Fails the Bechdel test
Stuber
2019. Directed by Michael Dowse, written by Tripper Clancy.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
12 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
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
A mild-mannered Uber driver named Stu picks up a grizzled detective who is hot on the trail of a sadistic, bloodthirsty terrorist and finds himself thrust into a harrowing ordeal where he has to keep his wits, himself unharmed, and work with his passenger while maintaining his high-class rating.
- Released
- 12 Jul 2019
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 42 / 100
- Awards
- 6 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Stu 303 lines, man
- Vic 299 lines, man
- Nicole 49 lines, woman
- Mchenry 29 lines, woman
- Becca 26 lines, woman
- Tj 26 lines
- Santos 24 lines
- Amo Cortez 16 lines, man
- Rodriguez 16 lines
- Reveal 10 lines
Full cast, 49 people
- Dave Bautista as Vic Manning
- Kumail Nanjiani as Stu Prasad
- Mira Sorvino as Angie McHenry
- Natalie Morales as Nicole Manning
- Iko Uwais as Oka Tedjo
- Betty Gilpin as Becca
- Karen Gillan as Sara Morris
- Jimmy Tatro as Richie Sandusky
- Steve Howey as Felix
- Rene Moran as Amo Cortez
- Amin Joseph as Leon
- Christine Horn as Upscale Hotel Manager
- Trevor Shand as Disc Jockey
- Jared Logan as Complicated Directions Guy
- Kyle Zingler as Drunk Jerk
- Halleta Alemu as Hot Sorority Girl
- Melody Peng as Hot Sorority Girl
- Sean Oey as Science Project Boy
- Robert Harvey as Snoring Old Man
- Noah Benjamin as Distraught Man
- Jennifer L. Marshall as Dog Owner
- Roger Payano as Eye Doctor
- Patricia French as Grandmother
- Victoria Anastasi as USC Student
- Julia Vasi as USC Student
- Bruno Rose as Bartender
- Amber Chardae Robinson as Amber
- Fernando Martinez as Alamitos Gangbanger
- Mike Endoso as Alamitos Gangbanger
- Scott Lawrence as Dr. Branch
- Joshua Mikel as Ponytail Goon
- Apollo GT as Male Stripper
- James William Ballard as Clippers Fan / Shooter
- Darin Ferraro as Drug Dealer
- Jennifer Riker as Art Collector
- Jason-Jamal Ligon as Gallery Patron
- Vince Pisani as Gallery Patron
- Pete Dondero as Sriracha Night Shifter
- Si Chen as Sriracha Night Shifter
- Malachi Jr. as Uber Driver Tariq
- Daniel Suárez as SUV Uber Driver
- Austin Dillon as SUV Uber Driver
- Ty Dillon as SUV Uber Driver
- Roscoe Johnson as LAPD Beat Cop
- Stroker as Pico
- William DeAtley as Josh (uncredited)
- Rick Shuster as Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
- Sam Medina as Goon (uncredited)
- Chris Stein as Flight Attendant
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 13% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 83
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 to 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 to 8 | 8 | 7 |
| 9 to 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 to 12 | 5 | 20 |
| 13 to 14 | 16 | 11 |
| 15 to 16 | 0 | 10 |
| 17 to 18 | 6 | 5 |
| 19 to 20 | 3 | 7 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 26 |
| 23 to 24 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 to 26 | 0 | 12 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 50 |
| 29 to 30 | 15 | 21 |
| 31 to 32 | 9 | 10 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 18 |
| 35 to 36 | 0 | 5 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 32 |
| 39 to 40 | 0 | 29 |
| 41 to 42 | 0 | 25 |
| 43 to 44 | 0 | 81 |
| 45 to 46 | 13 | 22 |
| 47 to 48 | 11 | 13 |
| 49 to 50 | 10 | 12 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 28 |
| 53 to 54 | 0 | 24 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 24 |
| 57 to 58 | 8 | 11 |
| 59 to 60 | 10 | 30 |
| 61 to 62 | 5 | 6 |
| 63 to 64 | 0 | 31 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 7 |
| 67 to 68 | 0 | 12 |
| 69 to 70 | 0 | 3 |
| 71 to 72 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 to 74 | 0 | 2 |
| 75 to 76 | 0 | 8 |
| 77 to 78 | 0 | 3 |
| 79 to 80 | 1 | 15 |
| 81 to 82 | 1 | 17 |
| 83 to 83 | 0 | 0 |
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, 16 are women's.
123 lines from women, 665 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
12 women and 27 men in the cast. 4 women and 18 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 6 of 906.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 201 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 (1,402), men 84% (7,204).
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
56
Exhibit E: behind the camera
2 of the 11 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 24% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Michael Dowse (man)
- Written by
- Tripper Clancy (man)
- Produced by
- Jonathan Goldstein (man), John Francis Daley (man)
- Shot by
- Bobby Shore (man)
- Edited by
- Jonathan Schwartz (man)
- Music by
- Joseph Trapanese (man)
- Production design by
- Naaman Marshall (gender not listed)
- Costumes by
- Leigh Leverett (gender not listed)
- Cast by
- Nicole Abellera Hallman (woman), Jeanne McCarthy (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
9 women, 39 men, 14 not listed
-
Sound
4 women, 15 men, 8 not listed
-
Production
4 women, 7 men, 15 not listed
-
Camera
1 women, 9 men, 11 not listed
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Art
2 women, 1 men, 14 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
6 women, 0 men, 10 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 2 men, 10 not listed
-
Directing
1 women, 5 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 37 on average. Men: 39 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Karen Gillan 31, Betty Gilpin 32, Natalie Morales 34, Mira Sorvino 51
Men
Jimmy Tatro 27, Iko Uwais 36, Kumail Nanjiani 41, Steve Howey 41, Dave Bautista 50
Exhibit G: the money
It made 2.0 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $16 million
- Box office
- $32.4 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 83 scenes and 906 lines of dialogue. How the test works
