Passes the Bechdel test

Rango

Name: Rango
Released: 2011

2011. Directed by Gore Verbinski, written by John Logan and Gore Verbinski and James Ward Byrkit.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
8 women characters. 11 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 104.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

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

The film

Rango is a pet chameleon always on the lookout for action and adventure, except the fake kind, where he directs it and acts in it. After a car accident, he winds up in an old western town called Dirt. What this town needs the most is water, but they also need a hero and a sheriff. The thirsty Rango instantly takes on the role of both and selfishly agrees to take on the case of their missing water.

Released: 04 Mar 2011
Genres: Animation, Action, Adventure
Rated: PG
IMDb: 7.3 / 10
Metascore: 75 / 100
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 46 wins & 25 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Rango 285 lines, man
Beans 92 lines, woman
The Mayor 59 lines
Roadkill 33 lines, man
Waffles 31 lines, man
Rattlesnake Jake 29 lines, man
Spoons 29 lines, man
Pappy 28 lines, man
Buford 22 lines, man
Rock-Eye 22 lines, man

Full cast, 33 people

Johnny Depp as Rango / Lars (voice)
Isla Fisher as Beans (voice)
Ned Beatty as Mayor (voice)
Bill Nighy as Rattlesnake Jake (voice)
Abigail Breslin as Priscilla (voice)
Alfred Molina as Roadkill (voice)
Stephen Root as Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice)
Harry Dean Stanton as Balthazar (voice)
Timothy Olyphant as Spirit of the West (voice)
Ray Winstone as Bad Bill (voice)
Ian Abercrombie as Ambrose (voice)
Gil Birmingham as Wounded Bird (voice)
James Ward Byrkit as Waffles / Gordy / Papa Joad / Cousin Murt / Curlie / Knife Attacker / Rodent Kid (voice)
Claudia Black as Angelique (voice)
Blake Clark as Buford (voice)
John Cothran as Elgin (voice)
Patrika Darbo as Delilah / Maybelle (voice)
George DelHoyo as Señor Flan - Mariachi Accordion (voice)
Maile Flanagan as Lucky (voice)
Charles Fleischer as Elbows (voice)
Beth Grant as Bonnie (voice)
Ryan Hurst as Jedidiah (voice)
Vincent Kartheiser as Ezekiel / Lasso Rodent (voice)
Hemky Madera as Chorizo (voice)
Alex Manugian as Spoons (voice)
Mark 'Crash' McCreery as Parsons (voice)
Joe Nuñez as Rock-Eye (voice)
Christopher Lee Parson as Hazel / Kinski / Stump / Clinker / Lenny / Boseefus / Dirt Kid (voice)
Lew Temple as Furgus / Hitch (voice)
Alanna Ubach as Boo / Cletus / Fresca / Miss Daisy (voice)
Gore Verbinski as Sgt Turley / Crevice / Slim / Lupe - Mariachi Violin (voice)
Kym Whitley as Melonee (voice)
Keith Campbell as Sod Buster (voice)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 10% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 104

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	0	11
4 to 6	0	31
7 to 9	0	17
10 to 12	0	30
13 to 15	0	12
16 to 18	30	31
19 to 21	12	57
22 to 24	1	13
25 to 27	0	5
28 to 30	5	15
31 to 33	21	12
34 to 36	0	0
37 to 39	9	18
40 to 42	1	21
43 to 45	1	12
46 to 48	0	9
49 to 51	9	89
52 to 54	9	50
55 to 57	1	6
58 to 60	14	77
61 to 63	3	20
64 to 66	7	40
67 to 69	0	26
70 to 72	1	0
73 to 75	1	0
76 to 78	0	1
79 to 81	0	1
82 to 84	1	6
85 to 87	2	6
88 to 90	1	6
91 to 93	0	3
94 to 96	1	13
97 to 99	3	7
100 to 102	0	0
103 to 104	2	7

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.

BEANS: Sh-- Sheriff this isn't a social call. •• LUCKY: There's a bullet in there!

PRISCILLA: Where's the water? BEANS: There weren't no water.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 17 are women's.

135 lines from women, 652 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

8 women and 25 men in the cast. 11 women and 41 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 106 of 876. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 105 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 18% of the words (1,508), men 82% (6,813). Women have 17% of the lines, so their lines run longer 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

1 of the 13 people in these jobs is a woman. Across the whole crew, 17% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Gore Verbinski (man)
Written by: John Logan (man)
Story by: John Logan (man), Gore Verbinski (man), James Ward Byrkit (man)
Produced by: John B. Carls (gender not listed), Graham King (man), Gore Verbinski (man)
Shot by: Roger Deakins (man)
Edited by: Craig Wood (man)
Music by: Hans Zimmer (man)
Production design by: Mark 'Crash' McCreery (man)
Cast by: Denise Chamian (woman)