Passes the Bechdel test

The Apprentice

Name: The Apprentice
Released: 2024

2024. Directed by Ali Abbasi, written by Gabriel Sherman.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
18 women characters. 8 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 3 scenes out of 115.
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 1 out of 3.

The film

1970s New York: determined to emerge from his powerful father's shadow and make a name for himself in Manhattan real estate, aspiring mogul Donald Trump is in the earliest days of his career when he encounters the man who will become one of the most important figures in his life: political fixer Roy M. Cohn. Seeing promise in young Donald, the influential attorney--who secured espionage convictions against Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and investigated suspected Communists alongside Senator Joseph McCarthy--teaches his new acolyte how to amass wealth and power through deception, intimidation, and media manipulation. The rest is history.

Released: 11 Oct 2024
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
Rated: R
IMDb: 7.1 / 10
Metascore: 64 / 100
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 10 wins & 41 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Donald 369 lines, man
Roy 225 lines, man
Ivana 78 lines, woman
Fred 39 lines, man
Freddy 36 lines, man
Mary Anne 22 lines, woman
Tony Schwartz 13 lines, man
Ed Koch 10 lines, man
Hoefflin 10 lines, man
Roger 10 lines, man

Full cast, 95 people

Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump
Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn
Martin Donovan as Fred Trump
Maria Bakalova as Ivana Trump
Catherine McNally as Mary Anne Trump
Charlie Carrick as Freddy Trump
Ben Sullivan as Russell Eldridge
Mark Rendall as Roger Stone
Joe Pingue as Tony Salerno
Ron Lea as Victor Palmieri
Edie Inksetter as Barbara Katz
Matt Baram as Dr. Steven Hoefflin
Moni Ogunsuyi as Sandra
Brad Austin as Dick Morgan
Stuart Hughes as Mike Wallace
Jim Monaco as Al Formicola
Clare Coulter as Tenant Ms. Nathanson
Hume Baugh as Tenant Mr. Granger
Tammy Boundy as Tennant
Jaclyn Vogl as Donald's Date
James Downing as Walter - Department of Justice
Jai Jai Jones as Theodore Green
Bruce Beaton as Andy Warhol
Frank Moore as Judge Edward Neaher
James Madge as Tom Bolan
Ian D. Clark as Ed Koch
Mishka Thébaud as Aggressive Pimp
Taylor Brunatti as Ivanka's Girlfriend
Addyson Douglas as Ivanka's Girlfriend
Emma Elle Paterson as Ivanka's Girlfriend
Valerie O'Connor as Rona Barret
Chris Owens as Jay Pritzker
Rick Hughes as Business Guy
Erik Snider as Board Member
Jason Blicker as George Steinbrenner
Sam Rosenthal as Michael Rubin
Daniel Goldenberg as Lawyer
Eoin Duffy as Tony Schwartz
Craig Warnock as Cabbie
Tom Barnett as Rupert Murdoch
Ben Ball as Robert Trump
Iona Rose Mackay as Mary Trump
Samantha Espie as Elizabeth Trump
Fiona Mongillo as Donald Trump's Secretary
Aidan Gouveia as Peter Fraser
Don Shaxon as Presbyterian Pastor
Charlie Seminerio as Tailor
Russell Yuen as Creditor
Michael Gordin Shore as Creditor
Pief Weyman as Fashion Photographer
Kerry Ann Doherty as Estelle
Nabil Traboulsi as TV Reporter
Michael Hough as Kinney - Reporter
Robert J. Tavenor as Reporter
Raechel Fisher as Reporter
Randy Thomas as Reporter
Stefanie Martino as Reporter
Myron Ron Reider as Atlantic Gambler
Sharon Wilcox as Atlantic Gambler
Gavin Pounds as Atlantic City Waiter
Joshua Michael St. John as Blond Guy
Chloe Madison as Fancy Girl
Benny Shilling as Nixon Masked Man
Brie Watson as Audience Member
Duke Robinson as Audience Member
Craig Burnatowski as Le Club Bouncer
Lorne Monroe as Le Club Waiter
Peter Deiwick as Tavern Waiter
Chris Gleason as Limo Driver
Taylor Bernier as Young Lawyer
Patch Darragh as Daniel Sullivan
Domingos Andrade as Tony Salerno's Associate
Dina Roudman as Carly
Katie Layne as Blond Model
Salvatore Marcellino as Mob Associate
Marvin Karon as Harry Helmsley
Duane Keogh as Policeman
Mary Krohnert as Newscaster
James Lucas Cruickshank as Choir Singer
Henos Girma as Choir Singer
Elliot Hunter Self as Choir Singer
Ross Cameron Bruce Fraser as Choir Singer
Eamon Bernard Fraser as Choir Singer
Niamh Carolan as Donald and Ivana's Nanny
Michelle Doiron as Wild Party Girl
Drew Catherine as Wild Party Girl
Dion Yorkie as Party Orgy Participant
Sebb Argo as Party Orgy Participant
Miles Carney as Party Orgy Participant
David Yee as Party Goer
Kate Wheeler as Female Passerby
Peter McGann as Jay Stanley Pottinger (voice)
Gary Hetzler as US Newscaster (voice)
Tara Flynn as Entertainment Reporter (voice)
Emily Mitchell as Ivanka Trump (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 8% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 115

