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The Beach Bum

2019. Directed by Harmony Korine, written by Harmony Korine.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

2 / 3

Fails

  1. Yes 1. At least two women
    9 women characters. 6 of them speak.
  2. Yes 2. Who talk to each other
    Women do talk to each other.
  3. 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 1 out of 3.

Poster for The Beach Bum

The film

A rebellious stoner named Moondog lives life by his own rules.

Released
29 Mar 2019
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Rated
R
IMDb
5.5 / 10
Metascore
55 / 100
Awards
1 win & 7 nominations total
Elsewhere
View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

  • Women
  • Men
  • Not in the cast list
  • Bigger name, more lines
  1. Moondog 417 lines, man
  2. Jimmy Buffet 130 lines, man
  3. Minnie 52 lines, woman
  4. Lewis 35 lines, man
  5. Heather 21 lines, woman
  6. Flicker 19 lines, man
  7. Captain Wack 18 lines, man
  8. Judge 14 lines, woman
  9. Moondog V.O 11 lines, man
  10. Lawyer 10 lines
Full cast, 40 people
  • Matthew McConaughey as Moondog
  • Snoop Dogg as Lingerie
  • Isla Fisher as Minnie
  • Jimmy Buffett as Himself
  • Zac Efron as Flicker
  • Martin Lawrence as Captain Wack
  • Stefania LaVie Owen as Heather
  • Jonah Hill as Lewis
  • Donovan St V. Williams as Rasta
  • David Bennett as Homeless Phil
  • Joshua Ritter as Frank "Limp Dick"
  • John Morris as Cash Register Guy
  • Jo Marie Payton as Judge
  • Leah Van Dale as Samantha
  • Ricky Diaz as Jonathan
  • Bertie Higgins as Bertie Higgins
  • Clinton Archambault as Lawyer
  • Joshua Rosen as Reporter
  • Tonya Oliver as Drug Counselor
  • Chela Arias as Cuban Maid
  • Ricardo Matallana as Jose the Pool Boy
  • Karla Goodwin as Maria
  • Debra Cohen as Tourist Mother
  • Alan Frankel as Tourist Father
  • A. Ali Flores as Neck Brace Guy
  • Hunter Rearden as Tourist Kid #1
  • Lefty Korine as Tourist Kid #2
  • Barry Mizerski as Pulitzer Announcer
  • Todd Mitchell as Lingerie's Yacht Guard #1
  • Devon James as Lingerie's Yacht Guard #2
  • Andrea Bennetti as Prostitute #1
  • Jenny Ariza as Prostitute #2
  • London Seabreeze as Topless Woman #1
  • Dvorah Marie as Topless Woman #2
  • Arthur Bivens as Priest
  • Sharon Pfeiffer as Sexy Older Woman
  • Sandro Paes as Tuba Player
  • Dustin Greer as Robber
  • Daniele Cecere as Tourist Teenager
  • Francis Allen as Pulitzer Announcer #2

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 7 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 7% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 295

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Show the numbers
ScenesWomen's linesMen's lines
1 to 703
8 to 14013
15 to 2104
22 to 2804
29 to 3502
36 to 4223
43 to 49626
50 to 56311
57 to 632231
64 to 701210
71 to 77052
78 to 841218
85 to 91070
92 to 9823
99 to 10506
106 to 11200
113 to 11918
120 to 12604
127 to 13309
134 to 140517
141 to 14709
148 to 154019
155 to 16102
162 to 1681717
169 to 175711
176 to 182127
183 to 189012
190 to 19604
197 to 20305
204 to 210011
211 to 217117
218 to 22408
225 to 231070
232 to 238048
239 to 245023
246 to 252014
253 to 259112
260 to 266029
267 to 273211
274 to 28001
281 to 28701
288 to 29402
295 to 29500

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, 13 are women's.

94 lines from women, 647 from men.

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit B: who's in it

9 women and 13 men in the cast. 6 women and 7 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit C: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 28 of 800. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 172 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 (600), men 91% (5,785). Women have 13% 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

Exhibit E: behind the camera

4 of the 15 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 27% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by
Harmony Korine (man)
Written by
Harmony Korine (man)
Produced by
Mourad Belkeddar (gender not listed), Steve Golin (man), John Lesher (man), Charles-Marie Anthonioz (gender not listed), Nicolas Lhermitte (gender not listed)
Shot by
Benoît Debie (man)
Edited by
Douglas Crise (man)
Music by
John Debney (man)
Production design by
Elliott Hostetter (man)
Costumes by
Heidi Bivens (woman)
Cast by
LaShawnna Stanley (woman), Mary Vernieu (woman), Marisol Roncali (woman)

The crew, department by department

  • Production

    4 women, 14 men, 7 not listed

  • Sound

    2 women, 8 men, 6 not listed

  • Art

    0 women, 4 men, 5 not listed

  • Camera

    0 women, 4 men, 5 not listed

  • Costume & Make-Up

    4 women, 0 men, 5 not listed

  • Other crew

    3 women, 3 men, 3 not listed

  • Directing

    1 women, 2 men, 2 not listed

  • Editing

    1 women, 1 men, 1 not listed

  • Women
  • Men
  • Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit F: how old the stars were

Women: 32 on average. Men: 48 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Stefania LaVie Owen 21, Isla Fisher 43

Men

Zac Efron 31, Jonah Hill 35, Snoop Dogg 47, Matthew McConaughey 49, Martin Lawrence 53, Jimmy Buffett 72

Exhibit G: the money

It made 91% of what it cost.

Budget
$5 million
Box office
$4.6 million

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 295 scenes and 800 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works

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