Passes the Bechdel test
Rush Hour
1998. Directed by Brett Ratner, written by Ross LaManna and Jim Kouf.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
13 women characters. 4 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 305. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
Cultures clash and tempers flares as the two cops named Detective Inspector Lee a Hong Kong Detective and Detective James Carter LAPD, a big-mouthed work-alone Los Angeles cop who are from different worlds discovers one thing in common: they can't stand each other. With time running out, they must join forces to catch the criminals and save the eleven-year-old Chinese girl of the Chinese consul named Soo Yung.
- Released
- 18 Sep 1998
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 7.1 / 10
- Metascore
- 61 / 100
- Awards
- 6 wins & 9 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Carson 207 lines, man
- Miranda 96 lines, woman
- Dave 41 lines, man
- Walther 25 lines, man
- President 24 lines
- Ambassador Han 23 lines, man
- Bobbi 23 lines
- Sabatini 23 lines
- Javal 18 lines, man
- Colonel Lee 16 lines, man
Full cast, 58 people
- Jackie Chan as Lee
- Chris Tucker as Carter
- Tom Wilkinson as Griffin
- Philip Baker Hall as Captain Diel
- Elizabeth Peña as Johnson
- Chris Penn as Clive
- Mark Rolston as Agent Russ
- Tzi Ma as Consul Han
- Rex Linn as Agent Whitney
- Ken Leung as Sang
- Robert Littman as First Caucasien
- Michael Chow as Diner Guest
- Julia Hsu as Soo Yung
- Kai Lennox as Cop at Diner
- Larry Sullivan as Cop at Diner
- Yang Lin as Consul Secretary
- Roger Fan as Soo Yung's Bodyguard
- George Cheung as Soo Yung's Driver
- Lucy Lin as Exposition Official
- Jason Davis as Kid at Theatre
- John Hawkes as Stucky
- Gene LeBell as Taxi Driver
- Wayne A. King as Cigaweed Man
- Kevin L. Jackson as Pool Player
- Manny Perry as Bartender
- Ronald D. Brown as Pool Hall Doorman
- Clifton Powell as Luke
- Matthew Barry as Market Clerk
- Stanley DeSantis as FBI Gate Guard #1
- Dan Martin as FBI Gate Guard #2
- Kevin Lowe as Another Agent
- Billy Devlin as FBI Agent at Building
- Tommy Bush as Bomb Practice Sergeant
- Barry Shabaka Henley as Bobby
- Albert Wong as Chin
- Ai Wan as Foo Chow Hostess
- Lydia Look as Foo CHow Waitress
- Chan Man-ching as Japanese Tourist / Juntao's Man
- Sumiko Chan as Japanese Tourist
- Ken Lo Wai-kwong as Juntao's Man
- Stuart W. Yee as Juntao's Man
- Nicky Li Chung-Chi as Juntao's Man
- Andy Cheng as Juntao's Man
- Christine Ng Wing-mei as Flight Attendant #1
- Frances Fong as Socialite
- Robert Kotecki as Convention Center Agent
- Mike Ashley as Male Flight Attendant
- Ada Tai as Flight Attendant #2
- Arlene Tai as Flight Attendant #3
- Nina Ameri as FBI Agent (uncredited)
- Stephen Blackehart as SWAT Captain (uncredited)
- Michael Finuoli as Ticket Giver (uncredited)
- Victoria Genisce as Police Officer (uncredited)
- James Lew as Juntao's Man in Los Angeles (uncredited)
- Mars as Juntao's Man in Hong Kong (uncredited)
- Jody Millard as Police Officer (uncredited)
- Norman D. Wilson as Card Player (uncredited)
- Kwan Yung as Juntao's Man in Hong Kong (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 7 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 22% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 305
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 to 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 to 21 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 to 28 | 2 | 7 |
| 29 to 35 | 13 | 14 |
| 36 to 42 | 3 | 13 |
| 43 to 49 | 0 | 1 |
| 50 to 56 | 0 | 10 |
| 57 to 63 | 1 | 9 |
| 64 to 70 | 0 | 1 |
| 71 to 77 | 0 | 5 |
| 78 to 84 | 3 | 22 |
| 85 to 91 | 1 | 24 |
| 92 to 98 | 12 | 24 |
| 99 to 105 | 9 | 8 |
| 106 to 112 | 0 | 2 |
