Fails the Bechdel test
Snake Eyes
1998. Directed by Brian De Palma, written by Brian De Palma and David Koepp.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
8 women characters. 4 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
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
Ricky Santoro is a flamboyant and corrupt Atlantic City cop with a dream: become so well connected that he can become mayor. In lieu of that, he'll settle for keeping his comfortable lifestyle. On the night of the heavyweight boxing championship, Rick becomes mixed up in the assassination of the Secretary of Defense, an assassination involving his best friend. Becoming the investigating officer in the case, Rick soon uncovers a conspiracy to kill the Secretary and a mysterious woman in white. The conspiracy was shocking, but not half as shocking as the identity of its mastermind.
- Released
- 07 Aug 1998
- Genres
- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 52 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Rick 233 lines, man
- Dunne 117 lines, man
- Julia 74 lines, woman
- Tyler 43 lines, man
- Walt 23 lines, man
- Ned 22 lines, man
- Mickey 19 lines, man
- Jimmy George 16 lines, man
- Logan 14 lines, man
- Cyrus 11 lines, man
Full cast, 61 people
- Nicolas Cage as Rick Santoro
- Gary Sinise as Kevin Dunne
- Carla Gugino as Julia Costello
- John Heard as Gilbert Powell
- Stan Shaw as Lincoln Tyler
- Kevin Dunn as Lou Logan
- Michael Rispoli as Jimmy George
- Joel Fabiani as Charles Kirkland
- Luis Guzmán as Cyrus
- David Anthony Higgins as Ned Campbell
- Mike Starr as Walt McGahn
- Adam C. Flores as José Pacifico Ruiz
- Tamara Tunie as Anthea
- Chip Zien as Mickey Alter
- Michaella Bassey as Tyler's Party Girl #2
- Paul Joseph Bernardo as Casino Security #1
- Jernard Burks as Tyler's Bodyguard
- Mark Camacho as C.J.
- Desmond Campbell as Arena Security #1
- Jean-Paul Chartrand as Ring Announcer
- Chip Chuipka as Zeitz (Drunk)
- Deano Clavet as Arena Security
- Tara Ann Culp as Lady at Elevator
- Kelly Deadmon as Blonde Reporter
- Frédérick de Grandpré as College Boy #1
- Sébastien Delorme as College Boy #4
- George Fourniotis as Blue Shirt #3
- Christina Fulton as Roundgirl
- Kenneth Glegg as Referee
- Alain Goulem as PPV Director
- Dean Hagopian as Latecomer
- Jayne Heitmeyer as Serena
- Eric Hoziel as Rabat (Assassin)
- Byron Johnson as College Boy #2
- Guy Kelada as Blue Shirt
- Sylvain Landry as Remote Producer
- Cary Lawrence as Powell's Aide
- Robert Norman as FBI Agent
- Richard Lemire as Agent #2
- Christopher B. MacCabe as Couple #2
- Sylvain Massé as Cop #1
- Patrick McDade as Lawyer
- William J. McKeon III as Anthea's Cameraman
- Peter McRobbie as Pritzker
- Christian Napoli as Michael Santoro
- Lance E. Nichols as Cop #3
- Jason Nuzzo as Coin Cup Grabber
- Patrick Parent as Detective
- Peter Patrikios as Coin Cup Decoy
- Jacynthe René as Couple #1
- Stephen Spreekmeester as College Boy #3
- Eva Tep as Tyler's Party Girl #1
- John Thaddeus as Cop #2
- Jim Whelan as Mayor
- Brian Anthony Wilson as Casino Security #2
- Richard Zeman as Agent #1
- Gerard Max Desilus as Tyler's Party Crash Guy
- Marco Kyris as Rick Santoro Photo Double
- Antoinette Cancelliere as Casino Security #4 (uncredited)
- Kevin Craig West as Casino Security (uncredited)
- Andrew Semple as Ringside Photographer (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 5% 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 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 to 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 36 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 9 to 10 | 3 | 54 |
| 11 to 12 | 0 | 56 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 6 |
| 15 to 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 to 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 to 20 | 0 | 41 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 34 |
| 23 to 24 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 to 26 | 0 | 9 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 3 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 25 |
| 31 to 32 | 2 | 2 |
| 33 to 34 | 1 | 29 |
| 35 to 36 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 to 38 | 5 | 22 |
| 39 to 40 | 3 | 9 |
| 41 to 42 | 0 | 3 |
| 43 to 44 | 0 | 20 |
| 45 to 46 | 3 | 10 |
| 47 to 48 | 0 | 1 |
| 49 to 50 | 5 | 18 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 4 |
| 53 to 54 | 11 | 17 |
| 55 to 56 | 2 | 4 |
| 57 to 58 | 4 | 6 |
| 59 to 60 | 12 | 12 |
| 61 to 62 | 18 | 24 |
| 63 to 64 | 0 | 47 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 to 68 | 0 | 1 |
| 69 to 70 | 1 | 1 |
| 71 to 72 | 0 | 1 |
| 73 to 74 | 1 | 3 |
| 75 to 76 | 0 | 2 |
| 77 to 78 | 1 | 1 |
| 79 to 80 | 1 | 2 |
| 81 to 82 | 1 | 6 |
| 83 to 84 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 to 86 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 to 88 | 1 | 2 |
| 89 to 89 | 9 | 11 |
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, 15 are women's.
96 lines from women, 546 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
8 women and 40 men in the cast. 4 women and 20 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
A woman speaks the first line.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 119 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 16% of the words (1,943), men 84% (9,855). Women have 15% 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
48
Exhibit E: behind the camera
2 of the 11 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 27% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Brian De Palma (man)
- Written by
- David Koepp (man)
- Story by
- Brian De Palma (man), David Koepp (man)
- Produced by
- Brian De Palma (man)
- Shot by
- Stephen H. Burum (man)
- Edited by
- Bill Pankow (man)
- Music by
- Ryuichi Sakamoto (man)
- Production design by
- Anne Pritchard (woman)
- Costumes by
- Odette Gadoury (gender not listed)
- Cast by
- Mary Colquhoun (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
9 women, 22 men, 2 not listed
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Production
3 women, 6 men, 13 not listed
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Sound
2 women, 9 men, 5 not listed
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Art
5 women, 4 men, 6 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 8 men, 7 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 5 men, 3 not listed
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Visual Effects
1 women, 5 men, 2 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 1 men, 5 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 26 on average. Men: 43 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Carla Gugino 26
Men
Nicolas Cage 34, David Anthony Higgins 36, Michael Rispoli 37, Kevin Dunn 41, Luis Guzmán 41, Gary Sinise 43, Stan Shaw 46, John Heard 52, Joel Fabiani 61
Exhibit G: the money
It made 1.4 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $73 million
- Box office
- $104 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 89 scenes and 675 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
