Fails the Bechdel test
Ricky Stanicky
2024. Directed by Peter Farrelly, written by Jeffrey Bushell and Brian Jarvis and James Lee Freeman.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
2 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
14 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
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
When three childhood best friends pull a prank that goes wrong, they invent the imaginary Ricky Stanicky to get them out of trouble. Twenty years after creating this "friend", Dean, JT, and Wes (Zac Efron, Andrew Santino, and Jermaine Fowler) still use the nonexistent Ricky as a handy alibi for their immature behavior. When their spouses and partners get suspicious and demand to finally meet the fabled Mr. Stanicky, the guilty trio decide to hire washed-up actor and raunchy celebrity impersonator "Rock Hard" Rod (John Cena) to bring him to life. But when Rod takes his role of a lifetime too far, they begin to wish they'd never invented Ricky in the first place.
- Released
- 07 Mar 2024
- Genres
- Comedy
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 44 / 100
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Ted 330 lines, man
- Rod 219 lines, man
- Erin 87 lines, woman
- Wes 85 lines, man
- Jt 75 lines, man
- Susan 37 lines, woman
- Lambert 36 lines, man
- Nana 21 lines, woman
- Mr. Lambert 20 lines, man
- Milt 14 lines, man
Full cast, 70 people
- Zac Efron as Dean
- John Cena as Ricky Stanicky (Rod)
- Andrew Santino as JT
- Jermaine Fowler as Wes
- Lex Scott Davis as Erin
- Anja Savcic as Susan
- William H. Macy as Summerhayes
- Heather Mitchell as Leona
- Debra Lawrance as Mrs Levine
- Daniel Monks as Keith
- Apple Farrelly as Carly
- Jeff Ross as Rabbi Greenberg
- Jane Badler as Miriam Summerhayes
- Jackson Tozer as Gary Polisner
- Riley Stiles as Young Dean
- Oscar Wilson as Young JT
- Gaius Nolan as Young Wes
- Brian Jarvis as Police Chief Agawam
- Jackie Flynn as Fire Chief Grunberg
- Kevin Flynn as Fireman Mycroft
- Jasmine Anders as Officer Parfitt
- Stan Grant as Stan Grant
- Dieu Vieil Mbelo as Trumpet Man
- Alieu Chol as Trumpet Player
- Bol Cinwel as Trumpet Player
- Louis Ecaldre as Trumpet Player
- Samson Madu as Trumpet Player
- Takudzwa Matsatsa as Trumpet Player
- Gayetee Sonkarkey as Trumpet Player
- Aaron Thoman as Trumpet Player
- Surafel Yigletu as Trumpet Player
- Bob Farrelly as Barry the Bartender
- Nathan Jones as Big Ben
- Jasper Bagg as Little Lenny
- Peter Venn as Casino Extra
- Cessalee Stovall as Nurse
- Sean Dobra as Hospital Guy
- Allan Lim as Rod's Audio Engineer
- Sloan Fischer as Cheese Puffs
- Marta Kaczmarek as Mimi Jacobs
- Francesca Waters as Ginny Hoffman
- Charlie Torr as Glazed Dates
- Charlotte Marquis as Kid at Bris
- Olivia Marquis as Kid at Bris
- Goldie Harris-Currie as Kid at Bris
- Sunny Harris-Currie as Kid at Bris
- Evie Bock as Kid at Bris
- Layla Bock as Kid at Bris
- Harry Saunders as Kid at Bris
- Ryan Shelton as Phillip
- Harrison Frick as Karnowski
- Sean Gildea as Peterson
- Jim Knobeloch as Billings
- Belinda Aitken as Executive #3
- Zen Gesner as World River Exec #1
- Kate Lister as World River Exec #2
- Ruben Francis as World River CEO
- Sharon Johal as News Reader #1
- Adam Murphy as News Reader #2
- Bibi Belo as TSA Agent
- Emily Irene Bishop as Emily Irene Bishop
- Charlie Levy as Charlie Levy
- Will Thomas Schneider as Will Thomas Schneider
- Olivia Mary Bishop as Olivia Mary Bishop
- Lachlan David McCredie as Lachlan David McCredie
- Stephanie Dianne Woods as Stephanie Dianne Woods
- Joshua Cox as Joshua Cox
- Zahra Nezami as Zahra Nezami
- Bluelily Rahera Steen as Bluelily Rahera Steen
- Marc Rebillet as Marc Rebillet (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 4% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 109
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 23 |
| 7 to 9 | 20 | 32 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 to 15 | 8 | 98 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 16 |
| 19 to 21 | 9 | 27 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 20 |
| 25 to 27 | 0 | 9 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 28 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 5 |
| 34 to 36 | 5 | 14 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 38 |
| 40 to 42 | 6 | 19 |
| 43 to 45 | 4 | 9 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 3 |
| 49 to 51 | 7 | 22 |
| 52 to 54 | 2 | 25 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 62 |
| 58 to 60 | 3 | 14 |
| 61 to 63 | 3 | 15 |
| 64 to 66 | 2 | 18 |
| 67 to 69 | 3 | 25 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 14 |
| 73 to 75 | 7 | 16 |
| 76 to 78 | 15 | 15 |
| 79 to 81 | 3 | 8 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 18 |
| 85 to 87 | 15 | 66 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 3 |
| 91 to 93 | 8 | 15 |
| 94 to 96 | 6 | 6 |
| 97 to 99 | 1 | 3 |
| 100 to 102 | 1 | 21 |
| 103 to 105 | 13 | 70 |
| 106 to 108 | 13 | 17 |
| 109 to 109 | 0 | 2 |
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, 16 are women's.
154 lines from women, 803 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
14 women and 22 men in the cast. 5 women and 6 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 34 of 999.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 94 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 14% of the words (1,583), men 86% (9,581). Women have 16% of the lines, so their lines run shorter 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
4
Two men
87
Exhibit E: behind the camera
2 of the 21 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 15% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Peter Farrelly (man)
- Written by
- Brian Jarvis (man), Jeffrey Bushell (man), Jim Freeman (gender not listed), Pete Jones (man), Mike Cerrone (man), Peter Farrelly (man)
- Story by
- Jason Decker (gender not listed), David Occhino (gender not listed)
- Produced by
- John Jacobs (man), Michael De Luca (man), Paul Currie (man), Thorsten Schumacher (man)
- Shot by
- John Brawley (man)
- Edited by
- Patrick J. Don Vito (man)
- Music by
- Dave Palmer (man)
- Production design by
- Gary Mackay (man)
- Costumes by
- Katherine Milne (gender not listed)
- Cast by
- Rick Montgomery (man), Alison Telford (woman), Kate Leonard (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
5 women, 19 men, 10 not listed
-
Other crew
3 women, 9 men, 17 not listed
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Art
1 women, 3 men, 22 not listed
-
Camera
1 women, 7 men, 12 not listed
-
Sound
0 women, 11 men, 4 not listed
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Writing
0 women, 10 men, 4 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
0 women, 0 men, 11 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 1 men, 9 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 49 on average. Men: 46 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Anja Savcic 31, Lex Scott Davis 33, Heather Mitchell 66, Debra Lawrance 67
Men
Jermaine Fowler 35, Zac Efron 36, Andrew Santino 40, John Cena 46, William H. Macy 73
Exhibit G: the money
What it cost and made, where TMDB lists it.
- Budget
- $49.7 million
- Box office
- Not listed
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 109 scenes and 999 lines of dialogue. How the test works
