Fails the Bechdel test
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011. Directed by Rupert Wyatt, written by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver and Pierre Boulle.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
14 women characters. 3 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
At the story's heart is Caesar (Andy Serkis), a chimpanzee who gains human-like intelligence and emotions from an experimental drug. Raised like a child by the drug's creator, Will Rodman (James Franco) and a primatologist Caroline Aranha (Freida Pinto), Caesar ultimately finds himself taken from the humans he loves and imprisoned in an ape sanctuary in San Bruno. Seeking justice for his fellow inmates, Caesar gives the fellow apes the same drug that he inherited. He then assembles a simian army and escapes the sanctuary - putting man and ape on a collision course that could change the planet forever.
- Released
- 05 Aug 2011
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 7.6 / 10
- Metascore
- 68 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 21 wins & 45 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Will 198 lines, man
- Stewart 59 lines, man
- Dodge 40 lines, man
- Caesar 31 lines, man
- Jacobs 29 lines, man
- Franklin 22 lines, man
- Caroline 18 lines, woman
- Walter 14 lines, man
- Donnie 8 lines, man
- Hunsiker 8 lines, man
Full cast, 76 people
- Andy Serkis as Caesar
- James Franco as Will Rodman
- Freida Pinto as Caroline Aranha
- John Lithgow as Charles Rodman
- Brian Cox as John Landon
- Tom Felton as Dodge Landon
- Tyler Labine as Robert Franklin
- Karin Konoval as Maurice / Court Clerk
- Terry Notary as Rocket / Bright Eyes
- Christopher Gordon as Koba
- Richard Ridings as Buck
- Devyn Dalton as Cornelia
- Jay Caputo as Alpha
- David Hewlett as Douglas Hunsiker
- David Oyelowo as Steven Jacobs
- Jamie Harris as Rodney
- Ty Olsson as Chief John Hamil
- Joey Roche as Todd Hunsiker
- Madison Bell as Alice Hunsiker
- Makena Joy as Alice Hunsiker (Teen)
- Kevin O'Grady as Animal Control Officer #1
- Sean Tyson as Animal Control Officer #2
- Kyle Riefsnyder as CHP #1
- Anthony McRae as CHP #2
- Jesse Reid as Donnie Thompson
- BJ Harrison as Dottie
- Leah Gibson as Party Girl #1
- Tracy Spiridakos as Party Girl #2
- Ivan Wanis-Ruiz as Handler @ Lab #1
- Trevor Carroll as Handler @ Lab #2
- Chelah Horsdal as Irena - Charles' Nurse
- Mattie Hawkinson as Linda - Lab Tech
- James Pizzinato as Lab Tech
- Ryan Jefferson Booth as South Side Commander
- Gordon Douglas Myren as Local Guy
- Elizabeth Weinstein as Mom in Muir Woods
- Jeb Beach as Dad in Muir Woods
- Jack Kuris as Boy in Muir Woods
- Meredith Grantier as New Aide
- Javier Caballero Cano as Newspaper Dad
- Peter Bundic as Newspaper Boy #1
- Dylan Nouri as Newspaper Boy #2
- Derek Morrison as Security Guard #1
- Dean Redman as Security Guard #2
- Hector Johnson as Security Guard #3
- David Richmond-Peck as Board Member #1
- Adrian Hough as Board Member #2
- Evans Johnson as Board Member #3
- Qayam Devji as Todd's Buddy
- Riel Hahn as Zoo Guide
- Michael Kopsa as Jerk Driver
- Steve Lawlor as SFPD #1
- Chris Shields as SFPD #2
- Sandy Robson as SFPD #3
- Mike Dopud as Northside Officer
- Stacey Schmidt as Jogger
- Willy Miles as Guy with Newspaper
- Adrian Hein as Sharp Shooter
- Trevor Addie as Ape (uncredited)
- Jeffery Aro as Ape (uncredited)
- Trevor Jones as Ape (uncredited)
- Camille Atebe as Playground Mom (uncredited)
- Rufus Dorsey as CHP #3 (uncredited)
- Sonja Bennett as Mother on Sidewalk (uncredited)
- Loyd Bateman as Ape (uncredited)
- Tom Franco as Mounted Officer (uncredited)
- Scott Lang as Ape (uncredited)
- Matteo Mariotti as Child in Car (uncredited)
- Kis Yurij as Worker (uncredited)
- Frédéric North as Camera Ship Pilot (uncredited)
