Passes the Bechdel test
Sing
2016. Directed by Garth Jennings and Christophe Lourdelet, written by Garth Jennings.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
-
Yes
1. At least two women
18 women characters. 9 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 6 scenes out of 152. -
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, though someone marked that rating as dubious.
The film
In a world of anthropomorphic animals, koala Buster Moon owns a theater, having been interested in show business since his father took him to his first music show as a child. Following financial problems brought up by the bank representative Judith, he tells his wealthy friend Eddie that he will host a singing competition with a prize of $1,000. But Buster's assistant, Miss Crawly, accidentally appends two extra zeroes, and the promotional fliers showing $100,000 are blown out of Buster's office into the city streets.
- Released
- 21 Dec 2016
- Genres
- Animation, Comedy, Family
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 7.1 / 10
- Metascore
- 59 / 100
- Awards
- 3 wins & 26 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Buster 297 lines, man
- Mike 73 lines, man
- Johnny 63 lines, man
- Meena 62 lines, woman
- Rosita 61 lines, woman
- Miss Crawly 56 lines, man
- Eddie 54 lines, man
- Ash 48 lines, woman
- Big Daddy 35 lines, man
- Gunter 29 lines, man
Full cast, 61 people
- Matthew McConaughey as Buster Moon (voice)
- Reese Witherspoon as Rosita (voice)
- Seth MacFarlane as Mike (voice)
- Scarlett Johansson as Ash (voice)
- John C. Reilly as Eddie (voice)
- Taron Egerton as Johnny (voice)
- Tori Kelly as Meena (voice)
- Jennifer Saunders as Nana (voice)
- Jennifer Hudson as Young Nana (voice)
- Garth Jennings as Miss Crawly / Additional Voices (voice)
- Peter Serafinowicz as Big Daddy (voice)
- Nick Kroll as Gunter (voice)
- Beck Bennett as Lance (voice)
- Jay Pharoah as Meena's Grandfather (voice)
- Nick Offerman as Norman (voice)
- Leslie Jones as Meena's Mother (voice)
- Rhea Perlman as Judith (voice)
- Laraine Newman as Meena's Grandmother / Additional Voices (voice)
- Adam Buxton as Stan (voice)
- Brad Morris as Baboon (voice)
- Bill Farmer as News Reporter Dog (voice)
- Oscar Jennings as Piglet (voice)
- Leo Jennings as Piglet (voice)
- Caspar Jennings as Piglet (voice)
- Asa Jennings as Piglet (voice)
- Carlos Alazraqui as Additional Voices (voice)
- Wes Anderson as Daniel (voice)
- Sara Mann as Additional Voices (voice)
- Igor Khait as Additional Voices (voice)
- David Arnott as Additional Voices (voice)
- Daamen J. Krall as Additional Voices (voice)
- Bob Bergen as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jeremy Maxwell as Additional Voices (voice)
- Doug Burch as Additional Voices (voice)
- Daniel Mora as Additional Voices (voice)
- Britt Burton as Additional Voices (voice)
- Cathy Cavadini as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jason Pace as Additional Voices (voice)
- Townsend Coleman as Additional Voices (voice)
- Gregory Perler as Additional Voices (voice)
- Abby Craden as Additional Voices (voice)
- Paige Pollack as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jim Cummings as Additional Voices (voice)
- John DeMita as Additional Voices (voice)
- Chris Renaud as Additional Voices (voice)
- Marisa De Silva as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jessica Rotter as Additional Voices (voice)
- Willow Geer as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jessica Rau as Additional Voices (voice)
- Tara Strong as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jess Harnell as Additional Voices (voice)
- Robert Taylor as Additional Voices (voice)
- Thomas Walters as Additional Voices (voice)
- Andrew Walton as Additional Voices (voice)
- Barbara Harris as Additional Voices (voice)
- Edgar Wright as Additional Voices (voice)
- Asher Blinkoff as Piglet (voice)
- Jon Robert Hall as Frog (voice)
- Laura Dickinson as Spider (voice)
- Jen Faith Brown as Singer (voice)
- Joe Matthews as Additional Voices (voice)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 11% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 152
Hover, tap or tab to a bar to see those scenes: where they happen and who's talking.
Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 1 | 17 |
| 5 to 8 | 11 | 53 |
| 9 to 12 | 1 | 23 |
| 13 to 16 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 to 20 | 1 | 17 |
| 21 to 24 | 2 | 2 |
| 25 to 28 | 5 | 14 |
| 29 to 32 | 7 | 33 |
| 33 to 36 | 2 | 39 |
| 37 to 40 | 6 | 23 |
| 41 to 44 | 6 | 2 |
| 45 to 48 | 4 | 16 |
| 49 to 52 | 17 | 37 |
| 53 to 56 | 12 | 15 |
| 57 to 60 | 7 | 13 |
| 61 to 64 | 4 | 28 |
| 65 to 68 | 12 | 18 |
| 69 to 72 | 4 | 26 |
| 73 to 76 | 12 | 32 |
| 77 to 80 | 6 | 24 |
| 81 to 84 | 10 | 27 |
| 85 to 88 | 5 | 15 |
| 89 to 92 | 1 | 2 |
| 93 to 96 | 2 | 7 |
| 97 to 100 | 12 | 29 |
| 101 to 104 | 6 | 40 |
| 105 to 108 | 1 | 2 |
| 109 to 112 | 17 | 24 |
| 113 to 116 | 5 | 28 |
| 117 to 120 | 1 | 11 |
| 121 to 124 | 10 | 32 |
| 125 to 128 | 4 | 6 |
| 129 to 132 | 6 | 6 |
| 133 to 136 | 5 | 7 |
| 137 to 140 | 0 | 6 |
| 141 to 144 | 0 | 2 |
| 145 to 148 | 1 | 9 |
| 149 to 152 | 13 | 9 |
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.
ROSITA: Uh huh...yeah... BACK TO ROSITA: She is so distracted by this idea that the phone slips from Rosita’s shoulder into the sink and her face lights up in recognition of this go…
ASH: What? ROSITA: But I can’t see anything.
MEENA: Good luck, Ash... ASH: I THREW A WISH IN THE WELL, DON'T ASK ME, I'LL NEVER TELL I LOOKED TO YOU AS IT FELL, AND NOW YOU'RE IN ASH: YOUR STARE WAS HOLDIN.' RIPPED JEANS, SKIN WAS SHOWIN.' HOT NIGHT, WIND WAS BLOWIN.’ WHERE YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING, BABY? ASH: HEY, I JUST MET YOU AND THIS IS CRAZY BUT HERE'S MY NUMBER, SO CALL ME, MAYBE?
ROSITA: It’s just a box of junk? ASH: This is just a prop!
ASH: At least we’re all in one piece. ROSITA: Yeah, and you know what, I bet we can find some other place to put the show on. Right?
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 24 are women's.
222 lines from women, 695 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
18 women and 37 men in the cast. 9 women and 17 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 3 of 1,034.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 61 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 25% of the words (2,394), men 75% (7,230). Women have 24% 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
9
Two men
70
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 9 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 22% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Garth Jennings (man)
- Written by
- Garth Jennings (man)
- Produced by
- Chris Meledandri (man), Janet Healy (woman)
- Edited by
- Gregory Perler (man)
- Music by
- Joby Talbot (man)
- Production design by
- Eric Guillon (man)
- Cast by
- Mickie McGowan (woman), Allison Jones (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Sound
9 women, 33 men, 18 not listed
-
Visual Effects
1 women, 8 men, 44 not listed
-
Other crew
1 women, 5 men, 16 not listed
-
Production
5 women, 5 men, 3 not listed
-
Art
0 women, 2 men, 8 not listed
-
Writing
0 women, 2 men, 7 not listed
-
Lighting
0 women, 2 men, 5 not listed
-
Editing
0 women, 2 men, 4 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 38 on average. Men: 42 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Tori Kelly 23, Scarlett Johansson 32, Jennifer Hudson 35, Reese Witherspoon 40, Jennifer Saunders 58
Men
Taron Egerton 27, Seth MacFarlane 43, Garth Jennings 44, Matthew McConaughey 47, John C. Reilly 51
Exhibit H: the money
It made 8.5 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $75 million
- Box office
- $634 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 152 scenes and 1,034 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
