Passes the Bechdel test
Sausage Party
2016. Directed by Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon, written by Kyle Hunter and Ariel Shaffir and Seth Rogen.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
9 women characters. 13 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 56. -
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 products at Shopwell's Grocery Store are made to believe a code that helps them live happy lives until it's time for them to leave the comfort of the supermarket and head for the great beyond. However, after a botched trip to the great beyond leaves one sausage named Frank and his companion Bun stranded, Frank goes to great lengths (pun intended) to return to his package and make another trip to the great beyond. But as Frank's journey takes him from one end of the supermarket to the other, Frank's quest to discover the truth about his existence as a sausage turns incredibly dark. Can he expose the truth to the rest of the supermarket and get his fellow products to rebel against their human masters?
- Released
- 12 Aug 2016
- Genres
- Animation, Adventure, Comedy
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.1 / 10
- Metascore
- 66 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win & 26 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Frank 125 lines, man
- Brenda 86 lines, woman
- Barry 65 lines, man
- Douche 61 lines, man
- Lavash 49 lines, man
- Firewater 31 lines, man
- Sammy Bagel 30 lines, man
- Druggie 19 lines, man
- El Guaco 19 lines, man
- Carl 18 lines, man
Full cast, 36 people
- Seth Rogen as Frank / Sergeant Pepper / Peanut Butter (voice)
- Kristen Wiig as Brenda (voice)
- Jonah Hill as Carl (voice)
- Bill Hader as Firewater / Tequila / El Guaco (voice)
- Michael Cera as Barry (voice)
- James Franco as Druggie (voice)
- Danny McBride as Honey Mustard (voice)
- Craig Robinson as Grits (voice)
- Paul Rudd as Darren (voice)
- Nick Kroll as Douche (voice)
- David Krumholtz as Kareem Abdul Lavash (voice)
- Edward Norton as Sammy Bagel Jr. (voice)
- Salma Hayek Pinault as Teresa Taco (voice)
- Anders Holm as Troy (voice)
- Scott Underwood as Gum / Twink / Krinkler's Chips / Pizza / Peanut (voice)
- Sugar Lyn Beard as Baby Carrot / Cookies (voice)
- Conrad Vernon as Toilet Paper / Sauerkraut / Catcall Sausage / Grape #1 / Beer Can / Pop Bottle (voice)
- Ian James Corlett as Apple / Tickilish Licorice / Relish / Bag of Dog Food (voice)
- Michael Daingerfield as Chunk Munchers Cereal / Light Bulb / Indian Chutney (voice)
- Jason Simpson as Plum #2 / Beer Keg / Fat Guy / Fit Man (voice)
- Vincent Tong as Pislitz Chips / Juice Box / Jamaican Rum (voice)
- Karen E. Wright as Diner Waitress
- Lauren Miller Rogen as Camille Toh / Tampon (voice)
- Sam Vincent as Old Pork Sausage / Refried Beans / Sandwich / Pop Tart / Licorice Rope (voice)
- Greg Tiernan as Potato / Noodle Soup / Larry the Corn (voice)
- Brian Dobson as Italian Tomato / Lettuce (voice)
- Harland Williams as Ketchup / Drug Dealer / Baba Ganoush (voice)
- Alistair Abell as Mariachi Salsa / Gefilte Fish (voice)
- Iris Apatow as Berry Good Candies / Grape #3 / Coconut Milk (voice)
- Michael Dobson as Queso (voice)
- Ian Hanlin as Beet (voice)
- Maryke Hendrikse as Popped Cherry Mixer / Plum #1 / Loretta Bun / Frozen Fruitz (voice)
- Nicole Oliver as Sally Bun / Ice Cream / Watermelon / Female Shopper #1 (voice)
- Kelly Sheridan as Roberta Bun / Grape #2 / Female Shopper #2 (voice)
- Meat Loaf as Meatloaf (voice) (uncredited)
- Evan Goldberg as Condom (voice) (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 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 56
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 to 10 | 11 | 35 |
| 11 to 12 | 8 | 29 |
| 13 to 14 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 to 16 | 15 | 77 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 25 |
| 19 to 20 | 0 | 12 |
| 21 to 22 | 13 | 13 |
| 23 to 24 | 4 | 34 |
| 25 to 26 | 5 | 31 |
| 27 to 28 | 1 | 31 |
| 29 to 30 | 14 | 24 |
| 31 to 32 | 11 | 9 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 23 |
| 35 to 36 | 6 | 30 |
| 37 to 38 | 10 | 28 |
| 39 to 40 | 5 | 32 |
| 41 to 42 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 to 44 | 1 | 3 |
| 45 to 46 | 0 | 13 |
| 47 to 48 | 5 | 3 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 8 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 24 |
| 53 to 54 | 1 | 8 |
| 55 to 56 | 5 | 30 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
MADRE TACO: 323 No. Please, no. 323 TERESA: 324 Mama! Nol Mama!! No, no! 324
TERESA: 593 Rapidol Rapidol You can make it! 593 Use your sexy legs! BRENDA: 594 They're too high! 594
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 18 are women's.
117 lines from women, 539 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
9 women and 27 men in the cast. 13 women and 41 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 39 of 705.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 58 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 15% of the words (2,005), men 85% (11,195). Women have 18% of the lines, so their lines run shorter 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
5
Two men
66
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 18 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 20% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Greg Tiernan (man), Conrad Vernon (man)
- Written by
- Seth Rogen (man), Evan Goldberg (man), Ariel Shaffir (man), Kyle Hunter (man)
- Story by
- Seth Rogen (man), Evan Goldberg (man), Jonah Hill (man)
- Produced by
- Seth Rogen (man), Conrad Vernon (man), Megan Ellison (woman), Evan Goldberg (man)
- Edited by
- Kevin Pavlovic (man)
- Music by
- Christopher Lennertz (man), Alan Menken (man)
- Cast by
- Francine Maisler (woman), Shelley Ann Taylor (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
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Visual Effects
2 women, 11 men, 51 not listed
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Other crew
5 women, 22 men, 9 not listed
-
Production
6 women, 13 men, 14 not listed
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Sound
2 women, 13 men, 1 not listed
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Lighting
1 women, 1 men, 13 not listed
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Editing
2 women, 3 men, 4 not listed
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Writing
0 women, 7 men, 1 not listed
-
Directing
0 women, 2 men, 4 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 42 on average. Men: 38 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Kristen Wiig 42
Men
Michael Cera 28, Jonah Hill 32, Seth Rogen 34, Bill Hader 38, James Franco 38, Nick Kroll 38, Danny McBride 39, Craig Robinson 44, Paul Rudd 47
Exhibit H: the money
It made 7.4 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $19 million
- Box office
- $141 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 56 scenes and 705 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