- Sean Connor Roche as Teen Todd Hunsiker (uncredited)
- Luc Roderique as SWAT (uncredited)
- Lauren Watson as Scared Girl in Stairway (uncredited)
- Timothy Webber as Janitor / Stan Timko (uncredited)
- Linda Watters as Primate Lab Technician (uncredited)
- Monica Mustelier as Lab Tech #3 (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 5 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 9% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 235
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 to 10 | 11 | 8 |
| 11 to 15 | 3 | 16 |
| 16 to 20 | 2 | 15 |
| 21 to 25 | 2 | 15 |
| 26 to 30 | 0 | 25 |
| 31 to 35 | 1 | 1 |
| 36 to 40 | 0 | 7 |
| 41 to 45 | 1 | 30 |
| 46 to 50 | 0 | 2 |
| 51 to 55 | 0 | 2 |
| 56 to 60 | 0 | 17 |
| 61 to 65 | 0 | 6 |
| 66 to 70 | 0 | 4 |
| 71 to 75 | 0 | 24 |
| 76 to 80 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 to 85 | 0 | 8 |
| 86 to 90 | 0 | 10 |
| 91 to 95 | 0 | 10 |
| 96 to 100 | 0 | 8 |
| 101 to 105 | 0 | 24 |
| 106 to 110 | 0 | 19 |
| 111 to 115 | 0 | 16 |
| 116 to 120 | 0 | 22 |
| 121 to 125 | 0 | 10 |
| 126 to 130 | 0 | 0 |
| 131 to 135 | 4 | 6 |
| 136 to 140 | 0 | 15 |
| 141 to 145 | 2 | 5 |
| 146 to 150 | 0 | 11 |
| 151 to 155 | 1 | 2 |
| 156 to 160 | 0 | 0 |
| 161 to 165 | 0 | 0 |
| 166 to 170 | 0 | 0 |
| 171 to 175 | 0 | 0 |
| 176 to 180 | 0 | 9 |
| 181 to 185 | 0 | 7 |
| 186 to 190 | 0 | 34 |
| 191 to 195 | 0 | 6 |
| 196 to 200 | 0 | 3 |
| 201 to 205 | 3 | 6 |
| 206 to 210 | 0 | 1 |
| 211 to 215 | 0 | 5 |
| 216 to 220 | 0 | 2 |
| 221 to 225 | 0 | 14 |
| 226 to 230 | 0 | 16 |
| 231 to 235 | 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, 7 are women's.
32 lines from women, 443 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
14 women and 48 men in the cast. 3 women and 15 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 2 of 524.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 195 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 7% of the words (443), men 93% (6,206).
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
47
Exhibit E: behind the camera
6 of the 16 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 35% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Rupert Wyatt (man)
- Written by
- Rick Jaffa (man), Amanda Silver (woman)
- Produced by
- Peter Chernin (man), Dylan Clark (man), Rick Jaffa (man), Amanda Silver (woman)
- Shot by
- Andrew Lesnie (man)
- Edited by
- Conrad Buff IV (man), Mark Goldblatt (man)
- Music by
- Patrick Doyle (man)
- Production design by
- Claude Paré (man)
- Costumes by
- Renée April (woman)
- Cast by
- Debra Zane (woman), Heike Brandstatter (woman), Coreen Mayrs (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Visual Effects
3 women, 17 men, 11 not listed
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Other crew
11 women, 10 men, 1 not listed
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Sound
4 women, 12 men, 3 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 11 men, 4 not listed
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Art
4 women, 6 men, 3 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
6 women, 0 men, 6 not listed
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Production
6 women, 4 men, 1 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 3 men, 5 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 38 on average. Men: 43 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Freida Pinto 26, Karin Konoval 50
Men
Tom Felton 23, Christopher Gordon 32, James Franco 33, Tyler Labine 33, Terry Notary 42, Andy Serkis 47, John Lithgow 65, Brian Cox 65
Exhibit G: the money
It made 5.2 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $93 million
- Box office
- $482 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 235 scenes and 524 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
