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Passes the Bechdel test

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

2018. Directed by Bob Persichetti and Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman, written by Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

  1. Yes 1. At least two women
    30 women characters. 19 of them speak.
  2. Yes 2. Who talk to each other
    In 5 scenes out of 113.
  3. Yes 3. About something besides a man
    In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.

Poster for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

The film

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the creative minds behind The Lego Movie and 21 Jump Street, bring their unique talents to a fresh vision of a different Spider-Man Universe, with a groundbreaking visual style that's the first of its kind. "Spider-Man(TM): Into the Spider-Verse" introduces Brooklyn teen Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), and the limitless possibilities of the Spider-Verse, where more than one can wear the mask.

Released
14 Dec 2018
Genres
Animation, Action, Adventure
Rated
PG
IMDb
8.4 / 10
Metascore
87 / 100
Awards
Won 1 Oscar. 85 wins & 60 nominations total
Elsewhere
View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

  • Women
  • Men
  • Not in the cast list
  • Bigger name, more lines
  1. Miles 316 lines, man
  2. Peter 213 lines, man
  3. Jefferson 59 lines, man
  4. Gwen 56 lines, woman
  5. Spider-Man 44 lines, man
  6. Kingpin 36 lines, man
  7. Uncle Aaron 34 lines, man
  8. Spider-Man Noir 27 lines, man
  9. Head Scientist 21 lines, woman
  10. Aunt May 18 lines, woman
Full cast, 73 people
  • Shameik Moore as Miles Morales (voice)
  • Jake Johnson as Peter B. Parker (voice)
  • Hailee Steinfeld as Gwen Stacy (voice)
  • Mahershala Ali as Uncle Aaron (voice)
  • Brian Tyree Henry as Jefferson Davis (voice)
  • Lily Tomlin as Aunt May (voice)
  • Luna Lauren Vélez as Rio Morales (voice)
  • Zoë Kravitz as Mary Jane (voice)
  • John Mulaney as Spider-Ham (voice)
  • Kimiko Glenn as Peni Parker (voice)
  • Nicolas Cage as Spider-Man Noir (voice)
  • Kathryn Hahn as Doc Ock (voice)
  • Liev Schreiber as Wilson Fisk (voice)
  • Chris Pine as Peter Parker (voice)
  • Natalie Morales as Miss Calleros (voice)
  • Edwin H. Bravo as Brooklyn Visions Security Guard (voice)
  • Oscar Isaac as Interesting Person #1 (voice)
  • Greta Lee as Interesting Person #2 (voice)
  • Stan Lee as Stan (voice)
  • Jorma Taccone as Green Goblin / Last Dude (voice)
  • Joaquín Cosío as Scorpion (voice)
  • Marvin Jones III as Tombstone (voice)
  • Kim Yarbrough as Scientist in Cafeteria (voice)
  • Lake Bell as Vanessa Fisk (voice)
  • Jessica Mikayla Adams as Brooklyn Friend (voice)
  • Gredel Berrios Calladine as Brooklyn Friend (voice)
  • Sarah D. Cole as Brooklyn Friend (voice)
  • Kelby Joseph as Brooklyn Friend (voice)
  • Mimi Davila as Brooklyn Visions Student (voice)
  • Claudia Choi as Brooklyn Visions Teacher (voice)
  • Melanie Haynes as Brooklyn Visions Teacher (voice)
  • Joseph Izzo as Brooklyn Visions Teacher (voice)
  • Nick Jaine as Brooklyn Visions Teacher (voice)
  • Muneeb Rehman as Brooklyn Visions Teacher (voice)
  • Carlos Zaragoza as Brooklyn Visions Teacher (voice)
  • Post Malone as Brooklyn Bystander (voice)
  • David Applebee as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Juan Carlos Arvelo as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Adam Brown as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Jon Bruno as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Darcy Rose Byrnes as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Oscar Camacho as Additional Voices (voice)
  • June Christopher as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Alycia Cooper as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Michelle Jubilee Gonzalez as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Terrence Hardy Jr. as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Bridget Hoffman as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Rif Hutton as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Miguel Jiron as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Harrison Knight as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Lex Lang as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Donna Lynn Leavy as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Andrew Leviton as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Caitlin McKenna as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Scott Menville as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Christopher Miller as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Arthur Ortiz as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Juan Pacheco as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Devika Parikh as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Shakira Ja'nai Paye as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Courtney Peldon as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Chrystee Pharris as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Jacqueline Pinol as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Juan Pope as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Al Rodrigo as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Joseph Sanfelippo as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Justin Shenkarow as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Dennis Singletary as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Warren Sroka as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Melissa Sturm as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Holly Walker as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Jason Linere-White as Additional Voices (voice)
  • Ruth Zalduondo as Additional Voices (voice)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 8% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 113