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	0	3
4 to 6	0	47
7 to 9	8	8
10 to 12	7	30
13 to 15	0	23
16 to 18	0	25
19 to 21	0	14
22 to 24	3	8
25 to 27	0	21
28 to 30	4	23
31 to 33	0	25
34 to 36	0	49
37 to 39	0	14
40 to 42	4	10
43 to 45	0	23
46 to 48	0	31
49 to 51	0	11
52 to 54	4	16
55 to 57	6	5
58 to 60	7	5
61 to 63	16	12
64 to 66	1	8
67 to 69	0	22
70 to 72	18	21
73 to 75	3	47
76 to 78	9	20
79 to 81	11	10
82 to 84	0	14
85 to 87	6	20
88 to 90	0	15
91 to 93	3	15
94 to 96	11	70
97 to 99	1	14
100 to 102	0	23
103 to 105	6	27
106 to 108	0	29
109 to 111	2	26
112 to 114	0	0
115 to 115	0	26

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.

MARY ANNE: Will your parents be coming to the wedding? IVANA: I hope. But travel from Czechoslovakia is difficult.

MARY: The steak. ELIZABETH: The steak.

MARY ANNE: You order what you like dear. IVANA: Halibut, thank you.

MARY ANNE: The flowers are beautiful! IVANA: I did the arrangements. MARY ANNE: Donald, you are so lucky. Come, I want you to meet my dear friend Ethel.

MARY ANNE: The party is marvelous. I just met the Governor's wife! IVANA: Thank you, I planned it myself.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 14 are women's.

130 lines from women, 810 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

18 women and 39 men in the cast. 8 women and 32 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 58 of 1,022. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 122 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 11% of the words (950), men 89% (8,039). Women have 14% 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

5 of the 18 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 25% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Ali Abbasi (man)
Written by: Gabriel Sherman (man)
Produced by: Ali Abbasi (man), Daniel Bekerman (man), Julianne Forde (gender not listed), Jacob Jarek (man), Louis Tisné (gender not listed), Ruth Treacy (gender not listed)
Shot by: Kasper Tuxen (man)
Edited by: Olivia Neergaard-Holm (woman), Olivier Bugge Coutté (man)
Music by: Martin Dirkov (man), David Holmes (man), Brian Irvine (man)
Production design by: Aleksandra Marinkovich (woman)
Costumes by: Laura Montgomery (woman)
Cast by: Carmen Cuba (woman), Stephanie Gorin (woman)