Passes the Bechdel test

Ready Player One

Name: Ready Player One
Released: 2018

2018. Directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Zak Penn and Ernest Cline.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
33 women characters. 5 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 6 scenes out of 181.
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

In the year 2045, the real world is a harsh place. The only time Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) truly feels alive is when he escapes to the OASIS, an immersive virtual universe where most of humanity spends their days. In the OASIS, you can go anywhere, do anything, be anyone--the only limits are your own imagination. The OASIS was created by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday (Mark Rylance), who left his immense fortune and total control of the Oasis to the winner of a three-part contest he designed to find a worthy heir. When Wade conquers the first challenge of the reality-bending treasure hunt, he and his friends--The High Five--are hurled into a fantastical universe of discovery and danger to save the OASIS.

Released: 29 Mar 2018
Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 7.4 / 10
Metascore: 64 / 100
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 11 wins & 58 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Parzival 191 lines, man
Wade 167 lines, man
Artemis 117 lines, woman
Aech 110 lines, woman
Sorrento 81 lines, man
Number Six 27 lines, man
Morrow 22 lines, man
Halliday 20 lines, man
Alice 19 lines, woman
Vendor 19 lines, man

Full cast, 87 people

Tye Sheridan as Parzival / Wade
Olivia Cooke as Art3mis / Samantha
Ben Mendelsohn as Sorrento
Lena Waithe as Aech / Helen
T.J. Miller as I-R0k (voice)
Simon Pegg as Curator / Ogden Morrow
Mark Rylance as Anorak / Halliday
Philip Zhao as Sho
Win Morisaki as Daito
Hannah John-Kamen as F'Nale Zandor
Ralph Ineson as Rick
Susan Lynch as Alice
Clare Higgins as Mrs. Gilmore
Laurence Spellman as Lame Tattoo Guy (Reb)
Perdita Weeks as Kira
Joel MacCormack as Sixer #6655
Kit Connor as Reb Kid
Leo Heller as Reb Kid
Antonio Mattera as Reb Kid
Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo as Sorrento's Assistant
William Gross as Ten-Year Old Kid
Gareth Mason as Chubby Guy
Sandra Dickinson as Old Boxing Woman
Lynne Wilmot as Pole Dancer
Jayden Fowora-Knight as Boy Playing Tennis
Gavin Marshall as Shift Manager / Mocap Core Cast
Mark Stanley as Old Zombie Woman
Emily Beacock as Twin
Rosanna Beacock as Twin
Gemma Refoufi as Pretty Naked Girl Body Double
Jane Leaney as Queen of Cats / Bathroom Zombie / Mocap Core Cast
Elliot Barnes-Worrell as Sixer #1
Asan N'Jie as Sixer #5 (Last Sixer)
Robert Gilbert as Andrew (Sorrento's Head of Security)
Stephen Mitchell as Police Officer
Letitia Wright as Reb (Safe House)
Kae Alexander as Reb (Safe House)
Joshua Archer as Mocap Core Cast / Sixer Instructor
Avye Leventis as Mocap Core Cast / Female Sixer #2
Dean Street as Mocap Core Cast
Michael Wildman as Sixer Drill Instructor
Turlough Convery as Chief Oology Expert
Joe Hurst as Oology Expert
Eric Sigmundsson as Oology Expert
James Dryden as Oology Expert
Danielle Phillips as Oology Expert
Rona Morison as Oology Expert
Khalil Madovi as Oology Expert
Bruce Lester-Johnson as IOI Board Member
Tom Turner as IOI Board Member
Paul Barnhill as Sorrento's Man
Isaac Andrews as Halliday 7 Years Old
Maeve Bluebell Wells as Female Sixer #1
Neet Mohan as Snacks (Bootsuit Commercial)
Georgie Farmer as Kid (Bootsuit Commercial)
Kathryn Wilder as Female Gamer (Bootsuit Commercial)
Sid Sagar as Regular Guy (Bootsuit Commercial)
David Forman as Hong Kong Businessman
Ian Davies as Police Officer (Stacks Explosion)
Lulu Wilson as Elementary Kid
Adolfo Álvarez as Elementary Kid
Alonso Alvarez as Elementary Kid
Jadah Marie as Elementary Kid
Dallas Dupree Young as Elementary Kid
Mckenna Grace as Elementary Kid
Arianna Jaffier as High School Kid
Armani Jackson as High School Kid
Britain Dalton as High School Kid
Jacob Bertrand as High School Kid
Daniel Zolghadri as High School Kid
Sydney Brower as Girl in Bedroom at House
Cara Pifko as Leslee
Vic Chao as Goro
Cara Theobold as Tracer
Daniel Eghan as Corporate Businessman (uncredited)
Julia Nickson as JN / Commuter (uncredited)
Kiera Bell as IOI Staff (uncredited)
Samantha Russell as Player (uncredited)
Violet McGraw as Shopping Cart Kid (uncredited)
Amy Clare Beales as Shop Staff (uncredited)
Racheal Ofori as Beautiful Woman (uncredited)
Jaeden Bettencourt as Soccer Player (uncredited)
Juan Carlos Cantu as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Annarie Boor as Sixer (uncredited)
Mandy June Turpin as Actor (uncredited)
Lucas Jones as Sub Rebel (uncredited)
Alfred Hsing as Chinese Gamer

