Passes the Bechdel test

Spy Kids

Name: Spy Kids
Released: 2001

2001. Directed by Robert Rodriguez, written by Robert Rodriguez.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
3 women characters. 3 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 32.
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.

The film

Gregorio and Ingrid are the two greatest secret agents the world has ever known: masters of disguise, mavens of invention, able to stop wars before they even start. Working for separate countries, they are sent to eliminate their most dangerous enemy...each other. But in an exotic corner of the world when they finally come face to face, they fall in love instead and embark on the most dangerous mission they have ever faced: raising a family. Now nine years later, after their retirement, having exchanged the adventure of espionage for parenthood, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez are called back in to action. When their former colleagues, the world's most formidable spies, start disappearing one by one, the Cortez's are forced to take on techno-wizard Fegan Floop and his evil, egg-headed sidekick, Minion. But when the unthinkable happens and they too disappear, unfortunately there are only two people in the world who can rescue them...their kids.

Released: 30 Mar 2001
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Rated: PG
IMDb: 5.7 / 10
Metascore: 71 / 100
Awards: 3 wins & 10 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Carmen 245 lines, woman
Juni 143 lines, man
Dad 135 lines, man
Mom 119 lines, woman
Floop 96 lines, man
Minion 55 lines, man
Felix 48 lines, man
Machete 29 lines, man
Gradenko 22 lines, woman
Lisp 15 lines, man

Full cast, 21 people

Alexa PenaVega as Carmen Cortez
Daryl Sabara as Juni Cortez
Antonio Banderas as Gregorio Cortez
Carla Gugino as Ingrid Cortez
Alan Cumming as Fegan Floop
Tony Shalhoub as Alexander Minion
Teri Hatcher as Ms. Gradenko
Robert Patrick as Mr. Lisp
Dick Clark as Financier
George Clooney as Devlin
Cheech Marin as Felix Gumm
Danny Trejo as Machete
Richard Linklater as Cool Spy
Mike Judge as Donnagon / Donnamight
Guillermo Navarro as Pastor
Johnny Reno as Agent Johnny
Shannon Shea as FoOglie #1/Flower
Kara Slack as Carmen's Friend
Jeff Dashnaw as Brat's Dad
Norman Cabrera as FoOglie #2 / Tall & Skinny
Trant Batey as FoOglie #3 / Too Too

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 1 scene, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 6% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 32

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 1	0	0
2 to 2	62	4
3 to 3	9	9
4 to 4	11	14
5 to 5	21	15
6 to 6	1	15
7 to 7	1	0
8 to 8	0	37
9 to 9	0	10
10 to 10	24	29
11 to 11	12	24
12 to 12	13	15
13 to 13	17	9
14 to 14	4	3
15 to 15	1	4
16 to 16	79	60
17 to 17	2	2
18 to 18	1	2
19 to 19	0	18
20 to 20	15	11
21 to 21	0	8
22 to 22	8	7
23 to 23	0	11
24 to 24	6	7
25 to 25	0	0
26 to 26	37	57
27 to 27	4	5
28 to 28	2	5
29 to 29	6	7
30 to 30	0	19
31 to 31	33	76
32 to 32	22	61

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scenes

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

GRADENKO: Sorry. I had a key. You see? We're all on the same side. Several agents steep in and fan out through the safehouse. ·Carmen notices a silver… CARMEN: My mom has a bracelet like that. GRADENKO: OSS standard issue. We all have one. CARMEN: What do you want?

GRADENKO: Do you even know what those things are? CARMEN: I know they're heavy.

GRADENKO: Take them to the boat. CARMEN: Oooops. GRADENKO: My GOD what is that thing! MS GRADENKO: Did you enjoy the cookies?

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 42 are women's.

391 lines from women, 544 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

3 women and 16 men in the cast. 3 women and 12 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

A woman speaks the first line. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 50 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 40% of the words (4,219), men 60% (6,257). Women have 42% 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

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

4 of the 14 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 26% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Robert Rodriguez (man)
Written by: Robert Rodriguez (man)
Produced by: Robert Rodriguez (man), Elizabeth Avellan (woman)
Shot by: Guillermo Navarro (man)
Edited by: Robert Rodriguez (man)
Music by: Heitor Pereira (man), Danny Elfman (man), John Debney (man), Robert Rodriguez (man)
Production design by: Cary White (man)
Costumes by: Deborah Everton (woman)
Cast by: Anne McCarthy (woman), Mary Vernieu (woman)