Fails the Bechdel test

Priest

Name: Priest
Released: 2011

2011. Directed by Scott Stewart, written by Cory Goodman and Min-Woo Hyung.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

2 / 3

Fails

Yes 1. At least two women
5 women characters. 5 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
Women do talk to each other.
No 3. About something besides a man
Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.

The film

PRIEST, a post-apocalyptic action thriller, is set in an alternative world -- one ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires. The story revolves around a legendary Warrior Priest from the last Vampire War who now lives in obscurity among the other downtrodden human inhabitants in walled-in dystopian cities ruled by the Church. When his niece is abducted by a murderous pack of vampires, Priest breaks his sacred vows to venture out on a quest to find her before they turn her into one of them. He is joined on his crusade by his niece's boyfriend, a trigger-fingered young wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess who possesses otherworldly fighting skills.

Released: 13 May 2011
Genres: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 5.7 / 10
Metascore: 41 / 100
Awards: 3 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Priest 160 lines, man
Hicks 129 lines, man
Priestess 56 lines, woman
Aaron 28 lines, man
Black Hat 24 lines, man
Koeppen 18 lines, man
Old Man 12 lines, man
Monsignor Orelas 11 lines, man
Rune 9 lines, man
Lucy 8 lines, woman

Full cast, 35 people

Paul Bettany as Priest
Karl Urban as Black Hat
Lily Collins as Lucy Pace
Maggie Q as Priestess
Stephen Moyer as Owen Pace
Cam Gigandet as Hicks
Mädchen Amick as Shannon Pace
Brad Dourif as Salesman
Alan Dale as Monsignor Chamberlain
Christopher Plummer as Monsignor Orelas
Marilyn Brett as Woman
Jacob Hopkins as Boy
Arnold Chon as Strong Priest
Dave Florek as Crocker
Joel Polinsky as Dr. Tomlin
Josh Wingate as Familiar
Jon Braver as Familiar
Casey Pieretti as Familiar
Theo Kypri as Familiar
John Griffin as Familiar
David Backus as Familiar
Roger Stoneburner as Familiar
David Bianchi as Familiar
Tanoai Reed as Brave Priest
Henry Kingi Jr. as Bold Priest
Austin Priester as Flashback Priest
Kanin Howell as Husband
Julie Mond as Wife
Michael D. Nye as Station Master
Reiner Schöne as Minister
Kevin T. McCarthy as English Speaking Preacher
Boyuen as Chinese Speaking Vendor
Anthony Azizi as Farsi Speaking Vendor
Pramod Kumar as Hindi Speaking Vendor
Lafayette R. Dorsey Sr. as Clergy Trooper

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 12% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 139

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	8	10
4 to 6	0	2
7 to 9	2	1
10 to 12	0	15
13 to 15	0	1
16 to 18	0	22
19 to 21	0	14
22 to 24	0	1
25 to 27	0	0
28 to 30	0	0
31 to 33	1	15
34 to 36	0	12
37 to 39	0	23
40 to 42	0	8
43 to 45	0	14
46 to 48	0	34
49 to 51	0	25
52 to 54	3	9
55 to 57	0	22
58 to 60	1	1
61 to 63	0	5
64 to 66	0	0
67 to 69	3	1
70 to 72	6	11
73 to 75	14	13
76 to 78	6	12
79 to 81	1	2
82 to 84	0	1
85 to 87	1	3
88 to 90	4	13
91 to 93	0	17
94 to 96	10	12
97 to 99	8	8
100 to 102	3	21
103 to 105	2	5
106 to 108	0	1
109 to 111	0	5
112 to 114	0	14
115 to 117	0	1
118 to 120	0	3
121 to 123	0	3
124 to 126	3	19
127 to 129	0	1
130 to 132	0	8
133 to 135	0	5
136 to 138	0	9
139 to 139	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, 15 are women's.

76 lines from women, 422 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit B: who's in it

5 women and 27 men in the cast. 5 women and 12 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 4 of 563. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 138 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 16% of the words (1,485), men 84% (7,949). Women have 15% 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

Two men

Exhibit E: behind the camera

3 of the 12 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 24% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Scott Stewart (man)
Written by: Cory Goodman (man)
Produced by: Michael De Luca (man), Joshua Donen (man), Mitchell Peck (gender not listed)
Shot by: Don Burgess (man)
Edited by: Lisa Zeno Churgin (woman), Rebecca Weigold (woman)
Music by: Christopher Young (man)
Production design by: Richard Bridgland (man)
Costumes by: Ha Nguyen (woman)
Cast by: Rick Montgomery (man)