Fails the Bechdel test
Terminator Genisys
2015. Directed by Alan Taylor, written by Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier and James Cameron.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
2 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
10 women characters. 3 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
Women do talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 0 out of 3.
The film
When John Connor, leader of the human resistance, sends Sgt. Kyle Reese back to 1984 to protect Sarah Connor and safeguard the future, an unexpected turn of events creates a fractured time-line. Now, Sgt. Reese finds himself in a new and unfamiliar version of the past, where he is faced with unlikely allies, including the Guardian, dangerous new enemies, and an unexpected new mission: To reset the future.
- Released
- 01 Jul 2015
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 6.3 / 10
- Metascore
- 38 / 100
- Awards
- 10 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Reese 180 lines, man
- Sarah 176 lines, woman
- Guardian 88 lines, man
- John 84 lines, man
- O'Brien 27 lines, man
- Man 17 lines, man
- Lt. Matias 11 lines, man
- Young Kyle 11 lines, man
- Jimmy 9 lines, man
- Miles Dyson 7 lines, man
Full cast, 76 people
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as Guardian / The Terminator
- Jason Clarke as John Connor
- Emilia Clarke as Sarah Connor
- Jai Courtney as Kyle Reese
- J.K. Simmons as O'Brien
- Dayo Okeniyi as Danny Dyson
- Matt Smith as Alex / Skynet
- Courtney B. Vance as Miles Dyson
- Lee Byung-hun as Cop / T-1000
- Michael Gladis as Lieutenant Matias
- Sandrine Holt as Detective Cheung
- Wayne Bastrup as Young O'Brien
- Gregory Alan Williams as Detective Harding
- Otto Sanchez as Detective Timmons
- Matty Ferraro as Agent Janssen
- Griff Furst as Agent Burke
- Ian Etheridge as Skynet - 10 yrs old
- Nolan Gross as Skynet - 12 / 14 yrs old
- Seth Meriwether as Skynet - 18 yrs old
- Afemo Omilami as Perry
- Teri Wyble as Mariam
- Kerry Cahill as Lt. Whitley
- Mark Adam as Kyle's Dad
- Kerry O'Malley as Kyle's Mom
- Willa Taylor as Young Sarah
- James Moses Black as Security Guard #1
- Terry Dale Parks as Security Guard #2
- Douglas Smith as Eric Thompson
- Anthony Michael Frederick as Lead Cop
- Brandon Stacy as Uniform Cop
- Brett Azar as Guardian - Young / Terminator T-800
- Douglas M. Griffin as Garber
- Thomas Francis Murphy as Derelict
- Joshua Mikel as Angry Driver
- John Edward Lee as Punk
- Christion Troxell as Punk
- Luke Sexton as Punk
- Aaron V. Williamson as Refugee / Terminator
- Tony Donno as Hospital Security Guard
- Ernest Wells as Garbage Man
- Larry E. Lundy Jr. as Hero Guerria
- Ross P. Cook as Soldier
- Christopher Heskey as Soldier
- Moses Munoz as Soldier
- Lisa McRee as Chat Show Host
- Seth Carr as Young Boy
- Bryant Prince as Young Kyle
- Michael D. Anglin as Guerrilla Soldier (uncredited)
- John L. Armijo as San Francisco Cop #2 (uncredited)
- Ari Atken as Tiburon Kid on School Bus (uncredited)
- Terri Battee as Guerrilla Officer (uncredited)
- Patrick Constantine Bertagnolli, Jr. as Officer Cazzuto (uncredited)
- David Cleveland Brown as Guerilla Soldier (uncredited)
- Carter Burch as Guerilla Soldier (uncredited)
- Lori Campbell as Doctor (uncredited)
- Kyle Clements as Commander Pike Sumner (uncredited)
- Christopher De Stefano as Civilian (uncredited)
- Matthew Gallagher as Commander Hanz (uncredited)
- Victoria Greene as Doctor (uncredited)
- Shawntae Hughes as Prisoner (uncredited)
- Lizeth Hutchings as Guerilla Soldier (uncredited)
- Jeffrey Johnson as Refugee (uncredited)
- Sergio Kato as Guerrilla Officer (uncredited)
- Kevin Lapham as Cyberdyne Employee (uncredited)
- Justin Lebrun as Guerrilla Guard (uncredited)
- Grinnell Morris as Sarah's Father (uncredited)
- Bill Rainey as Doctor (uncredited)
- Gus Rhodes as Cyberdyne Employee (uncredited)
