Passes the Bechdel test

The Bling Ring

Name: The Bling Ring
Released: 2013

2013. Directed by Sofia Coppola, written by Sofia Coppola and Nancy Jo Sales.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
26 women characters. 16 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 23 scenes out of 132.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.

The film

Quiet teenager Marc Hall arrives as a new student at Indian Hills High School in Agoura Hills, California. He is befriended by fame-obsessed Rebecca Ahn. While at a party at Rebecca's house, the pair check unlocked vehicles on the street, taking valuables such as cash and credit cards. When Marc mentions that one of his wealthy acquaintances is out of town, Rebecca persuades him to join her in breaking into his house. Rebecca steals a handbag, mentioning that her idol, Lindsay Lohan, has the same one. She also steals cash and the keys to a Porsche, which the pair use to flee the scene. With the cash, the two go on a shopping spree, affording themselves the luxury lifestyle they admire in magazines. Marc visits a nightclub with Rebecca and her friends Nicki Moore, Nicki's adoptive sister Sam, and Chloe Tainer, where they rub shoulders with celebrities such as Kirsten Dunst and Paris Hilton. While researching Hilton on the Internet, Marc and Rebecca realize that she will be out of town. The pair go to her house, and finding the key under the doormat, they go through Hilton's belongings, taking some jewelry. Rebecca then flaunts a stolen bracelet to Nicki, Sam, and Chloe at a party..

Released: 21 Jun 2013
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama
Rated: R
IMDb: 5.6 / 10
Metascore: 66 / 100
Awards: 4 wins & 7 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Rebecca 122 lines, woman
Marc 117 lines, man
Nicki 96 lines, woman
Laurie 45 lines, woman
Sam 41 lines, woman
Chloe 37 lines, woman
Detective 17 lines
Kate 12 lines, woman
Ricky 12 lines, man
Emily 10 lines, woman

Full cast, 53 people

Katie Chang as Rebecca
Emma Watson as Nicki
Taissa Farmiga as Sam
Claire Julien as Chloe
Israel Broussard as Marc
Leslie Mann as Laurie
Georgia Rock as Emily
Carlos Miranda as Rob
Gavin Rossdale as Ricky
Stacy Edwards as Marc's Mom
G. Mac Brown as Henry
Marc Coppola as Mr. Hall - Marc's Dad
Janet Song as Rebecca's Mom
Annie Fitzgerald as Kate from Vanity Fair
Lorenzo Hunt as Police Officer #1 (Nicki's)
Timothy Starks as Police Officer #1 (Marc's)
Rich Ceraulo Ko as Police Officer #2 (Nicki's)
Joe Nieves as Police Officer (Rebecca's)
Nelson Rockford as Las Vegas Plainclothes Officer
Doug DeBeech as Adam
Erin Daniels as Shannon
Patricia Lentz as Judge
Michelle Alegria as Female TV Reporter #1
Stacey Turner as Female TV Reporter #2
Brian Gattas as Dogwalker
Logan Miller as Kid at Party
Marcia Ann Burrs as Grandma
Michael Yo as Male E-Interviewer
Halston Sage as School Girl
Marshall Bell as L.A. Detective #1
Brenda Koo as Sarah
Maika Monroe as Beach Girl
Isabel Lasker as Drunk Girl
Adea Lennox as Party Girl
Keenan Henson as Male TMZ Reporter
Rachelle Carson-Begley as Chloe's Mom
Peter Bigler as Chloe's Dad
Chad Brannon as Water Delivery Guy
Zoë Bleu Sidel as School Girl's Friend
Cari Champion as Female TV Reporter #3
Nina Siemaszko as Vegas Detective (Female)
Bailey Coppola as Wasted Boy
Yolanda Lloyd Delgado as Rob's Mom
Linc Hand as Police Officer Arresting Rob
Brett Goodkin as L.A. Detective #2
Paris Hilton as Paris Hilton
Kevin Spencer as Bedroom Police Officer #1
Sean Phillips as Bedroom Police Officer #2
Bobby Ashhurst as Police Officer #3
Karl Risinger as Police Officer #2 (Marc's)
Dale Champion as School Teacher
Kirsten Dunst as Kirsten Dunst (uncredited)
Lindsay Lohan as Lindsay Lohan

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 9% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 132

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	3	0
4 to 6	5	0
7 to 9	12	2
10 to 12	12	6
13 to 15	22	10
16 to 18	7	3
19 to 21	9	10
22 to 24	4	2
25 to 27	3	1
28 to 30	21	9
31 to 33	8	7
34 to 36	4	5
37 to 39	14	5
40 to 42	17	3
43 to 45	2	0
46 to 48	5	1
49 to 51	3	2
52 to 54	3	3
55 to 57	7	0
58 to 60	12	5
61 to 63	14	2
64 to 66	2	2
67 to 69	3	5
70 to 72	37	3
73 to 75	1	11
76 to 78	1	2
79 to 81	4	7
82 to 84	7	8
85 to 87	14	3
88 to 90	13	7
91 to 93	17	0
94 to 96	4	4
97 to 99	8	5
100 to 102	0	3
103 to 105	6	2
106 to 108	9	3
109 to 111	0	1
112 to 114	0	5
115 to 117	9	0
118 to 120	7	2
121 to 123	46	0
124 to 126	14	4
127 to 129	6	0
130 to 132	4	4

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.

LAURIE: Girls! Time for your aderall! Let's go! EMILY: Mom, they got home so late last night. LAURIE: That's none of your concern, I'll handle it. LAURIE: Girls!

CHLOE: Get in line. CHLOE: Beccaaaaaa! Yo, slut we're going to Les Deux, wanna go? Nicki and Sam are there. REBECCA: Sure.

CHLOE: I literally thought I was going to die. REBECCA: Homie...

NICKI: No way, I totally want to go to Paris'! REBECCA: Yeah, it was sweet, we hung out in her night club room...I got this. NICKI: Oh my god, no way. CHLOE: You are so sick! O.G. Motherfucker!

SAM: I don't know if I'd go that far. NICKI: Leopard and Zebra - seriously? SAM: What?

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 72 are women's.

399 lines from women, 157 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

26 women and 16 men in the cast. 16 women and 9 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

A woman speaks the first line. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 13 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 72% of the words (3,459), men 28% (1,358).

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

8 of the 14 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 37% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Sofia Coppola (woman)
Written by: Sofia Coppola (woman)
Produced by: Roman Coppola (man), Sofia Coppola (woman), Youree Henley (man)
Shot by: Harris Savides (man), Christopher Blauvelt (man)
Edited by: Sarah Flack (woman)
Music by: Daniel Lopatin (man), Brian Reitzell (man)
Production design by: Anne Ross (woman)
Costumes by: Stacey Battat (woman)
Cast by: Courtney Bright (woman), Nicole Daniels (woman)