Passes the Bechdel test
The Batman
2022. Directed by Matt Reeves, written by Matt Reeves and Peter Craig and Bob Kane.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
19 women characters. 11 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 92. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
Two years of nights have turned Bruce Wayne into a nocturnal animal. But as he continues to find his way as Gotham's dark knight, Bruce is forced into a game of cat and mouse with his biggest threat so far, a manic killer known as "The Riddler" who is filled with rage and determined to expose the corrupt system whilst picking off all of Gotham's key political figures. Working with both established and new allies, Bruce must track down the killer and see him brought to justice, while investigating his father's true legacy and questioning the effect that he has had on Gotham so far as "The Batman."
- Released
- 04 Mar 2022
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Mystery
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 7.8 / 10
- Metascore
- 72 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 3 Oscars. 40 wins & 176 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Batman 177 lines, man
- Gordon 123 lines, man
- Selina 77 lines, woman
- Riddler 59 lines, man
- Bruce 45 lines, man
- Falcone 38 lines, man
- Alfred 33 lines, man
- Penguin 30 lines, man
- Gil Colson 29 lines, man
- Voice Over 21 lines
Full cast, 86 people
- Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne / The Batman
- Zoë Kravitz as Selina Kyle
- Jeffrey Wright as Lt. James Gordon
- Colin Farrell as Oz / The Penguin
- Paul Dano as The Riddler
- John Turturro as Carmine Falcone
- Andy Serkis as Alfred
- Peter Sarsgaard as District Attorney Gil Colson
- Barry Keoghan as Unseen Arkham Prisoner
- Jayme Lawson as Bella Reál
- Gil Perez-Abraham as Officer Martinez
- Peter McDonald as Kenzie
- Con O'Neill as Chief Mackenzie Bock
- Alex Ferns as Commissioner Pete Savage
- Rupert Penry-Jones as Mayor Don Mitchell, Jr.
- Kosha Engler as Mrs. Mitchell
- Archie Barnes as Mitchell's Son
- Janine Harouni as Carla
- Hana Hrzic as Annika
- Joseph Walker as Young Riddler
- Luke Roberts as Thomas Wayne
- Oscar Novak as Young Bruce Wayne
- Stella Stocker as Martha Wayne
- Sandra Dickinson as Dory
- Jack Bennett as Travis
- Andre Nightingale as Ritchie
- Richard James-Neale as Glen
- Lorraine Tai as Cheri
- Joseph Balderrama as Lead Detective
- James Eeles as Another Officer
- Angela Yeoh as Forensic Photographer
- Leemore Marrett Jr. as Muscle Cop
- Ezra Elliott as Tactical Medic
- Itoya Osagiede as Hushed G.C.P.D. Detective
- Stewart Alexander as FBI Leader
- Adam Rojko Vega as SWAT (City Hall)
- Heider Ali as Officer (City Hall)
- Marcus Onilude as Traffic Cop (City Hall)
- Elena Saurel as Detective on Phone
- Ed Kear as Surly Cop
- Sid Sagar as Digital Forensics Cop
- Amanda Blake as Command Crisis Tech
- Todd Boyce as Fire Marshall
- Brandon Bassir as Young Officer
- Will Austin as Traffic Cop
- Chabris Napier-Lawrence as Cop (Mayor's Memorial)
- Douglas Russell as Bitter Nobody
- Charlie Carver as The Twins
- Max Carver as The Twins
- Phil Aizlewood as Falcone Bodyguard
- Mark Killeen as Vinnie
- Philip Shaun McGuinness as Elevator Guard
- Lorna Brown as Doctor
- Elliot Warren as Train Gang Leader
- Jay Lycurgo as Young Train Gang Member
- Stefan Race as Train Gang Member #1
- Elijah Baker as Train Gang Member #2
- Craige Middleburg as Train Gang Member #3
- Akie Kotabe as Lone Train Passenger
- Spike Fearn as Vandal
- Urielle Klein-Mekongo as Cashier
- Bronson Webb as Hooded Gunman
- Madeleine Gray as Injured Woman
- Ste Johnston as Paparazzi
- Arthur Lee as Paparazzo
- Parry Glasspool as Scared Drophead
- Jordan Coulson as Man in Suit
- Hadas Gold as Newscaster
- Pat Battle as Newscaster
- Bobby Cuza as Newscaster
- Dean Meminger as Newscaster
- Roma Torre as Newscaster
- Mike Capozzola as Mediator
- Amanda Hurwitz as Counterwoman
- Joshua Eldridge-Smith as Patrol Cop
- Daniel Rainford as Suspicious Man
- Nathalie Armin as ATF Leader
- Jose Palma as Command Post #1
- Kazeem Tosin Amore as Command Post #2
