Fails the Bechdel test
Rise of the Guardians
2012. Directed by Peter Ramsey, written by David Lindsay-Abaire and William Joyce and Chris Appelhans.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
5 women characters. 6 of them speak. -
No
2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs, and imaginations of children all over the world.
- Released
- 21 Nov 2012
- Genres
- Animation, Action, Adventure
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 7.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 58 / 100
- Awards
- 14 wins & 32 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Jack 228 lines, man
- North 157 lines, man
- Bunnymund 118 lines, man
- Pitch 93 lines, man
- Jamie 75 lines, man
- Tooth 69 lines, woman
- Kids 21 lines
- Claude 17 lines, man
- Sophie 13 lines
- Caleb 11 lines, man
Full cast, 20 people
- Chris Pine as Jack Frost (voice)
- Alec Baldwin as North (voice)
- Jude Law as Pitch (voice)
- Isla Fisher as Tooth (voice)
- Hugh Jackman as Bunny (voice)
- Dakota Goyo as Jamie Bennett (voice)
- Isabella Blake-Thomas as British Girl (voice)
- Jacob Bertrand as Monty (voice)
- Khamani Griffin as Caleb (voice)
- Kamil McFadden as Claude (voice)
- Georgie Grieve as Sophie Bennett (voice)
- Emily Nordwind as Jamie's Mom / Jack's Mother (voice)
- Olivia Mattingly as Pippa / Jack's Sister (voice)
- Dominique Grund as Cupcake (voice)
- April Lawrence as Burgess Pedestrian (voice)
- Ryan Crego as Burgess Dog Walker (voice)
- George Anthony Anisimow as Child (voice)
- Peter Ramsey as Burgess Pedestrian #2 (voice)
- Stuart Allan as British Boy (voice)
- Rich Dietl as Yeti (voice)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 6% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 123
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 to 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 to 15 | 9 | 39 |
| 16 to 18 | 3 | 22 |
| 19 to 21 | 8 | 45 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 8 |
| 25 to 27 | 10 | 71 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 52 |
| 31 to 33 | 4 | 29 |
| 34 to 36 | 14 | 25 |
| 37 to 39 | 4 | 13 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 2 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 3 |
| 46 to 48 | 1 | 1 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 4 |
| 52 to 54 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 4 |
| 58 to 60 | 7 | 46 |
| 61 to 63 | 1 | 35 |
| 64 to 66 | 1 | 12 |
| 67 to 69 | 2 | 17 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 11 |
| 73 to 75 | 3 | 13 |
| 76 to 78 | 0 | 2 |
| 79 to 81 | 5 | 35 |
| 82 to 84 | 2 | 32 |
| 85 to 87 | 7 | 25 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 6 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 4 |
| 94 to 96 | 3 | 53 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 12 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 5 |
| 103 to 105 | 5 | 17 |
| 106 to 108 | 3 | 12 |
| 109 to 111 | 0 | 3 |
| 112 to 114 | 0 | 1 |
| 115 to 117 | 1 | 10 |
| 118 to 120 | 0 | 0 |
| 121 to 123 | 4 | 42 |
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, 12 are women's.
100 lines from women, 727 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
5 women and 12 men in the cast. 6 women and 13 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 19 of 877.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 83 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 12% of the words (750), men 88% (5,451).
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
0
Two men
92
Exhibit E: behind the camera
5 of the 10 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 22% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Peter Ramsey (man)
- Written by
- David Lindsay-Abaire (man)
- From the novel by
- William Joyce (man)
- Produced by
- Nancy Bernstein (woman), Christina Steinberg (woman)
- Edited by
- Joyce Arrastia (woman)
- Music by
- Alexandre Desplat (man)
- Production design by
- Patrick Marc Hanenberger (man)
- Cast by
- Leslee Feldman (woman), Christi Soper Hilt (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Visual Effects
2 women, 36 men, 83 not listed
-
Production
12 women, 6 men, 37 not listed
-
Other crew
1 women, 4 men, 30 not listed
-
Lighting
1 women, 0 men, 29 not listed
-
Sound
2 women, 14 men, 10 not listed
-
Art
1 women, 8 men, 6 not listed
-
Writing
1 women, 7 men, 3 not listed
-
Editing
2 women, 5 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 23 on average. Men: 28 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Isabella Blake-Thomas 10, Isla Fisher 36
Men
Jacob Bertrand 12, Dakota Goyo 13, Khamani Griffin 14, Kamil McFadden 16, Chris Pine 32, Jude Law 39, Hugh Jackman 44, Alec Baldwin 54
Exhibit G: the money
It made 2.1 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $145 million
- Box office
- $307 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 123 scenes and 877 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
