Passes the Bechdel test
Swingers
2025. Directed by Doug Liman, written by Jon Favreau.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
10 women characters. 5 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 3 scenes out of 78. -
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 2 out of 3.
The film
This is a story about Mike, a guy who left his girl in New York when he came to LA to be a star. It's been six months since his girlfriend left him and he's not doing so good. So, his pal and some other friends try and get him back in the social scene and forget about his 6 year relationship.
- Released
- 01 Oct 2025
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 71 / 100
- Awards
- 3 wins & 3 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Mike 371 lines, man
- Trent 211 lines, man
- Rob 82 lines, man
- Sue 82 lines, man
- Lorraine 23 lines, woman
- Answering Machine 22 lines
- Brunette 21 lines
- Charles 20 lines, man
- Christy 19 lines, woman
- Lisa 18 lines, woman
Full cast, 61 people
- Jon Favreau as Mike Peters
- Vince Vaughn as Trent Walker
- Ron Livingston as Rob
- Patrick Van Horn as Sue
- Alex Désert as Charles
- Heather Graham as Lorraine
- Deena Martin as Christy
- Katherine Kendall as Lisa
- Brooke Langton as Nikki
- Blake Lindsley as Girl with Cigar
- Kevin James Kelly as Vegas Dealer
- Stephanie Ittleson as Vegas Waitress
- Vernon Vaughn as $100 Gambler
- Joan Favreau as $5 Winner
- Rio Hackford as Skully
- Jan Dykstra as Girl at Party
- Maddie Corman as Peek-a-boo Girl
- Marty & Elayne as Dresden Lounge Act
- Sheri Rosenblum as $100 Gambler
- Stasea Rosenblum as $100 Gambler
- Pamela Shaw as $5 Gambler
- Tom Alley as Pit Boss
- Reverend Phil Dixon as Lounge Lizard
- Ashley M. Rogers as Bartender
- Jay Diola as Skully's Crew / Derby Dancer
- Nicholas Gagliarducci as Skully's Crew
- David Gould as Skully's Crew
- Bill Phillips as Skully's Crew
- Mansur Hamud as Pink Dot Guy
- Ahmed Ahmed as Party Mystery Guy
- Eufemia Plimpton as Derby Lady
- Melinda Starr as Derby Lady
- Samantha Lemole as Dresden Lady
- Jessica Buchman as Dresden Lady
- Caroline O'Meara as Diner Waitress
- Gary Auerbach as Derby Doorman
- Brad Halvorson as Derby Doorman
- Christopher R. Joyce as Diner Patron
- Edward Rissien as Diner Patron
- Jenna Rissien as Diner Patron
- Mark Smith as Diner Patron
- John Abrham as Derby Dancer
- Rachel Gallaghan as Derby Dancer
- Lisa Guerriero as Derby Dancer
- Thomas Hall as Derby Dancer
- Damiana Kamishin as Derby Dancer
- Curtis Lindersmith as Derby Dancer
- Jennifer Lucero as Derby Dancer
- Pinki Marsolek as Derby Dancer
- Rhonda Martin as Derby Dancer
- Martina Migenes as Derby Dancer
- Paul Mojica as Derby Dancer
- Sam Mollo as Derby Dancer
- Jacob Morris as Derby Dancer
- Michael Scott as Derby Dancer
- Bernard Serrano as Derby Dancer
- Rosalind Smith as Derby Dancer
- Molly Stern as Derby Dancer
- Johnny Walker as Derby Dancer
- Lisa Wolstein as Derby Dancer
- Stephen Gaghan as Onlooker at Model Party Entrance (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 9% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 78
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 66 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 to 12 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 to 14 | 2 | 61 |
| 15 to 16 | 11 | 76 |
| 17 to 18 | 15 | 15 |
| 19 to 20 | 8 | 18 |
| 21 to 22 | 6 | 16 |
| 23 to 24 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 to 26 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 39 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 38 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 32 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 24 |
| 35 to 36 | 0 | 58 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 to 40 | 0 | 10 |
| 41 to 42 | 0 | 15 |
| 43 to 44 | 1 | 26 |
| 45 to 46 | 2 | 20 |
| 47 to 48 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 9 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 99 |
| 53 to 54 | 8 | 9 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 to 60 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 to 62 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 to 64 | 0 | 38 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 10 |
| 67 to 68 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 to 70 | 18 | 41 |
| 71 to 72 | 0 | 22 |
| 73 to 74 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 to 76 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 to 78 | 5 | 23 |
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.
CHRISTY: Always... LISA: No matter what... like splitting aces.
CHRISTY: Lisa works at the MGM Grand... LISA: I'm a "Dorothy".
LISA: Oh my God. CHRISTY: Did you get it?
CHRISTY: The poor thing. Six years? LISA: ... And she's with someone else. CHRISTY: The poor thing. I'll make some coffee.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 10 are women's.
83 lines from women, 780 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
10 women and 15 men in the cast. 5 women and 8 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 137 of 945.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 243 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 9% of the words (688), men 91% (7,247). Women have 10% 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
5
Two men
44
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 9 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 31% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Doug Liman (man)
- Written by
- Jon Favreau (man)
- Produced by
- Victor Simpkins (man)
- Shot by
- Doug Liman (man)
- Edited by
- Stephen Mirrione (man)
- Music by
- Justin Reinhardt (gender not listed)
- Production design by
- Brad Halvorson (man)
- Costumes by
- Genevieve Tyrrell (woman)
- Cast by
- Linda Francis (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Production
3 women, 4 men, 1 not listed
-
Sound
1 women, 2 men, 3 not listed
-
Directing
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
-
Art
0 women, 1 men
-
Camera
0 women, 1 men
-
Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 0 men
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Editing
0 women, 1 men
-
Writing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 25 on average. Men: 28 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Blake Lindsley 22, Brooke Langton 25, Heather Graham 26, Katherine Kendall 27
Men
Vince Vaughn 26, Patrick Van Horn 27, Alex Désert 28, Jon Favreau 29, Ron Livingston 29
Exhibit H: the money
It made 22.5 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $200,000
- Box office
- $4.5 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 78 scenes and 945 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
