Airaldi as Mermaid
- Brea Berrett as Mermaid
- Toni Busker as Mermaid
- Sanya Hughes as Mermaid
- Daphne Joy as Mermaid
- Antoinette Kalaj as Mermaid
- Derek Mears as Master-at-Arms
- Danny Le Boyer as Yeoman
- Kitt Barrie as Courtroom Wench
- Steve Morphew as Courtroom Heckler
- Alan J. Utley-Moore as Justice Smith
- Gintare Beinoraviciute as Villager (uncredited)
- Nicola Bertram as English Woman (uncredited)
- Andrew Crayford as Spanish Officer (uncredited)
- Jason Curle as Spanish Pirate (uncredited)
- Kristofer Dayne as Queen Anne's Pirate (uncredited)
- Nichola Fynn as Flower Seller (uncredited)
- Sean Francis George as Spanish Soldier (uncredited)
- Bobby Holland Hanton as English Guard (uncredited)
- Randy Herman as Spanish Soldier (uncredited)
- Harley Jay as Junior British Officer (uncredited)
- Aaron King as Juror (uncredited)
- Jeremy King as Beckett's Guard (uncredited)
- Matt Lasky as Queen Anne's Pirate (uncredited)
- LeJon Stewart as Queen Anne's Pirate (uncredited)
- Teresa Mahoney as Hero Mother (uncredited)
- Edward Mitchell as Young Spanish Officer (uncredited)
- Kelly Mumme as Mermaid (uncredited)
- Salomon Passariello as Queen Anne's Pirate (uncredited)
- Siegfried Peters as British Sailor (uncredited)
- David Pinkus as London Town Crier (uncredited)
- Jean Pierre Prats as Spanish Soldier (uncredited)
- Steve Saunders as Pewter Seller (uncredited)
- Santi Scinelli as Spanish Officer (uncredited)
- Kristen StephensonPino as Mermaid / Body (uncredited)
- Richard Stoker as Pirate (uncredited)
- Robert Stone as Paddy Wagon Gaoler (uncredited)
- Sean Talo as Spanish Soldier (uncredited)
- Harvey Walsh as English Boy (uncredited)
- Loretta Walsh as English Girl (uncredited)
- Hannah Walters as Woman at The Captain's Daughter (uncredited)
- Claira Watson Parr as Maid (uncredited)
- Chuck Williams as Queen Anne's Revenge Pirate (uncredited)
- Tamayo Perry as Buccaneer (uncredited)
- John Snowden as Fur Trader
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 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 97
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 to 6 | 2 | 24 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 50 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 to 21 | 15 | 43 |
| 22 to 24 | 7 | 34 |
| 25 to 27 | 0 | 15 |
| 28 to 30 | 1 | 14 |
| 31 to 33 | 12 | 17 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 42 |
| 37 to 39 | 2 | 4 |
| 40 to 42 | 8 | 40 |
| 43 to 45 | 6 | 57 |
| 46 to 48 | 18 | 19 |
| 49 to 51 | 12 | 15 |
| 52 to 54 | 3 | 32 |
| 55 to 57 | 6 | 18 |
| 58 to 60 | 0 | 28 |
| 61 to 63 | 4 | 18 |
| 64 to 66 | 13 | 46 |
| 67 to 69 | 10 | 38 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 29 |
| 73 to 75 | 3 | 29 |
| 76 to 78 | 0 | 12 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 31 |
| 82 to 84 | 2 | 20 |
| 85 to 87 | 10 | 40 |
| 88 to 90 | 15 | 33 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 4 |
| 94 to 96 | 13 | 31 |
| 97 to 97 | 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, 17 are women's.
162 lines from women, 817 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
17 women and 52 men in the cast. 3 women and 30 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 16 of 999.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 130 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 15% of the words (1,387), men 85% (7,837). Women have 17% of the lines, so their lines run shorter 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
79
Exhibit E: behind the camera
1 of the 11 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 25% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Rob Marshall (man)
- Written by
- Terry Rossio (man), Ted Elliott (man)
- From the novel by
- Tim Powers (man)
- Produced by
- Jerry Bruckheimer (man)
- Shot by
- Dariusz Wolski (man)
- Edited by
- Wyatt Smith (man), David Brenner (man)
- Music by
- Hans Zimmer (man)
- Production design by
- John Myhre (man)
- Costumes by
- Penny Rose (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
24 women, 70 men, 16 not listed
-
Sound
8 women, 20 men, 3 not listed
-
Art
1 women, 8 men
-
Costume & Make-Up
7 women, 1 men
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Directing
1 women, 6 men, 1 not listed
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Production
0 women, 7 men, 1 not listed
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Visual Effects
2 women, 5 men
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Editing
0 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 31 on average. Men: 53 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey 24, Penélope Cruz 37
Men
Sam Claflin 24, Stephen Graham 37, Johnny Depp 47, Kevin McNally 55, Geoffrey Rush 59, Richard Griffiths 63, Keith Richards 67, Ian McShane 68
Exhibit G: the money
It made 2.8 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $379 million
- Box office
- $1 billion
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 97 scenes and 999 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
