Fails the Bechdel test

RocknRolla

Name: RocknRolla
Released: 2008

2008. Directed by Guy Ritchie, written by Guy Ritchie.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

1 / 3

Fails

Yes 1. At least two women
5 women characters. 2 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

Lenny Cole, a London mob boss, puts the bite on all local real estate transactions. For substantial fees, he's helping Uri Omovich, a Russian developer. As a sign of good faith, Omovich loans Cole a valuable painting, promptly stolen off Cole's wall. While Cole's men, led by the dependable Archie, look for the canvas, three local petty criminals, the Wild Bunch, steal money from the Russian using inside information from his accountant, the lovely Stella. Meanwhile, a local drug-addled rocker, Johnny Quid, is reported drowned, and his connection to Cole is the key to unraveling the deceits and double crosses of life in the underworld.

Released: 31 Oct 2008
Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller
Rated: R
IMDb: 7.2 / 10
Metascore: 53 / 100
Awards: 1 win & 5 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Rocknrolla 165 lines, man
One Two 119 lines, man
Lenny Cole 107 lines, man
Archy 78 lines, man
Johnny Story 73 lines, man
Mumbles 66 lines, man
Uri 48 lines, man
Stella 40 lines, woman
Handsome Bob 29 lines, man
Pete 23 lines, man

Full cast, 50 people

Gerard Butler as One-Two
Tom Wilkinson as Lenny Cole
Thandiwe Newton as Stella
Mark Strong as Archy
Idris Elba as Mumbles
Tom Hardy as Handsome Bob
Karel Roden as Uri Omovich
Toby Kebbell as Johnny Quid
Jeremy Piven as Roman
Ludacris as Mickey
Jimi Mistry as Councillor
Matt King as Cookie
Geoff Bell as Fred the Head
Dragan Mićanović as Victor
Michael Ryan as Pete
Nonso Anozie as Tank
Gemma Arterton as June
David Bark-Jones as Bertie
David Leon as Malcolm
Bronson Webb as Paul
Kelly George as Danny
Roland Manookian as Bandy
Jamie Campbell Bower as Rocker
Alex Kovas as Chechnyan
Mario Woszcycki as Chechnyan
Mickey De Hara as Turbo
Scott McNess as Johnny - 12 Years old
Tim Wallers as Property Lawyer
James Greene as Judge
Jasper Jacob as Barrister
Joanna Bacon as Speeler Girl
Johnny Harris as Gary
Tiffany Mulheron as Jackie
Ben Caplan as Estate Agent
Ben Homewood as Estate Agent
David Sterne as Barman
Oliver Dimsdale as Posh Man In Shorts
Blake Ritson as Drowned Sloane
Robert Stone as Nightclub Bouncer
Andy Linden as Waster
Jason Courtis as Accountant
Charlotte Armer as Nurse
Rory Sadler as Eton Boy
Oliver Dean as Eton Boy
Anton Valensi as Detective Sergeant Barnes
James Puddephatt as Detective Sergeant
Laura McIntosh as Sexy Girl in Bathroom
Billy Lunn as The Subways
Charlotte Cooper as The Subways
Josh Morgan as The Subways

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 163

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 4	0	12
5 to 8	0	8
9 to 12	0	8
13 to 16	0	12
17 to 20	0	34
21 to 24	4	23
25 to 28	7	26
29 to 32	1	54
33 to 36	0	46
37 to 40	3	13
41 to 44	0	9
45 to 48	0	9
49 to 52	7	66
53 to 56	0	28
57 to 60	0	20
61 to 64	0	70
65 to 68	2	4
69 to 72	2	43
73 to 76	6	39
77 to 80	0	29
81 to 84	0	32
85 to 88	0	11
89 to 92	0	5
93 to 96	0	9
97 to 100	0	13
101 to 104	0	30
105 to 108	0	9
109 to 112	3	19
113 to 116	0	35
117 to 120	0	30
121 to 124	0	7
125 to 128	4	27
129 to 132	0	3
133 to 136	0	12
137 to 140	0	19
141 to 144	0	41
145 to 148	0	8
149 to 152	0	4
153 to 156	0	14
157 to 160	0	9
161 to 163	2	13

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, 4 are women's.

41 lines from women, 903 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit B: who's in it

5 women and 37 men in the cast. 2 women and 30 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 77 of 963. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 159 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 5% of the words (577), men 95% (11,149). Women have 4% of the lines, so their lines run longer 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

Two men

121

Exhibit E: behind the camera

2 of the 12 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 22% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Guy Ritchie (man)
Written by: Guy Ritchie (man)
Produced by: Guy Ritchie (man), Joel Silver (man), Steve Clark-Hall (man), Susan Downey (woman)
Shot by: David Higgs (man)
Edited by: James Herbert (man)
Music by: Steve Isles (gender not listed)
Production design by: Richard Bridgland (man)
Costumes by: Suzie Harman (woman)
Cast by: Reg Poerscout-Edgerton (man)