Passes the Bechdel test
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021. Directed by Jon Watts, written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers and Stan Lee.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
17 women characters. 10 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 197. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, 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
Peter Parker's secret identity is revealed to the entire world. Desperate for help, Peter turns to Doctor Strange to make the world forget that he is Spider-Man. The spell goes horribly wrong and shatters the multiverse, bringing in monstrous villains that could destroy the world.
- Released
- 17 Dec 2021
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 8.1 / 10
- Metascore
- 71 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 35 wins & 72 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Peter 381 lines, man
- Mj 172 lines, woman
- Ned 116 lines, man
- Dr. Strange 99 lines, man
- Webb-Verse Peter 89 lines, man
- Raimi-Verse Peter 84 lines, man
- May 76 lines, woman
- Spider-Man 74 lines, man
- Doc Ock 67 lines, man
- Electro 47 lines, man
Full cast, 64 people
- Tom Holland as Peter Parker / Spider-Man
- Zendaya as MJ
- Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange
- Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds
- Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan
- Jamie Foxx as Max Dillon / Electro
- Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
- Alfred Molina as Dr. Otto Octavius / Doc Ock
- Benedict Wong as Wong
- Tony Revolori as Flash Thompson
- Marisa Tomei as May Parker
- Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker / Spider-Man
- Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker / Spider-Man
- Angourie Rice as Betty Brant
- Arian Moayed as Agent Cleary
- Paula Newsome as MIT Assistant Vice Chancellor
- Hannibal Buress as Coach Wilson
- Martin Starr as Mr. Harrington
- JB Smoove as Mr. Dell
- J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson
- Rhys Ifans as Dr. Curt Connors / The Lizard
- Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock
- Thomas Haden Church as Flint Marko / Sandman
- Haroon Khan as Apprentice
- Emily Fong as Apprentice
- Mary Rivera as Ned's Lola
- Rudy Eisenzopf as Arena Bystander
- Kathleen Cardoso as Arena Bystander
- Jonathan Sam as Arena Bystander
- Andrew Dunlap as Dad in Car
- Zany Dunlap as Mom in Car
- B. Clutch Dunlap as Kid in Car
- Minnah Dunlap as Kid in Car
- Ben VanderMey as Man in Car
- Gary Weeks as Agent Foster
- Gregory Konow as Donut Shop Boss
- Carol Anne Dines as Donut Shop Waitress
- Anisa Nyell Johnson as School Security Guard
- Willie D. Burton as May's Neighbor
- Mallory Hoff as Reporter
- Greg Clarkson as Reporter
- Regina Ting Chen as Reporter
- Robert Mitchel Owenby as Daily Bugle Lackey
- Glenn Keogh as British Reporter
- Paris Benjamin as British Anchor
- Jwaundace Candece as Damage Control Agent
- Taylor St. Clair as Protestor
- Rolando Fernandez as Crowd Member
- Gabriella Cila as Crowd Member
- Darnell Appling as Crowd Member
- Edward Force as Donut Shop Patron
- Michael Le as Guy with Phone
- Dean Meminger as NY1 Reporter
- Frederick A. Brown as Fred the Janitor
- Cristo Fernández as Bartender
- Clay Savage as Suit Voice (voice)
- Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock / Venom (uncredited)
- Jay Karales as Bodega Customer (uncredited)
- Harry Holland as Shaker Kid (uncredited)
- John M. Maiers as Paparazzi (uncredited)
- Robert Tinsley as Protestor / Pedestrian (uncredited)
- Cole Failing as Student (uncredited)
- Justin East as Daily Bugle Producer (uncredited)
- Jake Gyllenhaal as Quentin Beck / Mysterio (archive footage)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 5 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 3% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 197
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 5 | 12 | 29 |
| 6 to 10 | 22 | 47 |
| 11 to 15 | 10 | 27 |
| 16 to 20 | 9 | 21 |
| 21 to 25 | 24 | 60 |
| 26 to 30 | 13 | 19 |
| 31 to 35 | 0 | 93 |
| 36 to 40 | 17 | 104 |
| 41 to 45 | 13 | 45 |
| 46 to 50 | 8 | 11 |
| 51 to 55 | 6 | 49 |
| 56 to 60 | 4 | 12 |
| 61 to 65 | 17 | 29 |
| 66 to 70 | 2 | 69 |
| 71 to 75 | 14 | 62 |
| 76 to 80 | 3 | 16 |
| 81 to 85 | 2 | 36 |
| 86 to 90 | 1 | 20 |
| 91 to 95 | 0 | 13 |
| 96 to 100 | 0 | 3 |
| 101 to 105 | 0 | 2 |
| 106 to 110 | 0 | 3 |
| 111 to 115 | 0 | 9 |
| 116 to 120 | 10 | 13 |
| 121 to 125 | 5 | 14 |
| 126 to 130 | 41 | 104 |
| 131 to 135 | 6 | 69 |
| 136 to 140 | 4 | 114 |
| 141 to 145 | 4 | 28 |
| 146 to 150 | 1 | 52 |
| 151 to 155 | 1 | 1 |
| 156 to 160 | 0 | 1 |
| 161 to 165 | 5 | 7 |
| 166 to 170 | 0 | 0 |
| 171 to 175 | 0 | 16 |
| 176 to 180 | 12 | 49 |
| 181 to 185 | 0 | 0 |
| 186 to 190 | 0 | 2 |
| 191 to 195 | 12 | 23 |
| 196 to 197 | 0 | 0 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scene
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
MAY: Oh, hey! You must be MJ. MJ: Yeah, sorry. Nice to meet you. MAY: So nice to meet you.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 18 are women's.
278 lines from women, 1272 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
17 women and 46 men in the cast. 10 women and 36 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 24 of 1,599.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 117 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 15% of the words (1,861), men 85% (10,333). 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
Two women
2
Two men
125
Exhibit F: behind the camera
4 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 29% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Jon Watts (man)
- Written by
- Chris McKenna (man), Erik Sommers (man)
- Produced by
- Amy Pascal (woman), Kevin Feige (man)
- Shot by
- Mauro Fiore (man)
- Edited by
- Leigh Folsom Boyd (woman), Jeffrey Ford (man)
- Music by
- Michael Giacchino (man)
- Production design by
- Darren Gilford (man)
- Costumes by
- Sanja Milkovic Hays (woman)
- Cast by
- Sarah Halley Finn (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Costume & Make-Up
14 women, 3 men, 19 not listed
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Other crew
4 women, 29 men, 3 not listed
-
Visual Effects
4 women, 23 men, 2 not listed
-
Sound
6 women, 19 men, 3 not listed
-
Art
7 women, 8 men, 9 not listed
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Production
7 women, 8 men
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Camera
1 women, 6 men, 5 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 5 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 25 on average. Men: 46 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Zendaya 25
Men
Tom Holland 25, Jacob Batalon 25, Tony Revolori 25, Benedict Cumberbatch 45, Benedict Wong 50, Jamie Foxx 54, Jon Favreau 55, Willem Dafoe 66, Alfred Molina 68
Exhibit H: the money
It made 9.6 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $200 million
- Box office
- $1.9 billion
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 197 scenes and 1,599 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
