Passes the Bechdel test
S1m0ne
2002. Directed by Andrew Niccol, written by Andrew Niccol.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
23 women characters. 15 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 148. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
The career of a disillusioned producer, who is desperate for a hit, is endangered when his star walks off the film set. Forced to think fast, the producer decides to digitally create an actress "Simone" to sub for the star--the first totally believable synthetic actress. The "actress" becomes an overnight sensation, with a major singing career as well, and everyone thinks she's a real person. However, as Simone's fame skyrockets, he cannot bear to admit his fraud to himself or the world.
- Released
- 23 Aug 2002
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 6.1 / 10
- Metascore
- 49 / 100
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Viktor 343 lines, man
- Elaine 131 lines, woman
- Lainey 62 lines, woman
- Max 51 lines, man
- Simone 49 lines, woman
- Hal 37 lines, man
- Simone / Viktor 29 lines, man
- Hank 20 lines, man
- Nicola 20 lines, woman
- Frank Brand 19 lines, man
Full cast, 73 people
- Al Pacino as Viktor Taransky
- Rachel Roberts as S1m0ne
- Catherine Keener as Elaine Christian
- Evan Rachel Wood as Lainey Christian Taransky
- Jay Mohr as Hal Sinclair
- Winona Ryder as Nicola Anders
- Jason Schwartzman as Milton
- Elias Koteas as Hank Alano
- Rebecca Romijn as Faith
- James Gleason as Reporter
- Christopher Neiman as Premiere Audience Member
- Jolie Jenkins as Premiere Audience Member
- Joel Heyman as Male
- Benjamin Salisbury as Production Assistant
- Darnell Williams as Studio Executive #1
- Jim Rash as Studio Executive #2
- Ron Perkins as Studio Executive #3
- Jeffrey Pierce as Kent
- Jeff Williams as Man in Suit
- Mitzi Martin as Premiere Audience Member
- Carole Androsky as Premiere Audience Member
- Derrex Brady as Premiere Audience Member
- Lisa Cerasoli as Premiere Audience Member
- Darin Heames as Premiere Audience Member
- Patrick J. Dancy as Premiere Audience Member
- Adrian R'Mante as Premiere Audience Member
- David Doty as Theater Owner
- Maureen Mueller as Entertainment Reporter
- Barry Papick as Walter, Security Guard
- Andi Carnick as Reporter
- Richard Saxton as Reporter
- Vincent Boling as Reporter
- Keith MacKechnie as Reporter
- Pruitt Taylor Vince as Max Sayer
- Alan Loayza as Valet Manager
- Chris Coppola as Echo Photographer
- Lombardo Boyar as Paparazzi Photographer
- Jenni Blong as Jane
- Susan Chuang as Lotus
- Robert Musgrave as Mac
- Deborah Rawlings as Corel
- Christina Rydell as Claris
- Rod Simmons as Hewlett
- Hal Ozsan as Hotel Concierge
- Jaehne Moebius as Drunk Woman
- Claudia Jordan as Simone Lookalike
- Henry D. Zapata as Studio Executive
- Stanley Anderson as Frank Brand
- Christopher Comes as Concert Promoter
- Brad "Chip" Pope as Concert Technician #1
- Gordon Simmons as Concert Technician #2
- Teresa Parente as Talk Show Host #1
- Bill A. Jones as Talk Show Host #2
- Daniel Dõ as Monk
- Clyde Tull as Priest
- Moss Mossberg as Rabbi
- Ronnie W. Elliot as Arresting Officer
- Daniel von Bargen as Chief Detective
- Charles Noland as Detective
- Chris Marley as Diver
- Sean Cullen as Bernard, Lawyer
- Alec Murdock as VBC Anchor
- Jim Brockhohn as Concert Goer
- Annie Coffey as Party Guest
- Tony Crane as Lenny
- Lily Gareth as Little Kid
- Edward C. Gillow as Reporter
- Phil Hawn as Movie Theater Patron
- Diane Hudock as Woman
- Michael Andrew Colin Keller as Doorman
- Camille Wainwright as Katie Crom
- Nancy Young as Party Guest #3
- Mark Thompson as Reporter
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 7% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 148
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 12 | 15 |
| 5 to 8 | 25 | 31 |
| 9 to 12 | 0 | 45 |
| 13 to 16 | 8 | 14 |
| 17 to 20 | 6 | 4 |
| 21 to 24 | 20 | 9 |
| 25 to 28 | 4 | 72 |
| 29 to 32 | 7 | 27 |
| 33 to 36 | 17 | 19 |
| 37 to 40 | 10 | 12 |
| 41 to 44 | 6 | 20 |
| 45 to 48 | 4 | 21 |
| 49 to 52 | 10 | 11 |
| 53 to 56 | 13 | 16 |
| 57 to 60 | 14 | 37 |
| 61 to 64 | 9 | 29 |
| 65 to 68 | 1 | 4 |
| 69 to 72 | 6 | 7 |
| 73 to 76 | 6 | 7 |
| 77 to 80 | 10 | 9 |
| 81 to 84 | 0 | 10 |
| 85 to 88 | 3 | 1 |
| 89 to 92 | 1 | 0 |
| 93 to 96 | 0 | 21 |
| 97 to 100 | 0 | 10 |
| 101 to 104 | 3 | 1 |
| 105 to 108 | 1 | 2 |
| 109 to 112 | 8 | 7 |
| 113 to 116 | 25 | 17 |
| 117 to 120 | 4 | 8 |
| 121 to 124 | 18 | 27 |
| 125 to 128 | 23 | 19 |
| 129 to 132 | 8 | 9 |
| 133 to 136 | 3 | 5 |
| 137 to 140 | 16 | 26 |
| 141 to 144 | 0 | 10 |
| 145 to 148 | 10 | 9 |
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.
SIMONE: Thank you! Thank you! This means so much to me. I'm just sorry I can't be there with you. First off I have to acknowledge my fellow nominees… LAINEY: Why didn't she thank you?
JANE: Ready for your casting session? JANE: Nicola's here for the role of Simone's sister. NICOLA: A lot's happened since we last saw each other.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 34 are women's.
311 lines from women, 591 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
23 women and 41 men in the cast. 15 women and 24 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
A woman speaks the first line.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 51 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 35% of the words (4,173), men 65% (7,593). Women have 34% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.
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
11
Two men
35
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 10 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 43% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Andrew Niccol (man)
- Written by
- Andrew Niccol (man)
- Produced by
- Andrew Niccol (man)
- Shot by
- Edward Lachman (man)
- Edited by
- Paul Rubell (man)
- Music by
- Carter Burwell (man)
- Production design by
- Jan Roelfs (man)
- Costumes by
- Elisabetta Beraldo (woman)
- Cast by
- Francine Maisler (woman), Jon Scott Strotheide (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
7 women, 4 men, 1 not listed
-
Sound
2 women, 9 men, 1 not listed
-
Art
4 women, 3 men
-
Production
2 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Directing
2 women, 2 men
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Camera
0 women, 2 men
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Editing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 28 on average. Men: 41 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Evan Rachel Wood 14, Rachel Roberts 24, Rebecca Romijn 29, Winona Ryder 30, Catherine Keener 43
Men
Jason Schwartzman 22, Jay Mohr 32, Elias Koteas 41, James Gleason 49, Al Pacino 62
Exhibit H: the money
It made 2.0 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $10 million
- Box office
- $19.6 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 148 scenes and 968 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
