Fails the Bechdel test
The Accountant
2016. Directed by Gavin O'Connor, written by Bill Dubuque.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
13 women characters. 5 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
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 2 out of 3.
The film
Christian Wolff is a math savant with more affinity for numbers than people. Behind the cover of a small-town CPA office, he works as a freelance accountant for some of the world's most dangerous criminal organizations. With the Treasury Department's Crime Enforcement Division, run by Ray King, starting to close in, Christian takes on a legitimate client: a state-of-the-art robotics company where an accounting clerk has discovered a discrepancy involving millions of dollars. But as Christian uncooks the books and gets closer to the truth, it is the body count that starts to rise.
- Released
- 14 Oct 2016
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 7.3 / 10
- Metascore
- 51 / 100
- Awards
- 3 wins & 5 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Chris 191 lines, man
- Dana 105 lines, woman
- Ray 102 lines, man
- Marybeth 97 lines, woman
- Brax 43 lines, man
- Lamar 25 lines, man
- Autism Doc 21 lines
- British Female 20 lines
- Don 18 lines, man
- Francis 17 lines, man
Full cast, 61 people
- Ben Affleck as Christian Wolff
- Anna Kendrick as Dana Cummings
- J.K. Simmons as Ray King
- Jon Bernthal as Brax
- Jeffrey Tambor as Francis Silverberg
- Cynthia Addai-Robinson as Marybeth Medina
- John Lithgow as Lamar Blackburn
- Jean Smart as Rita Blackburn
- Andy Umberger as Ed Chilton
- Alison Wright as Justine
- Jason Davis as Neurologist
- Robert C. Treveiler as Young Chris' Father
- Mary Kraft as Young Chris' Mother
- Seth Lee as Young Chris
- Jake Presley as Young Brax
- Izzy Fenech as Young Justine
- Ron Prather as Frank Rice
- Susan Savoie as Dolores Rice
- Gary Basaraba as Don
- Fernando Chien as Sorkis
- Alex Collins as Simon Dewey
- Tait Fletcher as Thug #1
- Curtis Lyons as Thug #2
- Buster Reeves as Alpha Merc
- Ron Yuan as Pencak Silat Master
- Sheila Maddox as ZZZ Receptionist
- Malachi Malik as Detention Center Guard
- Gregory Alan Williams as Treasury Secretary
- Kelly Collins Lintz as Helen / Reporter #1
- Jason MacDonald as Reporter #2
- Victor McCay as IRS Agent
- Michael Beasley as FBI Agent In Charge
- Viviana Chavez as FBI Agent #1
- Greg Sproles as Sniper #1
- Alex Huynh as Bobby / Sniper #2
- Jade Halley Bartlett as Harbor Neuroscience Nurse
- Joe Hardy Jr. as Autistic Boy's Father
- Carrie Walrond Hood as Autistic Boy's Mother
- Roman Spink as 6 Year Old Boy
- David Anthony Buglione as Little Tony Bazzano
- Nick Arapoglou as Tech #1 Homeland Security
- Angela Davis as Reporter #3
- Johnny Giacalone as FBI Agent #3
- Richard Pearson as Gordon Amundson (FBI Language Services)
- Eric Goins as UPS Delivery Man
- David de Vries as Widower
- Randall Taylor as Funeral Director
- Scott Poythress as Deputy
- Nicholas Martin as French Teen Bully
- Samantha Janco as Reporter #4
- Joseph Levine as Mafia Enforcer #3
- Christian Mendoza as Maintenance Worker
- Zachary James Rukavina as Robotics Lab Patient
- Robert T. McKnight II as Robotics Lab Patient #2
- Angel Giuffria as Robotics Lab Patient #3
- Robert Kistenberg as Robotics Lab Tech
- Robert Hatch as Funeral Home Attendee
- Daeg Faerch as French Bully (uncredited)
- Inder Kumar as Prisoner #64 (uncredited)
- Dennis Keiffer as Tactical Mercenary (uncredited)
- Scott Hunter as Delivery Man #1 (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 10% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 159
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 to 8 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 to 12 | 14 | 20 |
| 13 to 16 | 16 | 31 |
| 17 to 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 to 24 | 1 | 5 |
| 25 to 28 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 to 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 to 36 | 1 | 40 |
| 37 to 40 | 8 | 31 |
| 41 to 44 | 14 | 24 |
| 45 to 48 | 4 | 10 |
| 49 to 52 | 28 | 54 |
| 53 to 56 | 14 | 20 |
| 57 to 60 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 to 64 | 16 | 36 |
| 65 to 68 | 2 | 4 |
| 69 to 72 | 0 | 8 |
| 73 to 76 | 2 | 5 |
| 77 to 80 | 0 | 7 |
| 81 to 84 | 0 | 18 |
| 85 to 88 | 10 | 14 |
| 89 to 92 | 0 | 1 |
| 93 to 96 | 11 | 13 |
| 97 to 100 | 10 | 3 |
| 101 to 104 | 42 | 36 |
| 105 to 108 | 1 | 4 |
| 109 to 112 | 3 | 9 |
| 113 to 116 | 8 | 25 |
| 117 to 120 | 4 | 5 |
| 121 to 124 | 6 | 15 |
| 125 to 128 | 0 | 20 |
| 129 to 132 | 0 | 5 |
| 133 to 136 | 9 | 12 |
| 137 to 140 | 1 | 3 |
| 141 to 144 | 0 | 10 |
| 145 to 148 | 4 | 36 |
| 149 to 152 | 5 | 6 |
| 153 to 156 | 0 | 0 |
| 157 to 159 | 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, 30 are women's.
239 lines from women, 545 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
13 women and 41 men in the cast. 5 women and 20 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 16 of 873.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 57 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 26% of the words (2,323), men 74% (6,469). Women have 30% 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
0
Two men
23
Exhibit E: behind the camera
4 of the 11 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 34% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Gavin O'Connor (man)
- Written by
- Bill Dubuque (man)
- Produced by
- Lynette Howell Taylor (woman), Mark Williams (man)
- Shot by
- Seamus McGarvey (man)
- Edited by
- Richard Pearson (man)
- Music by
- Mark Isham (man)
- Production design by
- Keith P. Cunningham (man)
- Costumes by
- Nancy Steiner (woman)
- Cast by
- Nicole Abellera Hallman (woman), Jeanne McCarthy (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Art
2 women, 6 men, 23 not listed
-
Camera
2 women, 11 men, 15 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
10 women, 1 men, 12 not listed
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Other crew
5 women, 11 men, 6 not listed
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Production
7 women, 8 men, 4 not listed
-
Lighting
0 women, 4 men, 12 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 10 men
-
Directing
2 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 42 on average. Men: 57 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Anna Kendrick 31, Cynthia Addai-Robinson 31, Alison Wright 40, Jean Smart 65
Men
Jon Bernthal 40, Ben Affleck 44, J.K. Simmons 61, John Lithgow 70, Jeffrey Tambor 72
Exhibit G: the money
It made 3.5 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $44 million
- Box office
- $155 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 159 scenes and 873 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
