Fails the Bechdel test
The Beekeeper
2024. Directed by David Ayer, written by Kurt Wimmer.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
11 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
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
Adam Clay is a beekeeper, but someone very important to him is scammed and driven to harm. However, what these power and money hungry scammers don't know, is that Clay is an agent in a classified program called Beekeepers, and they underestimate how much of a threat he is. Adam sets out on a quest of vengeance, where he hunts and kills those responsible for the incident.
- Released
- 12 Jan 2024
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.3 / 10
- Metascore
- 53 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Verona 129 lines, woman
- Clay 101 lines, man
- Phone 81 lines
- Westwyld 60 lines, man
- Derek Evermore 48 lines, man
- Wiley 46 lines, man
- Eloise 28 lines, woman
- President Dansworth 22 lines
- Halpern 21 lines, man
- Barrett 16 lines, man
Full cast, 42 people
- Jason Statham as Adam Clay
- Emmy Raver-Lampman as Agent Verona Parker
- Josh Hutcherson as Derek Danforth
- Jeremy Irons as Wallace Westwyld
- Bobby Naderi as Agent Matt Wiley
- David Witts as Mickey Garnett
- Michael Epp as Pettis
- Taylor James as Lazarus
- Phylicia Rashād as Eloise Parker
- Jemma Redgrave as President Danforth
- Minnie Driver as Director Janet Harward
- Don Gilet as Deputy Director Prigg
- Sophia Feliciano as Kelly Krane
- Enzo Cilenti as Rico Anzalone
- Megan Le as Anisette
- Dan Li as Agent Kim
- Georgia Goodman as Detective Marquez
- Derek Siow as Detective Chen
- Jay Rincon as AIC Bojorquez
- Kojo Attah as Second-in-Charge Harris
- Joe Urquhart as Breedlow
- Peter Brooke as Lewis
- Martin Gordon as Peltz
- Rebecca Hazlewood as Debbie
- Arian Nik as Scammer #1 - Tommy
- Millen Brown as Scammer #2 - Paulie
- Reza Diako as Scammer #3 - Barry
- Adam Basil as Lazarus Mercenary #1
- Jonathan Cohen as Lazarus Mercenary #2
- Harry Fitzgerald as Sleazy Call Rep
- Pedro Minas as Call Rep
- Sunny Dhillon as FBI SWAT
- Rocci Williams as Boston SWAT
- Kevin Golding as Boston SAC
- Victor Perez as Police Diver
- Baba Oyejide as Detective Lewis
- Bharat Mistri as Elderly Man
- Olivia Mardon as Elegant Woman
- Valentina Novakovic as Receptionist
- Kojo Quainoo as Mike
- Jessica Maria Gilhooley as Rosalia
- Jeremy Marinas as Man In Gas Station
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 21% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 109
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 to 6 | 26 | 0 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 to 12 | 12 | 16 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 to 18 | 8 | 6 |
| 19 to 21 | 10 | 12 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 15 |
| 25 to 27 | 5 | 19 |
| 28 to 30 | 4 | 10 |
| 31 to 33 | 5 | 8 |
| 34 to 36 | 6 | 7 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 30 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 31 |
| 43 to 45 | 13 | 17 |
| 46 to 48 | 31 | 22 |
| 49 to 51 | 13 | 4 |
| 52 to 54 | 0 | 21 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 19 |
| 58 to 60 | 3 | 17 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 2 |
| 67 to 69 | 3 | 22 |
| 70 to 72 | 2 | 12 |
| 73 to 75 | 12 | 12 |
| 76 to 78 | 2 | 5 |
| 79 to 81 | 14 | 18 |
| 82 to 84 | 3 | 29 |
| 85 to 87 | 2 | 13 |
| 88 to 90 | 1 | 3 |
| 91 to 93 | 2 | 1 |
| 94 to 96 | 4 | 8 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 1 |
| 100 to 102 | 1 | 1 |
| 103 to 105 | 0 | 5 |
| 106 to 108 | 3 | 20 |
| 109 to 109 | 1 | 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, 31 are women's.
189 lines from women, 414 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
11 women and 31 men in the cast. 5 women and 18 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 2 of 763.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 88 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 32% of the words (2,472), men 68% (5,347). Women have 31% of the lines, so their lines run longer 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
22
Exhibit E: behind the camera
1 of the 14 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 20% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- David Ayer (man)
- Written by
- Kurt Wimmer (man)
- Produced by
- Jason Statham (man), Bill Block (man), Kurt Wimmer (man), Chris Long (man), David Ayer (man)
- Shot by
- Gabriel Beristain (man)
- Edited by
- Geoffrey O'Brien (man)
- Music by
- Jared Michael Fry (man), David Sardy (man)
- Production design by
- Ben Munro (gender not listed)
- Costumes by
- Kelli Jones (woman)
- Cast by
- Dan Hubbard (man)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
8 women, 30 men, 16 not listed
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Production
2 women, 14 men, 11 not listed
-
Camera
1 women, 4 men, 18 not listed
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Art
3 women, 2 men, 17 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 12 men, 5 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 0 men, 12 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 3 men, 8 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 0 men, 4 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 56 on average. Men: 45 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Emmy Raver-Lampman 35, Jemma Redgrave 58, Phylicia Rashād 75
Men
Josh Hutcherson 31, David Witts 32, Bobby Naderi 39, Michael Epp 40, Taylor James 43, Jason Statham 56, Jeremy Irons 75
Exhibit G: the money
It made 4.6 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $35 million
- Box office
- $163 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 109 scenes and 763 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
