Passes the Bechdel test
She's Out of My League
2010. Directed by Jim Field Smith, written by Sean Anders and John Morris.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
18 women characters. 9 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 84. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Kirk is an average Joe who works as a TSA agent at the Pittsburgh airport with his friends. The status quo of his fairly monotonous life ends when he meets Molly, a smart, kind and gorgeous blonde. Because she's way out of his league (she's a hard 10 and he is but a 5), Kirk knows there's no way on earth she's ever going to fall for him. Or is there...?
- Released
- 12 Mar 2010
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.4 / 10
- Metascore
- 46 / 100
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Kirk 318 lines, man
- Stainer 157 lines, man
- Molly 153 lines, woman
- Eric 47 lines, man
- Patty 35 lines, woman
- Marnie 29 lines, woman
- Talon 27 lines, man
- Devon 19 lines, man
- Jack 14 lines, man
- Grammy 12 lines, woman
Full cast, 64 people
- Jay Baruchel as Kirk Kettner
- Alice Eve as Molly McCleish
- T.J. Miller as Stainer
- Nate Torrence as Devon
- Mike Vogel as Jack
- Lindsay Sloane as Marnie
- Krysten Ritter as Patty
- Kim Shaw as Katie McCleish
- Geoff Stults as Cam
- Kyle Bornheimer as Dylan Kettner
- Jessica St. Clair as Debbie Kettner
- Debra Jo Rupp as Mrs. Kettner
- Adam LeFevre as Mr. Kettner
- Hayes MacArthur as Ron
- Trevor Eve as Gerald McCleish
- Sharon Maughan as Lucille McCleish
- Jasika Nicole as Wendy
- Robin Shorr as Tina Jordan
- Andy Daly as Mr. Fuller
- Adam Tomei as Randy
- Patrick Jordan as Bowler
- Tom Stoviak as Museum Director
- Rick Applegate as Plane Doctor
- Heather Morgan Leigh as Flight Attendant
- Chuck Aber as Pilot
- Jason McCune as Restaurant Patron
- Yan Xi as Karen
- Evan Alex Cole as Scotty Reece
- Joseph F. Eberle as Hockey Bartender
- Phil Spano as Hockey Coordinator
- Jeff Adams as Hockey Player
- Mila Cermak as Hockey Player
- Mike Gaffney as Hockey Player
- Todd Gally as Hockey Player
- Jim Gricar as Hockey Player
- Rob Hofmann as Hockey Player
- Jason C. Lewis as Hockey Player
- Sidney Crosby as Self (uncredited)
- Jon Knapp as Ex-Boyfriend (uncredited)
- Brian E Stead as Waiter (uncredited)
- Christopher Nardizzi as Hockey Fan (uncredited)
- Robert R. Bell as Airshow Patron (uncredited)
- Renee Downing as Birthday Party Guest (uncredited)
- Gaynelle W. Sloman as Party Guest / Driver on Bridge (uncredited)
- Jillian Vitko as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Joiel Bauschatz as Airline Ticket Agent / Pedestrian (uncredited)
- Jim Fitzgerald as Pilot / Airline Passenger (uncredited)
- Mandy Ekman as Flight Attendant (uncredited)
- Aaron Bernard as First Class Passenger (uncredited)
- Robert Stull as First Class Passenger (uncredited)
- Elyse Alberts as Airline Passenger (uncredited)
- Susan Moran as Airline Passenger (uncredited)
- Stephanie Macdougall as Airport Passenger (uncredited)
- Minda Briley as Airport Passenger (uncredited)
- Lorelei Mahoney as Passenger (uncredited)
- Sean P. McCarthy as Airport Traveler (uncredited)
- Jonathan Eldell as Traveler (uncredited)
- Jack Davis as Airport Patron (uncredited)
- Christopher Mele as Airport Patron (uncredited)
- Leslie McGuier as Airline Extra (uncredited)
- Crystalann Jones as Bar Patron (uncredited)
- David Santiago as Club Patron (uncredited)
- Jillian O'Neil as Woman with Sweater (uncredited)
- Jackie Evancho as Extra (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 84
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 17 |
| 5 to 6 | 8 | 13 |
| 7 to 8 | 10 | 16 |
| 9 to 10 | 8 | 15 |
| 11 to 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 to 14 | 21 | 62 |
| 15 to 16 | 13 | 26 |
| 17 to 18 | 6 | 11 |
| 19 to 20 | 3 | 5 |
| 21 to 22 | 15 | 67 |
| 23 to 24 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 to 26 | 0 | 14 |
| 27 to 28 | 7 | 14 |
| 29 to 30 | 10 | 17 |
| 31 to 32 | 2 | 7 |
| 33 to 34 | 2 | 1 |
| 35 to 36 | 16 | 14 |
| 37 to 38 | 3 | 2 |
| 39 to 40 | 4 | 3 |
| 41 to 42 | 3 | 3 |
| 43 to 44 | 0 | 2 |
| 45 to 46 | 0 | 12 |
| 47 to 48 | 6 | 37 |
| 49 to 50 | 20 | 34 |
| 51 to 52 | 2 | 4 |
| 53 to 54 | 3 | 20 |
| 55 to 56 | 9 | 10 |
| 57 to 58 | 7 | 35 |
| 59 to 60 | 16 | 36 |
| 61 to 62 | 12 | 13 |
| 63 to 64 | 0 | 15 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 16 |
| 67 to 68 | 13 | 20 |
| 69 to 70 | 4 | 24 |
| 71 to 72 | 6 | 3 |
| 73 to 74 | 2 | 25 |
| 75 to 76 | 0 | 1 |
| 77 to 78 | 10 | 8 |
| 79 to 80 | 16 | 21 |
| 81 to 82 | 7 | 6 |
| 83 to 84 | 0 | 0 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scene
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
MOLLY: Oh, it's a DVD. KATIE: Who's this from?
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 29 are women's.
264 lines from women, 654 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
18 women and 25 men in the cast. 9 women and 11 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 24 of 992.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 77 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 32% of the words (3,367), men 68% (7,232). Women have 29% 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
7
Two men
59
Exhibit F: behind the camera
4 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 31% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Jim Field Smith (man)
- Written by
- Sean Anders (man), John Morris (man)
- Produced by
- Jimmy Miller (man), David B. Householter (man)
- Shot by
- Jim Denault (man)
- Edited by
- Dan Schalk (man)
- Music by
- Michael Andrews (man)
- Production design by
- Clayton Hartley (man)
- Costumes by
- Molly Maginnis (woman), Sophie de Rakoff (woman)
- Cast by
- Allison Jones (woman), Donna Belajac (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
11 women, 10 men, 33 not listed
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Sound
5 women, 14 men, 4 not listed
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Art
2 women, 6 men, 13 not listed
-
Camera
0 women, 8 men, 9 not listed
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Production
2 women, 8 men, 5 not listed
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Lighting
1 women, 3 men, 9 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
4 women, 1 men, 6 not listed
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Editing
0 women, 3 men, 3 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 29 on average. Men: 31 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Kim Shaw 26, Alice Eve 28, Krysten Ritter 28, Lindsay Sloane 32
Men
Jay Baruchel 27, T.J. Miller 28, Mike Vogel 30, Nate Torrence 32, Geoff Stults 32, Kyle Bornheimer 34
Exhibit H: the money
It made 2.5 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $20 million
- Box office
- $49.8 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 84 scenes and 992 lines of dialogue. How the test works