| 113 to 119 | 2 | 7 |
| 120 to 126 | 1 | 6 |
| 127 to 133 | 0 | 0 |
| 134 to 140 | 23 | 41 |
| 141 to 147 | 4 | 6 |
| 148 to 154 | 3 | 16 |
| 155 to 161 | 3 | 9 |
| 162 to 168 | 7 | 18 |
| 169 to 175 | 9 | 21 |
| 176 to 182 | 0 | 5 |
| 183 to 189 | 3 | 4 |
| 190 to 196 | 3 | 8 |
| 197 to 203 | 3 | 11 |
| 204 to 210 | 2 | 4 |
| 211 to 217 | 1 | 4 |
| 218 to 224 | 0 | 1 |
| 225 to 231 | 1 | 7 |
| 232 to 238 | 1 | 0 |
| 239 to 245 | 4 | 16 |
| 246 to 252 | 0 | 5 |
| 253 to 259 | 1 | 2 |
| 260 to 266 | 3 | 5 |
| 267 to 273 | 1 | 5 |
| 274 to 280 | 0 | 9 |
| 281 to 287 | 2 | 2 |
| 288 to 294 | 7 | 17 |
| 295 to 301 | 0 | 0 |
| 302 to 305 | 4 | 4 |
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.
SECRETARY OF STATE: ...North Koreans have gone ballistic, accusing us of botching the ransom drop on purpose. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: They're still harping on that "American plot" nonsense.
SECRETARY OF STATE: That's the problem: we can't. We're the last superpower. Our hands are tied by politics, alliances, goddamn stacks of treaties... most we co… SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: Damn, I miss the Cold War. Russians wouldn't have dreamt of pulling a stunt like this.
SECRETARY OF STATE: The North Koreans insist the missile carries a conventional payload. They say we're trying to trick them into aborting the attack. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: Especially since the uplink from our Op in P'yÚngyang was unencrypted.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 26 are women's.
132 lines from women, 375 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
13 women and 43 men in the cast. 4 women and 5 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 9 of 649.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 34 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 26% of the words (1,517), men 74% (4,339).
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
3
Two men
45
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 14 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 13% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Brett Ratner (man)
- Written by
- Ross LaManna (man), Jim Kouf (man)
- Story by
- Ross LaManna (man)
- Produced by
- Arthur M. Sarkissian (man), Roger Birnbaum (man), Jonathan Glickman (man)
- Shot by
- Adam Greenberg (man)
- Edited by
- Mark Helfrich (man)
- Music by
- Lalo Schifrin (man)
- Production design by
- Robb Wilson King (man)
- Costumes by
- Sharen Davis (woman)
- Cast by
- Matthew Barry (man), Nancy Green-Keyes (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
2 women, 39 men, 5 not listed
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Sound
2 women, 17 men, 11 not listed
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Production
5 women, 10 men, 5 not listed
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Art
2 women, 6 men, 11 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 11 men, 3 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 2 men, 7 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 4 men, 2 not listed
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Editing
0 women, 3 men, 4 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 38 on average. Men: 41 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Elizabeth Peña 38
Men
Chris Tucker 27, Ken Leung 28, Chris Penn 32, Tzi Ma 36, Mark Rolston 41, Rex Linn 41, Jackie Chan 44, Tom Wilkinson 50, Philip Baker Hall 67
Exhibit H: the money
It made 7.4 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $33 million
- Box office
- $245 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 305 scenes and 649 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
