Passes the Bechdel test
Pride & Prejudice
2005. Directed by Joe Wright, written by Deborah Moggach and Jane Austen and Emma Thompson.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
17 women characters. 10 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 14 scenes out of 116. -
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 story is based on Jane Austen's novel about five sisters - Jane (Rosamund Pike), Elizabeth (Keira Knightley), Mary (Talulah Riley), Kitty (Carey Mulligan), and Lydia Bennet (Jena Malone) - in Georgian England. Their lives are turned upside down when wealthy young Mr. Bingley (Simon Woods) and his best friend, Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen), arrive in their neighborhood.
- Released
- 23 Nov 2005
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 7.8 / 10
- Metascore
- 82 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 4 Oscars. 13 wins & 59 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Elizabeth 263 lines, woman
- Darcy 99 lines, man
- Mrs Bennet 86 lines, woman
- Jane 52 lines, woman
- Mr Bennet 51 lines, man
- Lydia 41 lines, woman
- Charlotte 31 lines, woman
- Lady Catherine 31 lines, woman
- Bingley 26 lines
- Kitty 26 lines, woman
Full cast, 31 people
- Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Bennet
- Matthew Macfadyen as Mr. Darcy
- Brenda Blethyn as Mrs. Bennet
- Rosamund Pike as Jane Bennet
- Carey Mulligan as Kitty Bennet
- Jena Malone as Lydia Bennet
- Talulah Riley as Mary Bennet
- Donald Sutherland as Mr. Bennet
- Simon Woods as Mr. Bingley
- Judi Dench as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
- Tom Hollander as Mr. Collins
- Rupert Friend as Mr. Wickham
- Kelly Reilly as Caroline Bingley
- Claudie Blakley as Charlotte Lucas
- Penelope Wilton as Mrs. Gardiner
- Peter Wight as Mr. Gardiner
- Sylvester Morand as Sir William Lucas
- Pip Torrens as Netherfield Butler
- Janet Whiteside as Mrs. Hill
- Roy Holder as Mr. Hill
- Sinéad Matthews as Betsy
- Jay Simpson as Meryton Milliner
- Rosamund Stephen as Miss de Bourgh
- Samantha Bloom as Rosings Governess
- Cornelius Booth as Colonel Fitzwilliam
- Meg Wynn Owen as Mrs. Reynolds
- Tamzin Merchant as Georgiana Darcy
- Moya Brady as Lambton Maid
- Mark Arends as Dancer (uncredited)
- Bret Jones as Specialist Period Dancer (uncredited)
- Liam Thomas as Gentleman (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 5% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 116
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 to 6 | 6 | 2 |
| 7 to 9 | 65 | 22 |
| 10 to 12 | 13 | 1 |
| 13 to 15 | 3 | 1 |
| 16 to 18 | 8 | 2 |
| 19 to 21 | 12 | 1 |
| 22 to 24 | 21 | 15 |
| 25 to 27 | 12 | 2 |
| 28 to 30 | 6 | 1 |
| 31 to 33 | 3 | 4 |
| 34 to 36 | 8 | 10 |
| 37 to 39 | 22 | 12 |
| 40 to 42 | 57 | 37 |
| 43 to 45 | 20 | 8 |
| 46 to 48 | 10 | 2 |
| 49 to 51 | 10 | 3 |
| 52 to 54 | 19 | 0 |
| 55 to 57 | 6 | 5 |
| 58 to 60 | 38 | 10 |
| 61 to 63 | 35 | 38 |
| 64 to 66 | 4 | 6 |
| 67 to 69 | 24 | 4 |
| 70 to 72 | 9 | 2 |
| 73 to 75 | 16 | 3 |
| 76 to 78 | 14 | 1 |
| 79 to 81 | 22 | 17 |
| 82 to 84 | 9 | 7 |
| 85 to 87 | 6 | 1 |
| 88 to 90 | 3 | 1 |
| 91 to 93 | 24 | 10 |
| 94 to 96 | 20 | 7 |
| 97 to 99 | 11 | 1 |
| 100 to 102 | 19 | 5 |
| 103 to 105 | 3 | 0 |
| 106 to 108 | 9 | 1 |
| 109 to 111 | 28 | 1 |
| 112 to 114 | 4 | 5 |
| 115 to 116 | 10 | 12 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
MISS BINGLEY: And then you have added so much to it yourself. JANE: I wish I read more, but there always seems so many other things to do.
LYDIA: Mama! The regiment is arriving next week! KITTY: And will be here for the whole winter! Mrs Forster told us! LYDIA: They're going to be stationed in the village!
LYDIA: It would be an excellent way to meet new friends. You could invite the militia. KITTY: Oh do hold a ball. ELIZABETH: (trying to stop Bingley being
MARY: I think a Ball is a perfectly irrational way to gain new acquaintance. It would be better if conversation instead of dancing were the order … CAROLINE BINGLEY: Indeed much more rational but rather less like a ball. ELIZABETH: Thank you, Mary.
LYDIA: Lizzie, please lend me some money! ELIZABETH: €¢
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 70 are women's.
610 lines from women, 261 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
17 women and 12 men in the cast. 10 women and 3 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
A woman speaks the first line.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 7 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 68% of the words (9,525), men 32% (4,387). Women have 70% 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
85
Two men
14
Exhibit F: behind the camera
5 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 41% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Joe Wright (man)
- Written by
- Deborah Moggach (woman)
- From the novel by
- Jane Austen (woman)
- Produced by
- Tim Bevan (man), Eric Fellner (man), Paul Webster (man)
- Shot by
- Roman Osin (man)
- Edited by
- Paul Tothill (man)
- Music by
- Dario Marianelli (man)
- Production design by
- Sarah Greenwood (woman)
- Costumes by
- Jacqueline Durran (woman)
- Cast by
- Jina Jay (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 0 men, 13 not listed
-
Sound
3 women, 7 men, 4 not listed
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Production
4 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
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Art
2 women, 2 men, 3 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
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Writing
2 women, 0 men
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Camera
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 33 on average. Men: 42 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Talulah Riley 19, Keira Knightley 20, Carey Mulligan 20, Jena Malone 20, Rosamund Pike 26, Brenda Blethyn 59, Judi Dench 70
Men
Simon Woods 25, Matthew Macfadyen 30, Donald Sutherland 70
Exhibit H: the money
It made 4.5 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $28 million
- Box office
- $125 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 116 scenes and 920 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