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 4 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 181

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 4	4	6
5 to 8	14	9
9 to 12	32	15
13 to 16	6	8
17 to 20	3	6
21 to 24	2	11
25 to 28	3	13
29 to 32	0	6
33 to 36	0	9
37 to 40	0	19
41 to 44	0	19
45 to 48	3	3
49 to 52	1	3
53 to 56	3	5
57 to 60	3	21
61 to 64	3	28
65 to 68	0	6
69 to 72	8	9
73 to 76	2	18
77 to 80	26	28
81 to 84	10	17
85 to 88	9	22
89 to 92	0	34
93 to 96	0	5
97 to 100	9	6
101 to 104	10	4
105 to 108	14	40
109 to 112	8	23
113 to 116	19	16
117 to 120	11	16
121 to 124	13	11
125 to 128	3	9
129 to 132	2	16
133 to 136	4	12
137 to 140	7	8
141 to 144	3	12
145 to 148	1	2
149 to 152	8	10
153 to 156	2	6
157 to 160	0	4
161 to 164	0	5
165 to 168	4	10
169 to 172	6	12
173 to 176	0	3
177 to 180	4	38
181 to 181	0	1

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.

ARTEMIS: A meteor?! Seriously? AECH: You almost made the park, you realize how huge that is? ARTEMIS: Do I have the key? No. Not huge.

ARTEMIS: Is that... AECH: The Iron Giant? Yeah, just got the commission for it. No big deal.

AECH: It’s mostly about getting the right skins, what you can license, you know? Like Matrix, Matrix kids, forget it, but Star Wars, Marvel, Dark … ARTEMIS: Golden Age Spielberg? AECH: Pre-Jurassic is a bitch. ARTEMIS: Always wanted the Mothership from Close Encounters.

ARTEMIS: Never thought of that. AECH: Oh, yeah, handling is an issue. I mean you can’t build a Giant Robot and have it ride like a Buick Regal. ARTEMIS: Buick... ?

ARTEMIS: “Theory”? AECH: The challenge is unwinnable. It’s designed to drive us nuts.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 31 are women's.

260 lines from women, 584 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

33 women and 47 men in the cast. 5 women and 11 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 2 of 861. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 60 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 27% of the words (2,211), men 73% (6,072). Women have 31% 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 15 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 23% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Steven Spielberg (man)
Written by: Ernest Cline (man), Zak Penn (man)
From the novel by: Ernest Cline (man)
Produced by: Donald De Line (man), Dan Farah (man), Kristie Macosko Krieger (woman), Steven Spielberg (man)
Shot by: Janusz Kamiński (man)
Edited by: Michael Kahn (man), Sarah Broshar (woman)
Music by: Alan Silvestri (man)
Production design by: Adam Stockhausen (man)
Costumes by: Kasia Walicka Maimone (woman)
Cast by: Kei Kawamura (gender not listed)