Fails the Bechdel test
Shifty
2008. Directed by Eran Creevy, written by Eran Creevy.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
3 women characters. 3 of them speak. -
No
2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Shifty, a young crack cocaine dealer in London, sees his life quickly spiral out of control when his best friend returns home. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs, and with his family about to turn their back on him for good, Shifty must out-run and out-smart a rival drug dealer intent on setting him up for a big fall. As his long time friend Chris confronts the dark past he left behind him, Shifty is forced to face up to the violent future he's hurtling towards.
- Released
- 24 Apr 2009
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- Not Rated
- IMDb
- 6.5 / 10
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award4 wins & 7 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Shifty 264 lines, man
- Chris 158 lines, man
- Trevor 72 lines, man
- Rez 63 lines, man
- Glen 49 lines, man
- Jasmine 42 lines, woman
- Malik 19 lines, man
- Valerie 12 lines, woman
- Bob 8 lines, man
- Blair 7 lines, man
Full cast, 13 people
- Riz Ahmed as Shifty
- Daniel Mays as Chris
- Jason Flemyng as Glen
- Francesca Annis as Valerie
- Nitin Ganatra as Rez
- Jay Simpson as Trevor
- Dannielle Brent as Jasmine
- Kate Groombridge as Loretta
- Jason Maza as Malik
- Jordan Long as Lenny
- Rory Jennings as Otis
- Ene Frost as Magnus
- Eddie Webber as Bob Moran
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 1% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 180
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 to 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 to 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 to 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 to 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 to 24 | 0 | 8 |
| 25 to 28 | 4 | 29 |
| 29 to 32 | 8 | 22 |
| 33 to 36 | 0 | 50 |
| 37 to 40 | 0 | 18 |
| 41 to 44 | 0 | 24 |
| 45 to 48 | 0 | 1 |
| 49 to 52 | 0 | 11 |
| 53 to 56 | 2 | 37 |
| 57 to 60 | 1 | 35 |
| 61 to 64 | 0 | 8 |
| 65 to 68 | 9 | 18 |
| 69 to 72 | 3 | 7 |
| 73 to 76 | 0 | 13 |
| 77 to 80 | 0 | 32 |
| 81 to 84 | 10 | 52 |
| 85 to 88 | 0 | 9 |
| 89 to 92 | 1 | 36 |
| 93 to 96 | 0 | 3 |
| 97 to 100 | 0 | 25 |
| 101 to 104 | 0 | 12 |
| 105 to 108 | 0 | 10 |
| 109 to 112 | 0 | 50 |
| 113 to 116 | 0 | 1 |
| 117 to 120 | 0 | 3 |
| 121 to 124 | 17 | 14 |
| 125 to 128 | 0 | 22 |
| 129 to 132 | 1 | 13 |
| 133 to 136 | 1 | 30 |
| 137 to 140 | 0 | 22 |
| 141 to 144 | 0 | 4 |
| 145 to 148 | 0 | 24 |
| 149 to 152 | 0 | 0 |
| 153 to 156 | 0 | 0 |
| 157 to 160 | 0 | 0 |
| 161 to 164 | 0 | 3 |
| 165 to 168 | 0 | 0 |
| 169 to 172 | 0 | 4 |
| 173 to 176 | 0 | 0 |
| 177 to 180 | 1 | 2 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 8 are women's.
58 lines from women, 652 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
3 women and 10 men in the cast. 3 women and 10 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 38 of 720.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 141 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 10% of the words (569), men 90% (4,856). Women have 8% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.
Exhibit D: 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
0
Two men
53
Exhibit E: behind the camera
3 of the 11 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 31% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Eran Creevy (man)
- Written by
- Eran Creevy (man)
- Produced by
- Ben Pugh (man), Rory Aitken (man)
- Shot by
- Ed Wild (man)
- Edited by
- Kim Gaster (woman)
- Music by
- Harry Escott (man), Molly Nyman (woman)
- Production design by
- Erik Rehl (man)
- Costumes by
- Rebecca Duncan (woman)
- Cast by
- Sasha Robertson (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
-
Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 0 men, 3 not listed
-
Production
1 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
-
Sound
1 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
-
Art
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
-
Camera
0 women, 1 men
-
Other crew
0 women, 1 men
-
Directing
0 women, 1 men
-
Editing
1 women, 0 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 40 on average. Men: 33 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Kate Groombridge 28, Dannielle Brent 29, Francesca Annis 63
Men
Jason Maza 21, Riz Ahmed 25, Daniel Mays 30, Jordan Long 34, Nitin Ganatra 40, Jason Flemyng 42, Jay Simpson 42
Exhibit G: the money
What it cost and made, where TMDB lists it.
- Budget
- Not listed
- Box office
- $245,426
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 180 scenes and 720 lines of dialogue. How the test works