- Dave Simon as Police Chief Hanrahan (uncredited)
- Rodrig Andrisan as Funeral VIP (uncredited)
- Craig Douglas as Pallbearer (uncredited)
- Sophie Lamont as GCPD Cop (uncredited)
- Kemal Shah as Detective Lujack (uncredited)
- Mark Addison as Funeral VIP Guest (uncredited)
- Tiago Martins as Journalist (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 11% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 92
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 to 12 | 0 | 35 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 to 16 | 1 | 29 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 26 |
| 19 to 20 | 0 | 17 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 to 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 to 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 5 |
| 29 to 30 | 1 | 53 |
| 31 to 32 | 6 | 9 |
| 33 to 34 | 27 | 28 |
| 35 to 36 | 2 | 19 |
| 37 to 38 | 2 | 16 |
| 39 to 40 | 5 | 25 |
| 41 to 42 | 2 | 74 |
| 43 to 44 | 0 | 19 |
| 45 to 46 | 0 | 1 |
| 47 to 48 | 2 | 9 |
| 49 to 50 | 0 | 32 |
| 51 to 52 | 0 | 13 |
| 53 to 54 | 4 | 10 |
| 55 to 56 | 2 | 1 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 to 60 | 19 | 17 |
| 61 to 62 | 0 | 31 |
| 63 to 64 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 22 |
| 67 to 68 | 10 | 28 |
| 69 to 70 | 2 | 1 |
| 71 to 72 | 1 | 1 |
| 73 to 74 | 3 | 7 |
| 75 to 76 | 2 | 1 |
| 77 to 78 | 1 | 4 |
| 79 to 80 | 0 | 19 |
| 81 to 82 | 1 | 28 |
| 83 to 84 | 0 | 50 |
| 85 to 86 | 5 | 14 |
| 87 to 88 | 0 | 5 |
| 89 to 90 | 2 | 4 |
| 91 to 92 | 8 | 10 |
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.
CARLA: Hey! I don't wanna hear this, this is the kind of pillow talk that got that Russian girl disappeared! SELINA: What? What do you know about that? CARLA: Anybody want a drink?
SELINA: -- I'm lookin' for my friend -- SELINA: But you know her -- who took her - what have you heard -- is she ok? CARLA: Jesus -- keep your voice down - whattaya got a death wish -- ?
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 14 are women's.
109 lines from women, 668 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
19 women and 63 men in the cast. 11 women and 43 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 5 of 870.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 132 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 15% of the words (1,431), men 85% (8,153). Women have 14% of the lines, so their lines run longer 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
2
Two men
55
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 36% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Matt Reeves (man)
- Written by
- Peter Craig (man), Matt Reeves (man)
- Produced by
- Dylan Clark (man), Matt Reeves (man)
- Shot by
- Greig Fraser (man)
- Edited by
- William Hoy (man), Tyler Nelson (man)
- Music by
- Michael Giacchino (man)
- Production design by
- James Chinlund (man)
- Costumes by
- Jacqueline Durran (woman)
- Cast by
- Cindy Tolan (woman), Lucy Bevan (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
48 women, 54 men, 16 not listed
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Art
4 women, 13 men, 10 not listed
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Visual Effects
4 women, 14 men, 8 not listed
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Production
10 women, 11 men, 2 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
7 women, 4 men, 8 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 13 men, 5 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 6 men, 7 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 8 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 29 on average. Men: 47 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Jayme Lawson 24, Zoë Kravitz 33
Men
Barry Keoghan 29, Robert Pattinson 35, Paul Dano 37, Colin Farrell 45, Peter Sarsgaard 50, Jeffrey Wright 56, Andy Serkis 57, John Turturro 65
Exhibit H: the money
It made 4.2 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $185 million
- Box office
- $773 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 92 scenes and 870 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