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Show the numbers
ScenesWomen's linesMen's lines
1 to 3622
4 to 6229
7 to 9223
10 to 1296
13 to 15027
16 to 18023
19 to 21316
22 to 2408
25 to 27013
28 to 3008
31 to 33134
34 to 36030
37 to 39914
40 to 4202
43 to 4501
46 to 4800
49 to 51017
52 to 54120
55 to 57080
58 to 60741
61 to 631940
64 to 66738
67 to 6944
70 to 722020
73 to 752251
76 to 7813
79 to 8103
82 to 84825
85 to 8703
88 to 90447
91 to 9316
94 to 96411
97 to 99514
100 to 10221
103 to 1051314
106 to 1082159
109 to 111039
112 to 113014

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.
AUNT MAY: Oh jeez, are those sweatpants? GWEN: Yup. That’s what they are.
GWEN: Can you be strong? PENI: --Ruthless-- GWEN: --Disciplined--
DOC OCK: Cute place. Real homey. AUNT MAY: Oh great, it’s Liv.
PENI: Miles! GWEN: You figured it out.
GWEN: Guess this is it. PENI: Well, nice to know we’re not alone. Right? GWEN: Yeah.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 18 are women's.

171 lines from women, 806 from men.

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

30 women and 43 men in the cast. 19 women and 22 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 14 of 1,065. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 118 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

  • First line by a woman
  • Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 17% of the words (1,420), men 83% (6,840). Women have 18% 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

Exhibit F: behind the camera

3 of the 17 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 15% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by
Bob Persichetti (man), Peter Ramsey (man), Rodney Rothman (man)
Written by
Phil Lord (man), Rodney Rothman (man)
Story by
Phil Lord (man)
Produced by
Phil Lord (man), Avi Arad (man), Christopher Miller (man), Christina Steinberg (woman), Amy Pascal (woman)
Edited by
Matthew Landon (man), Arthur D. Noda (man), Robert Fisher Jr. (man)
Music by
Daniel Pemberton (man)
Production design by
Justin K. Thompson (man)
Cast by
Mary Hidalgo (woman)

The crew, department by department

  • Visual Effects

    14 women, 89 men, 1 non-binary, 152 not listed

  • Sound

    2 women, 35 men, 5 not listed

  • Other crew

    5 women, 22 men, 5 not listed

  • Production

    7 women, 10 men, 12 not listed

  • Writing

    4 women, 13 men, 9 not listed

  • Directing

    0 women, 4 men, 7 not listed

  • Editing

    2 women, 7 men, 1 not listed

  • Lighting

    0 women, 3 men, 3 not listed

  • Women
  • Men
  • Non-binary
  • Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit G: how old the stars were

Women: 43 on average. Men: 36 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Hailee Steinfeld 21, Kimiko Glenn 29, Zoë Kravitz 30, Luna Lauren Vélez 54, Lily Tomlin 79

Men

Shameik Moore 23, Brian Tyree Henry 36, John Mulaney 36, Jake Johnson 40, Mahershala Ali 44

Exhibit H: the money

It made 4.4 times what it cost.

Budget
$90 million
Box office
$395 million

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 113 scenes and 1,065 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works

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