Passes the Bechdel test

Pitch Perfect 2

Name: Pitch Perfect 2
Released: 2015

2015. Directed by Elizabeth Banks, written by Kay Cannon and Mickey Rapkin.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
39 women characters. 24 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 31 scenes out of 105.
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.

The film

The Bellas are back, and they are better than ever. After being humiliated in front of none other than the President of the United States of America, the Bellas are taken out of the Aca-Circuit. In order to clear their name and regain their status, the Bellas take on a seemingly impossible task: winning an International competition no American team has ever won. In order to accomplish this monumental task, they need to strengthen the bonds of friendship and sisterhood, and blow away the competition with their amazing aca-magic! With all new friends and old rivals tagging along for the trip, the Bellas can hopefully accomplish their dreams once again.

Released: 15 May 2015
Genres: Comedy, Music
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 6.4 / 10
Metascore: 63 / 100
Awards: 10 wins & 18 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Beca 161 lines, woman
Fat Amy 125 lines, woman
Chloe 106 lines, woman
Emily 75 lines, woman
Sammy 50 lines
John 46 lines, man
Bumper 41 lines, man
Gail 38 lines, woman
Aubrey 36 lines, woman
Sir Willups 34 lines, man

Full cast, 124 people

Anna Kendrick as Beca Mitchell
Brittany Snow as Chloe Beale
Hailee Steinfeld as Emily Junk
Rebel Wilson as Fat Amy
Ester Dean as Cynthia Rose
Adam Devine as Bumper Allen
Skylar Astin as Jesse Swanson
Hana Mae Lee as Lilly Onakuramara
Elizabeth Banks as Gail Abernathy-McKadden
Ben Platt as Benji Applebaum
Alexis Knapp as Stacie Conrad
Chrissie Fit as Flo Fuentes
Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Kommissar
Flula Borg as Pieter Krämer
Keegan-Michael Key as Beca's Boss
John Michael Higgins as John Smith
David Cross as Riff Off Host
Anna Camp as Aubrey Posen
Katey Sagal as Katherine Junk
Kelley Jakle as Jessica
Shelley Regner as Ashley
Reggie Watts as Tone Hangers
John Hodgman as Tone Hangers
Jason Jones as Tone Hangers
Joe Lo Truglio as Tone Hangers
Snoop Dogg as Self
Shawn Carter Peterson as Dax
Clay Matthews as NFL Player / Green Bay Packer
David Bakhtiari as NFL Player / Green Bay Packer
Donny Barclay as NFL Player / Green Bay Packer
Josh Sitton as NFL Player / Green Bay Packer
Thomas J. Lang as NFL Player / Green Bay Packer
Jordan Rodgers as NFL Player / Green Bay Packer
Gralen Bryant Banks as Barden University Dean
Sharon Garrison as Barden University Secretary
Brea Grant as Barden University Orientation Announcer
Austin Lyon as Residual Heat Intern
Kay Cannon as Newscaster Connie
Natalie Morales as Today Show Host
Jake Tapper as The Lead Host
Sylvia Weatherspoon as New Station Anchor Lisa Richards
Robert W. Krieger III as Outrage 24/7 Newscaster Todd Derek
Joe Scarborough as Morning Joe Host
Mika Brzezinski as Morning Joe Host
Jimmy Kimmel as Self/Jimmy Kimmel Live Host
Rosie O'Donnell as Self/The View Host
Nicolle Wallace as Self/The View Host
Rosie Perez as Self/The View Host
Adam Levine as Self/The Voice Judge
Christina Aguilera as Self/The Voice Judge
Pharrell Williams as Self/The Voice Judge
Blake Shelton as Self/The Voice Judge
Codie L. Wiggins as Treblemakers
Blake Burt as Treblemakers
Ted Moock as Treblemakers
Jerry Clark as Treblemakers
Phi Vu as Treblemakers
Jacinto Rodriguez as Treblemakers
Ryan Leeper as Treblemakers
Andrew Fitzpatrick as Das Sound Machine
Allie Feder as Das Sound Machine
Steven Ban as Das Sound Machine
Brandon Lara as Das Sound Machine
Daniel Piglavento as Das Sound Machine
Brent L. Boxberger as Das Sound Machine
Dylan Cheek as Das Sound Machine
Dakota Scott Smith as Das Sound Machine
Jeremy Williams as Das Sound Machine
Samantha Smith as Das Sound Machine
Alexis Lawson as Das Sound Machine
Jordyn McDempsey as Das Sound Machine
Monica Malone as Das Sound Machine
Kimberly Madsen-Thomas as Das Sound Machine
Frances Manzo as Das Sound Machine
Cali De La Rosa as Das Sound Machine
Mitch Grassi as Pentatonix
Kevin Olusola as Pentatonix
Avi Kaplan as Pentatonix
Scott Hoying as Pentatonix
Kirstin Maldonado as Pentatonix
Trace Gaynor as The Filharmonic
Dominic Tibayan as The Filharmonic
Barry Fortgang as The Filharmonic
Julian Cruz as The Filharmonic
Virgil Rosales as The Filharmonic
Joseph Caigoy as The Filharmonic
Pranay Sharma as Penn Masala
Kashish Hora as Penn Masala
Hariharan Ravi as Penn Masala
Prashant Ramesh as Penn Masala
Aneesh Kanakamedala as Penn Masala
Chetan Khanna as Penn Masala
Akiff Premjee as Penn Masala
Varshil Patel as Penn Masala
Rohan Murthy as Penn Masala
Dilip Rajan as Penn Masala
Praveen Rajaguru as Penn Masala
Gigi Zumbado as The Cantasticos
Marisela Zumbado as The Cantasticos
Alison Sahonic as The Cantasticos
Jasmine Paul-Olivier as The Cantasticos
Natalie Legendre as The Cantasticos
Samantha Yonack as The Cantasticos
Windy Diaz as The Cantasticos
Amaris Flores as The Cantasticos
Aakomon Jones as The Singboks
Kyndra Reevey as The Singboks
Naomi James as The Singboks
Britney Chelene Thomas as The Singboks
Michael Odokara-Okigbo as The Singboks
Brian Watson as The Singboks
Shanna Marie Burris as The Singboks
Brianna O'Rourke as The Singboks
Lindsey Legros as The Singboks
Brandon Addison as The Singboks
Robin Roberts as Former Bella
Kether Donohue as Former Bella
C.J. Perry Barnyashev as Former Bella
Sope Aluko as French Commentator
Leticia Jimenez as Spanish Commentator
Anton Narinskiy as Russian Commentator
Deke Sharon as German Commentator
Barack Obama as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michelle Obama as Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 13% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 105

