Passes the Bechdel test
Sexual Life
2004. Directed by Ken Kwapis, written by Ken Kwapis.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
10 women characters. 12 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 5 scenes out of 89. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Disparate individuals rationalize their infidelities.
- Released
- 19 Jun 2004
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5.1 / 10
- Awards
- 1 win
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Sarah 118 lines, woman
- Gwen 110 lines, woman
- Lorna 107 lines, woman
- Todd 107 lines, man
- Josh 86 lines, man
- Jerry 55 lines, man
- Rosalie 54 lines, woman
- Terri 36 lines, woman
- David 33 lines, man
- Desk Clerk 22 lines
Full cast, 27 people
- Azura Skye as Lorna
- Annie Heller as Cafe Waitress
- Carla Gallo as Terri
- Tom Everett Scott as Todd
- Kevin Corrigan as Phil
- Elizabeth Banks as Sarah
- Fionnula Flanagan as Grandmother
- James Le Gros as Josh
- Carmen Plumb as Pharmacy Girl
- Anne Heche as Gwen
- Shirley Knight as Joanne
- Eion Bailey as David
- Steven Weber as David Whatron
- AmyKate Storey as Restaurant Waitress(as Amy Kate Storey)
- Tadashi Kondo as Desk Clerk
- Kerry Washington as Rosalie
- David Brisbin as Hotel Manager
- Michelle C. Bonilla as Wedding Planner(as Michelle Bonilla)
- Dulé Hill as Jerry
- Bruce French as Priest
- Steven Williams as Jerry's Father
- Sam Jaeger as Jerry's Best Friend
- Tony Winters as Security Guard
- Snookum as Cat
- Gustavo Cardozo
- Alice Frank as Maid of Honor(uncredited)
- Thomas E. Labisch Jr. as Construction Worker(uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 3% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 89
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 to 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 to 6 | 41 | 0 |
| 7 to 8 | 21 | 16 |
| 9 to 10 | 7 | 5 |
| 11 to 12 | 9 | 9 |
| 13 to 14 | 10 | 32 |
| 15 to 16 | 30 | 23 |
| 17 to 18 | 8 | 9 |
| 19 to 20 | 5 | 4 |
| 21 to 22 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 to 24 | 44 | 4 |
| 25 to 26 | 14 | 14 |
| 27 to 28 | 7 | 9 |
| 29 to 30 | 3 | 2 |
| 31 to 32 | 10 | 5 |
| 33 to 34 | 3 | 3 |
| 35 to 36 | 4 | 2 |
| 37 to 38 | 20 | 19 |
| 39 to 40 | 19 | 23 |
| 41 to 42 | 4 | 4 |
| 43 to 44 | 10 | 12 |
| 45 to 46 | 34 | 6 |
| 47 to 48 | 7 | 3 |
| 49 to 50 | 25 | 22 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 to 54 | 7 | 0 |
| 55 to 56 | 6 | 1 |
| 57 to 58 | 4 | 10 |
| 59 to 60 | 6 | 7 |
| 61 to 62 | 17 | 9 |
| 63 to 64 | 16 | 16 |
| 65 to 66 | 1 | 1 |
| 67 to 68 | 1 | 0 |
| 69 to 70 | 1 | 0 |
| 71 to 72 | 12 | 10 |
| 73 to 74 | 2 | 18 |
| 75 to 76 | 0 | 6 |
| 77 to 78 | 20 | 17 |
| 79 to 80 | 11 | 10 |
| 81 to 82 | 5 | 0 |
| 83 to 84 | 3 | 0 |
| 85 to 86 | 14 | 3 |
| 87 to 88 | 7 | 7 |
| 89 to 89 | 14 | 0 |
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.
TERRI: Look at her, she needs protein. Lots of protein. LORNA: Working early today, huh? TERRI: No, I had something important to do... TERRI: ...Miss nineteen.
ON LORNA: She shakes her head -- she's completely nonplussed. LORNA: That was smart. Now, you're bleeding. Here...
TERRI: Well, what do you know... TERRI: Told you we should've dressed up. LORNA: C'mon...we're going inside. TERRI: What for? Wait...
TERRI: Lorna, we shouldn't be here. LORNA: Excuse me, could you tell me who's getting married in...
TERRI: What was that all about? LORNA: Nothing. TERRI: Nothing, my ass. LORNA: Alright, alright. I slipped.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 59 are women's.
485 lines from women, 342 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
10 women and 11 men in the cast. 12 women and 11 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 25 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 58% of the words (4,344), men 42% (3,111). Women have 59% 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
17
Two men
6
Exhibit F: behind the camera
4 of the 11 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 43% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Ken Kwapis (man)
- Written by
- Ken Kwapis (man)
- Produced by
- Carol Baum (woman), Ken Aguado (gender not listed)
- Shot by
- Edward J. Pei (man)
- Edited by
- Kathryn Himoff (woman)
- Music by
- Cliff Eidelman (man)
- Production design by
- Cabot McMullen (man)
- Costumes by
- Alina Panova (woman)
- Cast by
- Shani Ginsberg (woman), Jakki Fink (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 0 men, 4 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 2 men, 3 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
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Production
2 women, 0 men, 2 not listed
-
Art
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
-
Directing
1 women, 1 men
-
Editing
1 women, 0 men
-
Writing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 36 on average. Men: 37 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Azura Skye 23, Carla Gallo 29, Elizabeth Banks 30, Anne Heche 35, Fionnula Flanagan 63
Men
Tom Everett Scott 34, Kevin Corrigan 35, James Le Gros 42
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 89 scenes and 856 lines of dialogue. How the test works