- Samantha Sadoff as Tiburon Kid on School Bus (uncredited)
- Giovanni Silva as Soldier (uncredited)
- Nathan O'Neil Smith as Officer Schanker (uncredited)
- Hannah Spiros as School Girl (uncredited)
- Todd T Taylor as Cop 1 (uncredited)
- Erica Teeple as Tiburon Kid on School Bus (uncredited)
- Dennis Thomas IV as Cyberdyne Employee (uncredited)
- Edgar Leza as Detective (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, 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 136
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 18 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 18 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 17 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 12 |
| 22 to 24 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 to 27 | 10 | 13 |
| 28 to 30 | 9 | 10 |
| 31 to 33 | 12 | 8 |
| 34 to 36 | 13 | 17 |
| 37 to 39 | 5 | 11 |
| 40 to 42 | 3 | 6 |
| 43 to 45 | 4 | 4 |
| 46 to 48 | 5 | 5 |
| 49 to 51 | 3 | 3 |
| 52 to 54 | 2 | 4 |
| 55 to 57 | 1 | 2 |
| 58 to 60 | 12 | 22 |
| 61 to 63 | 4 | 13 |
| 64 to 66 | 3 | 7 |
| 67 to 69 | 27 | 68 |
| 70 to 72 | 6 | 18 |
| 73 to 75 | 0 | 1 |
| 76 to 78 | 8 | 20 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 12 |
| 82 to 84 | 12 | 15 |
| 85 to 87 | 2 | 4 |
| 88 to 90 | 1 | 0 |
| 91 to 93 | 1 | 4 |
| 94 to 96 | 2 | 3 |
| 97 to 99 | 2 | 7 |
| 100 to 102 | 1 | 5 |
| 103 to 105 | 4 | 8 |
| 106 to 108 | 0 | 8 |
| 109 to 111 | 1 | 6 |
| 112 to 114 | 0 | 2 |
| 115 to 117 | 9 | 14 |
| 118 to 120 | 1 | 13 |
| 121 to 123 | 1 | 7 |
| 124 to 126 | 5 | 28 |
| 127 to 129 | 4 | 10 |
| 130 to 132 | 6 | 14 |
| 133 to 135 | 12 | 19 |
| 136 to 136 | 0 | 0 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 28 are women's.
193 lines from women, 503 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
10 women and 55 men in the cast. 3 women and 37 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 109 of 739.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 108 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 25% of the words (2,036), men 75% (6,254). Women have 28% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
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
1
Two men
74
Exhibit E: behind the camera
5 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 28% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Alan Taylor (man)
- Written by
- Laeta Kalogridis (woman), Patrick Lussier (man)
- Produced by
- David Ellison (man), Dana Goldberg (woman)
- Shot by
- Kramer Morgenthau (man)
- Edited by
- Roger Barton (man)
- Music by
- Lorne Balfe (man)
- Production design by
- Neil Spisak (man)
- Costumes by
- Susan Matheson (woman)
- Cast by
- Ronna Kress (woman), Elizabeth Coulon (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
9 women, 35 men, 18 not listed
-
Visual Effects
5 women, 18 men, 21 not listed
-
Art
6 women, 12 men, 7 not listed
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Camera
1 women, 14 men, 10 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
9 women, 1 men, 15 not listed
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Sound
4 women, 19 men, 2 not listed
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Production
7 women, 6 men, 6 not listed
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Editing
0 women, 2 men, 6 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 28 on average. Men: 44 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Emilia Clarke 28
Men
Dayo Okeniyi 27, Jai Courtney 29, Matt Smith 32, Michael Gladis 37, Lee Byung-hun 44, Jason Clarke 45, Courtney B. Vance 55, J.K. Simmons 60, Arnold Schwarzenegger 67
Exhibit G: the money
It made 2.8 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $155 million
- Box office
- $441 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 136 scenes and 739 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