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	6	5
4 to 6	7	6
7 to 9	12	3
10 to 12	31	12
13 to 15	28	15
16 to 18	28	7
19 to 21	13	10
22 to 24	44	0
25 to 27	15	19
28 to 30	32	1
31 to 33	42	5
34 to 36	21	9
37 to 39	6	10
40 to 42	14	26
43 to 45	17	19
46 to 48	41	9
49 to 51	15	3
52 to 54	4	2
55 to 57	28	1
58 to 60	0	0
61 to 63	12	16
64 to 66	38	0
67 to 69	27	0
70 to 72	3	0
73 to 75	3	0
76 to 78	5	0
79 to 81	97	0
82 to 84	14	8
85 to 87	11	0
88 to 90	7	6
91 to 93	9	7
94 to 96	9	3
97 to 99	5	2
100 to 102	1	1
103 to 105	19	9

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.

GAIL: We are coming to you live from our nation’s capitol where the Barden University Bellas are about to rock the historic Kennedy Center. BECA: One, two, three, four... BECA: THEY SAY YOU'RE A FREAK WHEN WE'RE HAVING FUN...

BELLAS: FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA! FAT AMY: I CAME IN LIKE A WRECKING BALL!/I NEVER HIT SO HARD IN LOVE!... GAIL: Wow! What a surprise!

GAIL: Lots of us! FAT AMY: ...I CAME IN LIKE A WRECKING BALL! FAT AMY: DON'T YOU EVER SAY I JUST WALKED AWAY/I WILL ALWAYS WANT YOU... BECA: Goodbye innocence.

GAIL: Oh my god, the children! Would somebody think of the children! FAT AMY: Avert your eyes or take it all in! You need to make a choice! GAIL: Not the front! Nobody wants to see the front!

GAIL: Do you know who we are? CHLOE: You’re the National Association for the Advancement of A Cappella Performers.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 76 are women's.

664 lines from women, 214 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

39 women and 43 men in the cast. 24 women and 10 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 2 of 1,010. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 30 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 (8,004), men 25% (2,648). Women have 76% 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

3 of the 12 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 38% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Elizabeth Banks (woman)
Written by: Kay Cannon (woman)
Produced by: Elizabeth Banks (woman), Paul Brooks (man), Max Handelman (man)
Shot by: Jim Denault (man)
Edited by: Craig Alpert (man)
Music by: Mark Mothersbaugh (man)
Production design by: Toby Corbett (man)
Costumes by: Salvador Pérez Jr. (man)
Cast by: Paul Schnee (man), Kerry Barden (man)