Passes the Bechdel test

Star Trek: Insurrection

Name: Star Trek: Insurrection
Released: 1998

1998. Directed by Jonathan Frakes, written by Rick Berman and Michael Piller.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
12 women characters. 5 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 3 scenes out of 125.
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.

The film

While on a mission to observe the peaceful Ba'ku race, Lieutenant Commander Data suddenly behaves as if having to fear for his existence. The immortal Ba'ku, whose planet offers regenerative radiation, and therefore incredible lifespans, live in harmony with nature and reject advanced technology. Their planet and their culture is secretly researched by the Federation associated with an alien race called the Son'a. But the Son'a intend to abduct the Ba'ku in order to take the planet for themselves and for the Starfleet officials who all would like to regenerate their bodies. But they did not think of the loyalty of Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E to the Prime Directive.

Released: 11 Dec 1998
Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Rated: PG
IMDb: 6.4 / 10
Metascore: 64 / 100
Awards: 3 wins & 8 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Picard 193 lines, man
Data 63 lines, man
Riker 62 lines, man
Anij 54 lines, woman
Dougherty 46 lines, man
Worf 44 lines, man
Ru'Afo 37 lines, man
Troi 36 lines, woman
La Forge 33 lines, man
Picaro 30 lines, man

Full cast, 38 people

Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Brent Spiner as Lt. Commander Data
Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf
Jonathan Frakes as Commander William T. Riker
F. Murray Abraham as Ad'har Ru'afo
Anthony Zerbe as Vice-Adm. Dougherty
Gregg Henry as Gallatin
Donna Murphy as Anij
Marina Sirtis as Counselor Deanna Troi
Gates McFadden as Doctor Beverly Crusher
LeVar Burton as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
Daniel Hugh Kelly as Sojef
Stephanie Niznik as Perim
Rico Bueno as Starfleet Officer (uncredited)
Michael Welch as Artim
Mark Deakins as Tournel
Michael Horton as Lt. Daniels
Bruce French as Son'a Officer #1
Breon Gorman as Lt. Curtis
John Hostetter as Bolian Officer
Rick Worthy as Elloran Officer #1
Larry Anderson as Tarlac Officer
D. Elliot Woods as Starfleet Officer
Jennifer Tung as Female Ensign
Raye Birk as Son'a Doctor
Peggy Miley as Regent Cuzar
Claudette Nevins as Son'a Officer #2
Greg Poland as Elloran Officer #2
Kenneth Lane Edwards as Ensign
Joseph Ruskin as Son'a Officer #3
Zachary Isaiah Williams as Ba'ku Child
McKenzie Westmore as Ba'ku Woman
Phillip Glasser as Young Ru'afo
Wanda Roth as Starfleet Lieutenant (uncredited)
Louis Ortiz as Tarlac Bridge Officer (uncredited)
Michael Braveheart as Crewman Martinez (uncredited)
Tracee Cocco as Jae (uncredited)
Andrea Speyer as Baku

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 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 125

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	1	7
4 to 6	0	0
7 to 9	10	13
10 to 12	2	26
13 to 15	0	16
16 to 18	0	13
19 to 21	14	42
22 to 24	0	8
25 to 27	0	2
28 to 30	0	7
31 to 33	0	15
34 to 36	0	5
37 to 39	0	2
40 to 42	0	2
43 to 45	0	5
46 to 48	0	2
49 to 51	18	36
52 to 54	3	38
55 to 57	4	34
58 to 60	3	14
61 to 63	3	11
64 to 66	18	30
67 to 69	2	48
70 to 72	1	11
73 to 75	1	19
76 to 78	13	60
79 to 81	1	3
82 to 84	2	8
85 to 87	1	12
88 to 90	0	10
91 to 93	0	4
94 to 96	0	5
97 to 99	4	8
100 to 102	11	39
103 to 105	0	16
106 to 108	1	3
109 to 111	0	28
112 to 114	0	16
115 to 117	0	9
118 to 120	0	2
121 to 123	0	17
124 to 125	7	24

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.

TROI: Yew-cheen chef-faw emphasis on the 'cheen' and the 'faw• ... CRUSHER: You either need a new uniform or a new neck.

CRUSHER: I guess they don't believe in cocktails before dinner ••• TROI: Oh my God, are they vegetarians? That's not in here .••

TROI: Remember, they have a significantly less advanced technology than ours ••• they only achieved warp drive last year ... CRUSHER: A year? And the Federation Council decided to make them a protectorate already?

TROI: You'll be expected to dance with Regent Cuzar .... CRUSHER: Oh, I can't wait to see that •••

CRUSHER: Two life signs ••• one extremely faint •• , TROI: There are almost four metric tons of rock blocking our way •••

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 15 are women's.

120 lines from women, 670 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

12 women and 25 men in the cast. 5 women and 23 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 4 of 833. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 83 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 14% of the words (1,458), men 86% (8,619). Women have 15% 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

2 of the 14 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 21% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Jonathan Frakes (man)
Written by: Michael Piller (man)
Produced by: Peter Lauritson (man), Michael Piller (man), Patrick Stewart (man), Rick Berman (man)
Shot by: Matthew F. Leonetti (man)
Edited by: Peter E. Berger (man)
Music by: Jerry Goldsmith (man)
Production design by: Herman F. Zimmerman (man)
Costumes by: Sanja Milkovic Hays (woman), Robert Blackman (man)
Cast by: Junie Lowry-Johnson (woman), Ron Surma (man)